David Robert Morrison (abt. 1813 - 1857)

Born about 1813 in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Whalen) Morrison — married 2 Dec 1832 in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1857 at about age 44 in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Darryl Saylor [send private message] and Gary Morrison [send private message]

Biography

When David Robert Morrison was born in 1813 in Harrison, Kentucky, his father, Daniel, was 28 and his mother, Polly, was 23. He married Sarah "Sallie" Whalen on December 2, 1832, in his hometown. They had 11 children in 22 years. He died on September 15, 1857, in Harrison, Kentucky, at the age of 44.

Perry Wherritt (Source: Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, Cincinnati, Oh.: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878, pp. 624-5.)

WHERRITT, PERRY, Clerk of the County Court of Harrison County, was born November 24, 1807, in Jessamine County, Kentucky. His parents were Thomas and Margaret (King) Wherritt, and were both natives of St. Mary's County, Maryland. His father came to this State about they year 1792; settled in Scott County; in 1798, removed to Jessamine, where he died, in 1811. He was a soldier throughout the entire ware of the Revolution, and served in Howard's line of the Maryland troops. He followed agricultural pursuits through life. The Wherritts were among the early settlers of Maryland, from England, under Lord Baltimore. The subject of this sketch was raised on the farm, and inured to its hardships. His education chiefly consisted of what he could gather from the Winter schools of the neighborhood; but, in 1823, he attended a select school at Danville for several months. He has been a careful observer and an extensive reader, and very few men in any community are found more thoroughly well informed than Mr. Wherritt. He learned the tanner's trade in Dan[Page 625]ville, and worked there, and at Richmond, Lexington, and Mt. Sterling, until 1829. In that year he located at Cynthiana, where he carried on his own tannery for the next ten years. A part of 1840, he served as Deputy Marshal in taking the census. In 1842, under the old Bankrupt Law, he was appointed Assignee in Bankruptcy, and held the office until 1849. The act being repealed in 1842-3, he continued until his cases were wound up. In the mean time, in 1844, he had gone to merchandising in Cynthiana. In 1851, under the "New Constitution," he was elected Clerk of the County Court of Harrison County; has been continually re-elected, and held the office ever since, with the exception of four or five years. In 1861, soon after the commencement of the war, he was arrested by the Government military, and was held for four or five years as a citizen prisoner, in various Federal prisons. His sympathies were warm for the cause of the South, yet he never took part in furthering the war against the National Government, and hence his imprisonment was hard and foundationless. Soon after returning home, he was again elected to the position he now occupies. Religiously, Mr. Wherritt is a Universalist. He is a man of courage, and great determination in adherence to his conscientious convictions; is a man of fine habits, and has been distinguished through life for his unflinching integrity of character. He was married, February 24, 1831, to Miss Zerelda A. Morrison, a native of Cynthiana, and daughter of David Morrison, a tanner of that place.

Dear Hargis:

This is what I have. Hope it is what you are looking for.

David Morrison b. bet. 1810-1815 in Harrison Co, KY d. bet. 1854-1860 in Harrison Co, Ky m. Sarah Whalen 2 Dec 1832 in Harrison Co, KY. Sarah Whalen was b. abt. 1815 in Harrison Co, KY d. bet. 1860-1870 in Harrison Co, KY. David Morrison father was Daniel Morrison and his mother was Mary Polly Naylor/Nailer. Sarah Whalen father was Solomon Whalen Sr., and her mother was Mary. Their children were: Hannah Morrison; Loyd Morrison; Ambrose Morrison; Daniel Morrison; Mary Jane Morrison; Jasper Newton Morrison; Joseph Morrison; Benjamen Morrison; Henry Morrison; Harrison Morrison; and Cynthia Morrison. Hope this helps, if so, this is my line also.

Kennard

(7) Sarah Whalen b. c1815, mar. David Morrison (1815-1855) on 2 Dec 1832 Har. Co Ky. His father Daniel Morrison, mother Mary Naylor. David & Sarah Morrison ch: Hannah, Lloyd, Ambrose, Daniel, Mary Jane, Jasper Newton, Jos., Benj., Henry, Harrison, Cynthia. Ambrose Morrison b. 1839, mar. Mary E. Whalen on 20 Feb 1860 Har. Co Ky.

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1813

Place: Harrison Co., Ky.

Birth:

Place: son daniel's death cert says david born in virginia

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using ABT 1813

Research Notes

• Merge Notice: Morrison-3448 had as date of birth 1815 and date of death 1855. Van der Walt-440 04:17, 28 November 2015 (EST)

Sources

• https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/86678279/person/48541584202/facts

• http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=6098&p=surnames.morrison Entered by Darryl Saylor.

• http://www.spaldinggenealogy.com/Whalen%20Census%20Search.htm Entered by Darryl Saylor.

• "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-LTG : accessed 9 October 2015), David Morrison, 1820.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZZ-YJL : accessed 9 October 2015), David Morrison and Sarah Whalen, 01 Dec 1832; citing p. , Harrison, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 216,884.

• "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWVH-TYF : accessed 9 October 2015), David Morrison in entry for Harrison Morrison, 15 Feb 1855; citing Harrison, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 216,826.

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSW8-99K : accessed 9 October 2015), David Morrison in entry for Mary Jane Carr, 1935.

• "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWVH-PV5 : accessed 9 October 2015), David Morrison in entry for Henry Morrison, 04 Jan 1853; citing Harrison, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 216,826.

• "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWVH-BTR : accessed 9 October 2015), David Morrison in entry for Cynthia E. Morrison, 02 Oct 1857; citing Harrison, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 216,826.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Gary Morrison for creating WikiTree profile Morrison-3456 through the import of Morrison.GED on Oct 9, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Gary and others.