The full biographical sketch as printed, transcribed from the public-domain book. Spelling and wording are the original author’s; a few scanning errors may remain.
NELSON H. MORRISON..
t" i Nelson H. Morrison, who is well known as one of the prominent agricul- turists of Mari(xi township, Hancock county, is a native of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, where in 1847 he was bom, and where he received his training and education. He is the.iK)h 61 Alexander and Leah (Lowery) Morrison, also natives of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, who were united in marriage in 1846. Their family numbered two children: Nelson H. and Catherine. Alexander was bom in 1823 and was a manufacturer of woolen goods in MifSin county, Pennsylvania, but removed to Hancock county, Ohio, in 1876, 'where he pturh^sed one hundred acres of land and turned his attenti(m to farming the remainder of his life. . '
His son. Nelson H., was engaged for a number of years in the woolen business also, but is by trade a harness maker. He now devotes himself to ■farming and carries on business where his father left off. He was married •in 1866 to Miss Mary, daughter of Robert McDowell, and to them were born £mery, Charles, Clarence, Harry and Delia.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Hancock County, Ohio. See the original pages at the Internet Archive.
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