William MORRISON 1794 - 1883
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MARY `POLLY' BRAKE                       WILLIAM B. MORRISON
b. 11 July 1799 Harrison Co., (W)V	        b. 24 May 1794 VA  farmer
d. 21 Sep. 1873 Hacker's Creek, Lewis Co., WV	d. 14 Apr. 1883 Berlin, Lewis Co., WV
bur: Morrison/Hacker Cem. (ae: 74y2m10d)	bur: same (ae 83y10m20d)
father: John Brake	                        father: Archibald Morrison
mother: Katherine Shook	                        mother: Bridget Runyon
married: 19 Apr. 1818 Harrison County 
         Marriages Bk2/p.70 by John Davis

William Morrison's cabin on Hacker's Creek.

William built a 2 story, four room log cabin located below the Berlin grade school on the highway between Jane Lew and Berlin. The kitchen was six to ten feet from the main cabin. Here he raised his children. Larger original image of cabin.

William Morrison was elected Justice of the Peace on July 2, 1841.

Mary `Polly' BRAKE and William B. MORRISON's children:

1. John Brake MORRISON                       Polly Ann Hersman
   b. 8 Jan. 1819 Berlin, Lewis Co., (W)V	m. 14 Mar. 1845 Lewis Co. Bk:5/328
   d. 9 Nov. 1889	                        by Rev. Alexander Morrison
	                                        bondsmen: Mark Hersman /John B.
                                                BK5/282

2. Margaret MORRISON                         Mark Hersman Jr.
   b. 17 Jul. 1820 Berlin, Lewis Co., (W)V	m. 6 Apr. 1843
   Lewis Co.   Bk.5/201
   d. 2 Feb 1908 nr. Spencer, Roane Co., WV     by Rev. Alexander Morrison 
                                                bondsmen: William Morrison/Mark Hersman
	                                        Bk. 5/167

3. Isaac Edgar MORRISON                     farmer
   b. 3 Jun 1822 Berlin, Lewis County, (W)V    may have gone to IL

4. Perry Green MORRISON                     teacher/single
   b. 18 Jun 1824 Berlin, Lewis Co., (W)V	
   d.
   Living with Frances Shuttlesworth in 1850.

5. Rachel MORRISON                          Jacob B. Hersman
   b. 24 Feb. 1827 Berlin, Lewis Co., (W)V	M. 13 Jan. 1852 Lewis Co., Bk.6/250
   d. 25 Nov 1879	                        Rev. Alexander Morrison

6. Mary MORRISON
   b. 14 June 1829 Berlin, Lewis Co., (W)V	Cemetery Marker, Morrison Cem.
   d. 3 Aug 1831 Lewis Co., (W)V 	        1y 8m22d

7. Alexander M. MORRISON                    farmer/single
   b. 26 Dec. 1833 Berlin, Lewis Co., (W)V     bur: Morrison Cem.
   d. 19 Apr. 1907 Berlin, Lewis Co., WV       senility/76y8m27d

8. Hester Ann MORRISON                      single
   b. 29 Dec. 1833 Berlin, Lewis Co., (W)V     61y6d/jaundice
   d. 5 Dec. 1894 Berlin, Lewis Co., WV

9. Elizabeth MORRISON                       George Lawson
   b. 7 Nov. 1836 Berlin, Lewis Co., WV	       m. 22 Mar. 1866 Lewis Co. WV	
   d. 2 Jul. 1913 ae: 77y/widow	               Bk5/31 LCMR
   Residence: Weston Rt. 5

William Dexter Morrison and wife, Sarah Jane Allman
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10. William Dexter MORRISON                 Sarah Jane Allman
    b. 24 Mar. 1839 Berlin, Lewis Co., (W)V    m. 24 Dec. 1863
    d. 18 Jul. 1892 (or 18 Jul. 1913?)	       Bk.5/23 LCMR

Saturday, Mar 5, 1883 "Weston Democrat", Berlin:
Died on the 14th William Morrison Esq. - 89.  The deceased was one
of the first settlers in this vicinity.  All along his life he was noted for
his honesty and integrity.  He was for many years a worthy and honored member
of M. P. Church, lived an ____ Christian life; died in full triumphs of the
Christian religion leaving the bright evidence that it is not all of life to
live nor all of death to die, that there is life of bless unalloyed by the
troubled incidents of this life. 
    A very long concourse of people attended the burial which took place 
in the Morrison Cemetery on Sunday, the 15th.