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Biography

Absalom was born 30 September 1800 or 1801in Edray, now Pocahontas, WV. and died about 28 July 1872.

In 1840 he purchased 211 acres in Pocahontas County from a James Morrison (maybe his dad) for $1.00 (Frederick County courthouse, VA).

About 1820, he married Sarah McCollum (28 April 1798 - 17 October 1874) daughter of William McCollum.

Children:
John Morrison ca. 1822 Thomas Morrison ca. 1823 William Morrison ca. 26 March 1826 James Morrison ca. 1831 Margaret Ann Morrison ca. 10 June 1833 Charles Morrison ca. 18 Mar 1837

Absalom Morrison (1801 - abt. 1872)

Absalom Morrison

Born 1801 in Virginia, United States

Son of James M. Morrison and [mother unknown]

Brother of Andrew Morrison

Husband of Sarah (McCollam) Morrison — married 30 Oct 1820 in Bath, Virginia, United States

Father of John Morrison, Thomas Morrison, William Morrison, James Morrison, Margaret Ann (Morrison) McCoy and Charles Morrison

Died about 1872 at about age 71 in Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States

Morrison-11746 created 13 Mar 2019 | Last modified 14 May 2022

Sources

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DV-PN1 : 12 April 2016), Absalom Morrison, Pocahontas county, part of, Pocahontas, Virginia, United States; citing family 376, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41G-7FL : 13 December 2017), Absolem Morrison, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4Y-1F8 : 12 June 2019), Absalom Morrison, 1870.
Sharp, Curtis. A Morrison Family. Harpers Ferry, WV CreateSpace, 2016