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Sarah Elizabeth Gorsuch Morrison

Birth	:	16 Aug 1826 Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Death	:	12 Sep 1906 Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
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Description	:	This Biography is from the volume below. There are some errors in this, I believe that the child listed as Samuel is actually Sarah. History of Poweshiek County, Iowa, Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams and Co., Des Moines, Iowa 1880, p. 657-658 MORRISON, Mrs. Sarah E. -- Section 6 P.O. Montezuma. "Widow of the late John Morrison, who was born in Ohio, March 10, 1820, and there grew to manhood. They moved to Illinois, where he remained until May, 1843, when he came to Iowa, locating in Mahaska county. There he was married, November 3, 1845, to the subject of... Read More	This Biography is from the volume below. There are some errors in this, I believe that the child listed as Samuel is actually Sarah. History of Poweshiek County, Iowa, Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams and Co., Des Moines, Iowa 1880, p. 657-658 MORRISON, Mrs. Sarah E. -- Section 6 P.O. Montezuma. "Widow of the late John Morrison, who was born in Ohio, March 10, 1820, and there grew to manhood. They moved to Illinois, where he remained until May, 1843, when he came to Iowa, locating in Mahaska county. There he was married, November 3, 1845, to the subject of this sketch, Miss Sarah E. Gorsuch. In the fall of 1856 they came to this county, and here Mr. M. was engaged in farming and stock raising, until the 13th of August, 1862, when he enlisted as first lieutenant in company B, Fortieth Iowa volunteers and served until March 3, 1864, when he was honorably discharged on accounted of disability. About three weeks after his discharge he died (March 24, 1864), leaving eight children to mourn his loss: Robert, Mary J., Keziah A., John I., Eliza B., Samuel D., James M., and Charles G. Mr. Morrison was a man of broad experience, and a thorough and accurate business man. His well deserved reputation for fair and honorable dealings, as well as strict integrity, had won many friends. Mrs. Morrison was born in Maryland, August 16, 1826, and resided there until nine years of age, when she moved to Ohio and was there educated."

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Sarah Elizabeth Gorsuch Morrison death on 12 Sep 1906 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA