Samuel Morrison
Biography
History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 511, Bernadotte Township
  Samuel Morrison, farmer, sec. 30: P. O., Bernadotte; was born in Penn., Jan 10, 1826. His father, William Morrison, was married to Barbara Stickle and resided in Penn. The subject of our sketch left Penn. in 1845 and came over-land in an old Pennsylvania wagon to McDonough Co.; remaining there a short time, he moved to this county was married to Mary Long in 1849, by whom he had 2 children, both of whom are dead. To add to the afflictions of Mr. M. his wife soon followed his children to the grave. In 1856 he was married the second time to Mary A. Mathes, which union has been blessed with seven children, six of whom are living. He and his wife are members of the M. E. Church. Owns 215 acres of land. Republican.

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