W.W. Morrow Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: W. W. Morrow: farmer, was born in Fairview, July 14, 1839. He remained with his father until about 1861, when he enlisted in the three months service. In 1862 recruited Company D, First Virginia Artillery and received his commission as senior lieutenant in August 14, 1862, serving seventeen months. Mostly engaged in the employ of the government, from the beginning of the war to the close, in recruiting soldiers for old companies. On the 17th of August 1863, he was united in marriage to Miss K. C. Anderson. In 1865 he commenced farming, which avocation he still follows. Pays some attention to stock raising. He has a family of six children.