http://books.google.com/books?id=bZl4AAAAMAAJ&q=baidland#v=snippet&q=mcgrew&f=false pg. 274 Dr. Matthew Porter Morrison. At 5:00 on Tuesday eve, Nov. 10, 1885, this excellent man passed peacefully away, at his home in Monongahela City, PA. He was aged 58 years, 10 months, 27 days. Dr. Morrison was b. on the farm situated on the Monongahela River, near Lock No. 3, in Elizabeth township, Allegheny Co., Dec. 14, 1826. In April, 1837, his father having sold his farm removed to Monongahela City with his family, and occupied the house owned by the Dr. and occupied by the family ever since. His father d. a few months after he settled here, on Oct. 16, 1837. He received his first academic training at the academy of the late T. R. Hazzard, Esq., and E. S. Blake, class of 1847. Hon. James G. Blaine, Hon. John H. Hampton, Esq., of Pittsburgh, Alexander Wilson, Esq., of Washington, were members of the same class. After reading a course of medicine with the late Dr. Samuel M. King, he graduated at Jefferson Medical College in the year 1851. He subsequently attended and held a diploma from a Boston institution, where he took a special course on diseases of women and children. Soon after his graduation as a physician he was associated in practice and as a partner with Dr. R. F. Biddle, in this city, where he has practiced continuously till within a few weeks, except during his four years' service in the Union army during the war for the suppression of the rebellion. His practice of medicine covers about 34 years, being at the time of his death the senior physician of the place, and of course with a very large clientage. He joined the army Aug. 6, 1861, as assistant surgeon of (the old 13th) Col. Rowley's 102nd Penn Volunteers; was promoted to surgeon with the rank of Maj., Sep. 12, 1862, and was mustered out June 28, 1865, being at that time surgeon of the second division of the 6th Corps. He was a member of Post 60, G.A.R. Of his worth as a friend, his judgment and sagacity as a physician, his learning as a scholar, his integrity and nobility of character in the walks of civil life, and of his devotion to his country as a soldier, his warm hearted friendship, his stern adherence to right living and thinking, of the warm place he held in the hearts of the families which he visited both as physician and friend - of these things we need not speak - they are the choicest memories of this sad hour in a thousand hearts. Dr. M. P. Morrison brought to his profession a mind thoroughly familiar with the principles and practice of medicine. He honored the profession in which he was eminently successful. His death brings a geniune sorrow, brightened only by the words which his lips framed, almost with his last breath, "Not my will but Thine." The Death of Joseph S. Morrison, Esq. Died in Pittsburgh, PA, Apr. 20, 1886, at 62. He was buried in Monongahela cemetery Apr. 22, 2:30. The Daily Republican says: The death of this estimable gentleman, following so soon that of his brother, the doctor, comes with peculiar sadness to his many friends. He was one of us - he never wearied of Monongahela, his happiest moments were spent on the hills of his birth, and he loved the trees whose history he knew and whose companionship he sought as if they were his elder brother. The river never lost its charm to him; and coming up on the train, his chosen seat was on th shore side, watching the sun-lit sparkle of its waters and the ripple of its waves. A botanist of reading and much lore, each pleasant day at home found him among the flowers and leaves; but in the special work of arbor culture he found chiefest delight, and a tree to him was a book, a picture, a poem - with Thompson he sang: Welcome ye shades, ye bowery thickets hail! Ye lofty pines, ye venerable oaks; Delicious is your shelter to the soul. His College Life Joseph Scott Morrison was a graduat of Washington College of the class of 1844, having for his classmates Rev. J. T. Brownlee, DD; Dr. J. S. Van Voorhis, Rev. W. F. Hamilton, DD; Hon. M. B. Hagans, Hon. J. H. Wallace, and others, during the Professorship of Dr. McConaughey, Profs. Alrich, Lee, Milligan, Ferguson. From the "class history" we quote the following sketch: Morrison was more distinguished at college for proficiency in the exercises of the literary society than the class room. The treasures of English literature were treasures over which he gloated with delight. When the names of McCauley, Carlisle, Tenneyson, Bancroft, Motley and Longfellow were names less familiar to the public ear than now, it was his pleasure and pride to cultivate familiar acquaintance with their works. As an essayist, he was perhaps unexcelled by any of his fellow students during the later part of his collegiate course. On two occasions he represented his literary society on contest - once as an essayist and once as a debator. On the former occasion he was successful, and on the latter represented his society with distinguished credit. In person, Morrison was tall and slender. When poised in the balance many of his class-mates could weigh him down, but none of them looked down from so lofty a height as he. It was a conceit with which he was wont to please himself, that in future years he would grow out in largeness as he had already grown up in height; but the latest reports do not bring to view as yet any marked symptoms of the anticipated physical development. After graduation he studied law in the office of the Hon. T. M. T. McKennan in Washington, PA, and from the time of his admission to the bar till the present has been engaged in the practice of his profession in the city of Pittsburgh. To Morrison, thus far, belongs the sole distinction among his classmates of having remained proof against the captivating power of the sex. He is the bachelor of the class. Of this there were no special premonatory symptoms while he was a student. The arrows of the little winged archer, which fly as thickly through a college atmosphere as elsewhere, seemed quite as likely in him as in others to find their mark. On commencement day, when the time was drawing near for the announcement of his name, he whispered in the ear of his class mate, who sat hard by, his determination to draw inspiration for the effort before him from the pair of large bright eyes that were sparkling near on of the columns back in the audience. Other evidences were not wanting of his liability during student life as readily as any of the "lords of creation" to be under "woman's control". But his independence is still maintained. His class mates are no doubt ready to extend unto him their congratulations or sympathy, from which ever fund he may choose to draw. The daily papers of Pittsburgh, noting his death, speak of the deceased in the highest terms as a gentleman, a scholar, and a wise counsellor at law. A Tender Memory. Joseph S. Morrison, Esq., while home on Sabbath day last, paid his usual afternoon visit to the cemetery, and on his return remarked to his sister, Mrs. Alexander, "It is very beautiful in the cemetery, Eliza, very beautiful, and the birds seem so happy; I felt as if I would like to stay up there all the time." How prophetic! Today he is laid there, amind the flowers and the birds and the trees - to stay all the time. (From Monongahela Republican) Death of Major A. P. Morrison Major Andrew Porter Morrison d. at his office, No. 155 4th street, Pittsburgh at 12:40, Wed. noon, Nov. 5, 1890, at 61, of myocraditis, or weakening of the muscles controlling the heart action. The details of his death are thus told by Attorney C. E. McIlvain: "The Major and myself were accustomed to sit in my office, which is on the floor below his, and together read the morning papers, possibly to chat a bit over the news, then he would go up to his office. Wednesday we both went down on the train together, and when I got to my office he was standing at the door waiting, and we both went in together; about 9 he remarked, 'this election is a surprise in many respects,' and passed on up stairs. Soon after a number of young attorneys gathered in, and we were talking over the election when I heard a rapping on the floor above, coming from Major Morrison's room, and knowing that it was certainly done for a purpose, I stepped into the hall and there met the letter carrier, who said, 'that gentleman up stairs is quite sick.' "I went at once, and found Mr. Morrison on the floor in front of the fire, a large book under his hear and his heavy cape coat drawn over his shoulders. He was unconscious; his spectacle case was on his table, the paper folded and laid beside it, and to all appearance feeling sick and chilly, he had lain down by the fire, too weak to do more, and while there he had made alarm I heard. Summoning some friends from below, I at once dispatched for his relatives, and for physicians, calling Dr. Fleming, who was, with Dr. Patten, his consulting physician. The Maj. recovered consciousness, was placed on a cot, and seemed easier. He calmly announced, however, that he was dying. He said to me, 'Tell Eliza and William, and all my friends that I am thinking of them now.' When Dr. Fleming arrives he was recognized, and said, 'This is the end, doctor, of which you spoke; I am going to sleep. He d. at 20 minutes to 1:00, his last words being 'My sister Eliza.'" Mr. McIlvaine was with him all those last hours, and we have given these details because it is well for the world to know how peacefully a good man dies. Andrew P. Morrison, number 4 child of John and Margaret Morrison, was b. Nov. 2, 1829, on their farm, then known as Leechburg, on the Allegheny Co. side, just S. of Lock No. 3. The family came to this city in 1837. After graduating from Washington College he read law with his brother and with Judge McKennan in 1852-4. He practiced in Pittsburgh with Joseph from 1854 till 1861, when he entered the Union army. He enlisted May 1, 1861, in Company A, 9th Reserves; was made a corporal, and promoted July, 1862, to be Sergeant Major; was wounded badly at South Mountain; was mustered out with his reg. May 12, 1864. He was a member of Duquesne Post, No. 259, G. A. R., Pittsburgh, and that post today attends the funeral services of 2 members, Major Morrison and Dr. Benham, both graduates of the same college and both Union veterans. Comrade Morrison, it will be remembered, was the installing officer of Post 60, in our Opera house last winter, when Col. Tom Steward was here. He was historian of the 9th Reg. at the dedication of the Gettysburg monuments, and his address on that occasion will be published by the state. It is a careful, conscientious and accurate historical paper. Major Morrison was married Sep. 11, 1866, to Rebecca S. H. Davis, of Pittsburgh, who d. in Sep., 1877. More than a year ago, being warned of the approach of heart trouble, he relinquished his law practice, refused all new business, and was rapidly closing up his docket. A. P. Morrison was a man of the highest type; the moral atmospher which surrounded him was pure, the example which he set was helpful. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church, upright, honorable, courteous. His instincts were all gentle, his manner urbane, his friendship true as gold; his career was that of honorable manhood, respected citizenship, unquestioned morality and professional integrity. Mrs. Eliza Morrison Alexander The beloved wife of William J. Alexander, d. suddenly at her home, on Wed. morn, June 28, 1893, at 73. She had been suffering from the weakness of advancing age for the past few years, and on Thursday eve fell to the floor from an attack of cerebral hemorrhage, and d. very much as her brothers had died. "Aunt Eliza" as she was known to her nearest friends, and as she chose to be called, has lived evenly and quietly a life of love, walking in a pathway made as smooth for her as affection could suggest, in a thousand ways, and giving in return the unaffected devotion of an unselfish heart. This is the whole story of her life - she was gentle and good and considerate of others - she illustrated her Christian faith by fidelity to its teachings. Hers was a kindly soul, and hers a home-loving heart - home-loving in a marked degree. Eliza Morrison Alexander was b. Jan. 11, 1821; m. to William J. Alexander Nov. 14, 1844, by Rev. John Kerr. THE MORRISON FAMILY Eliza is the last of the family, and when she is laid to rest its annals will be closed. John Morrison was b. in Ireland, near Londonderry, in 1789; emigrated to the US in 1812, and settled in the neighborhood of Mingo Creek church on Feb. 29, 1820. He was m. to Margaret Porter, daughter of Mathew and Elizabeth Porter, residing on a farm about 3 miles from this town. About the time of his marriage he purchased a farm to which he and his young wife moved. The farm was situated on the Monongahela River, 2 1/2 miles from Elizabeth, in Forward township. On this farm all their children, Eliza, Joseph, Porter, Andrew, Jane and James, were born. In the spring of 1837, having received a satisfactory offer, the farm was sold and he removed to this town with his family. He purchased the real estate for a home which now becomes the decedent estate of his oldest daughter, Mrs. Eliza Alexander. John Morrison d. Oct. 16, 1837, leaving his widow with 5 children. She d. Sep. 1882.