Parents
John Morrison 1729-1799
Rebecca Bryant
Married
Marie Catherine Lasource dit Thomuir
in 1794 at Kaskakia, IL
Children;
William Morrison 1795-1840
Joseph Morrison 1797-1845
Married
Euphrasine Huberdeau on
November 27, 1798 at Ste. Genevieve, MO.
Children;
John Morrison 1800-
Marie Louise Morrison 1802-
Henri-Lewis Morrison 1804-1856
James Morrison 1806-
Alzie Odile Morrison 1808-1895
Emilie Felicite Morrison 1810-
Louise Morrison 1812-
Married
Elizabeth Sebor Bissell 1794-1876
on July 20, 1813 in St. Louis, MO.
Children;
Mary C. Morrison 1815-
Risdon Morrison 1818-1818
Eloise Morrison 1819-
Olivia Gill Morrison 1821-1914
George Bissell Morrison 1824-1888
Rebecca Jane Morrison 1826-
William Morrison, an important fur trader operating from St. Louis, who helped to establish the Santa Fe Trail by sending Baptiste LaLande to open trade with the Spanish.
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Source:
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
(and a history of Cass County)
Volume 1, published 1919
William Morrison, pioneer merchant, came from Philadelphia, Pa., to Kaskaskia, Ill., in 1790, as representative of the mercantile house of Bryant & Morrison, of Philadelphia, and finally established an extensive trade throughout the Mississippi Valley, supplying merchants at St. Louis, St. Genevieve, Cape Girardeau and New Madrid. He is also said to have sent an agent with a stock of goods across the plains, with a view of opening up trade with the Mexicans at Santa Fe, about 1804, but was defrauded by the agent, who appropriated the goods to his own benefit without accounting to his employer. He became the principal merchant in the Territory, doing a thriving business in early days, when Kaskaskia was the principal supply point for merchants throughout the valley. He is described as a public-spirited, enterprising man, to whom was due the chief part of the credit for securing construction of a bridge across the Kaskaskia River at the town of that name. He died at Kaskaskia in1837, and was buried in the cemetery there.
Robert Morrisan, a brother of the preceding, came to Kaskaskia in 1793, was appointed Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in 1801, retaining the position for many years, besides holding other local offices. He was the father of Col. James L. D. Morrison, politician and soldier of the Mexican War.
Joseph Morrison, the oldest son of William Morrison, went to Ohio, residing there several years, but finally returned to Prairie du Rocher, Ill., where he died in 1845.
James Morrison, another son, went to Wisconsin.
William, another son, located at Belleville, dying there in 1843.
And Lewis, another son, settled at Covington, Washington County, Ill., where he practiced medicine up to 1851, then engaged in mercantile business at Chester, Ill., dying there in 1856.
info courtesy of Barb T.
John Morrison 1729-1799
Rebecca Bryant
Married
Marie Catherine Lasource dit Thomuir
in 1794 at Kaskakia, IL
Children;
William Morrison 1795-1840
Joseph Morrison 1797-1845
Married
Euphrasine Huberdeau on
November 27, 1798 at Ste. Genevieve, MO.
Children;
John Morrison 1800-
Marie Louise Morrison 1802-
Henri-Lewis Morrison 1804-1856
James Morrison 1806-
Alzie Odile Morrison 1808-1895
Emilie Felicite Morrison 1810-
Louise Morrison 1812-
Married
Elizabeth Sebor Bissell 1794-1876
on July 20, 1813 in St. Louis, MO.
Children;
Mary C. Morrison 1815-
Risdon Morrison 1818-1818
Eloise Morrison 1819-
Olivia Gill Morrison 1821-1914
George Bissell Morrison 1824-1888
Rebecca Jane Morrison 1826-
William Morrison, an important fur trader operating from St. Louis, who helped to establish the Santa Fe Trail by sending Baptiste LaLande to open trade with the Spanish.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Source:
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
(and a history of Cass County)
Volume 1, published 1919
William Morrison, pioneer merchant, came from Philadelphia, Pa., to Kaskaskia, Ill., in 1790, as representative of the mercantile house of Bryant & Morrison, of Philadelphia, and finally established an extensive trade throughout the Mississippi Valley, supplying merchants at St. Louis, St. Genevieve, Cape Girardeau and New Madrid. He is also said to have sent an agent with a stock of goods across the plains, with a view of opening up trade with the Mexicans at Santa Fe, about 1804, but was defrauded by the agent, who appropriated the goods to his own benefit without accounting to his employer. He became the principal merchant in the Territory, doing a thriving business in early days, when Kaskaskia was the principal supply point for merchants throughout the valley. He is described as a public-spirited, enterprising man, to whom was due the chief part of the credit for securing construction of a bridge across the Kaskaskia River at the town of that name. He died at Kaskaskia in1837, and was buried in the cemetery there.
Robert Morrisan, a brother of the preceding, came to Kaskaskia in 1793, was appointed Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in 1801, retaining the position for many years, besides holding other local offices. He was the father of Col. James L. D. Morrison, politician and soldier of the Mexican War.
Joseph Morrison, the oldest son of William Morrison, went to Ohio, residing there several years, but finally returned to Prairie du Rocher, Ill., where he died in 1845.
James Morrison, another son, went to Wisconsin.
William, another son, located at Belleville, dying there in 1843.
And Lewis, another son, settled at Covington, Washington County, Ill., where he practiced medicine up to 1851, then engaged in mercantile business at Chester, Ill., dying there in 1856.
info courtesy of Barb T.
Parents
John Morrison 1729-1799
Rebecca Bryant
Married
Marie Catherine Lasource dit Thomuir
in 1794 at Kaskakia, IL
Children;
William Morrison 1795-1840
Joseph Morrison 1797-1845
Married
Euphrasine Huberdeau on
November 27, 1798 at Ste. Genevieve, MO.
Children;
John Morrison 1800-
Marie Louise Morrison 1802-
Henri-Lewis Morrison 1804-1856
James Morrison 1806-
Alzie Odile Morrison 1808-1895
Emilie Felicite Morrison 1810-
Louise Morrison 1812-
Married
Elizabeth Sebor Bissell 1794-1876
on July 20, 1813 in St. Louis, MO.
Children;
Mary C. Morrison 1815-
Risdon Morrison 1818-1818
Eloise Morrison 1819-
Olivia Gill Morrison 1821-1914
George Bissell Morrison 1824-1888
Rebecca Jane Morrison 1826-
William Morrison, an important fur trader operating from St. Louis, who helped to establish the Santa Fe Trail by sending Baptiste LaLande to open trade with the Spanish.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Source:
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
(and a history of Cass County)
Volume 1, published 1919
William Morrison, pioneer merchant, came from Philadelphia, Pa., to Kaskaskia, Ill., in 1790, as representative of the mercantile house of Bryant & Morrison, of Philadelphia, and finally established an extensive trade throughout the Mississippi Valley, supplying merchants at St. Louis, St. Genevieve, Cape Girardeau and New Madrid. He is also said to have sent an agent with a stock of goods across the plains, with a view of opening up trade with the Mexicans at Santa Fe, about 1804, but was defrauded by the agent, who appropriated the goods to his own benefit without accounting to his employer. He became the principal merchant in the Territory, doing a thriving business in early days, when Kaskaskia was the principal supply point for merchants throughout the valley. He is described as a public-spirited, enterprising man, to whom was due the chief part of the credit for securing construction of a bridge across the Kaskaskia River at the town of that name. He died at Kaskaskia in1837, and was buried in the cemetery there.
Robert Morrisan, a brother of the preceding, came to Kaskaskia in 1793, was appointed Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in 1801, retaining the position for many years, besides holding other local offices. He was the father of Col. James L. D. Morrison, politician and soldier of the Mexican War.
Joseph Morrison, the oldest son of William Morrison, went to Ohio, residing there several years, but finally returned to Prairie du Rocher, Ill., where he died in 1845.
James Morrison, another son, went to Wisconsin.
William, another son, located at Belleville, dying there in 1843.
And Lewis, another son, settled at Covington, Washington County, Ill., where he practiced medicine up to 1851, then engaged in mercantile business at Chester, Ill., dying there in 1856.
info courtesy of Barb T.
John Morrison 1729-1799
Rebecca Bryant
Married
Marie Catherine Lasource dit Thomuir
in 1794 at Kaskakia, IL
Children;
William Morrison 1795-1840
Joseph Morrison 1797-1845
Married
Euphrasine Huberdeau on
November 27, 1798 at Ste. Genevieve, MO.
Children;
John Morrison 1800-
Marie Louise Morrison 1802-
Henri-Lewis Morrison 1804-1856
James Morrison 1806-
Alzie Odile Morrison 1808-1895
Emilie Felicite Morrison 1810-
Louise Morrison 1812-
Married
Elizabeth Sebor Bissell 1794-1876
on July 20, 1813 in St. Louis, MO.
Children;
Mary C. Morrison 1815-
Risdon Morrison 1818-1818
Eloise Morrison 1819-
Olivia Gill Morrison 1821-1914
George Bissell Morrison 1824-1888
Rebecca Jane Morrison 1826-
William Morrison, an important fur trader operating from St. Louis, who helped to establish the Santa Fe Trail by sending Baptiste LaLande to open trade with the Spanish.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Source:
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
(and a history of Cass County)
Volume 1, published 1919
William Morrison, pioneer merchant, came from Philadelphia, Pa., to Kaskaskia, Ill., in 1790, as representative of the mercantile house of Bryant & Morrison, of Philadelphia, and finally established an extensive trade throughout the Mississippi Valley, supplying merchants at St. Louis, St. Genevieve, Cape Girardeau and New Madrid. He is also said to have sent an agent with a stock of goods across the plains, with a view of opening up trade with the Mexicans at Santa Fe, about 1804, but was defrauded by the agent, who appropriated the goods to his own benefit without accounting to his employer. He became the principal merchant in the Territory, doing a thriving business in early days, when Kaskaskia was the principal supply point for merchants throughout the valley. He is described as a public-spirited, enterprising man, to whom was due the chief part of the credit for securing construction of a bridge across the Kaskaskia River at the town of that name. He died at Kaskaskia in1837, and was buried in the cemetery there.
Robert Morrisan, a brother of the preceding, came to Kaskaskia in 1793, was appointed Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in 1801, retaining the position for many years, besides holding other local offices. He was the father of Col. James L. D. Morrison, politician and soldier of the Mexican War.
Joseph Morrison, the oldest son of William Morrison, went to Ohio, residing there several years, but finally returned to Prairie du Rocher, Ill., where he died in 1845.
James Morrison, another son, went to Wisconsin.
William, another son, located at Belleville, dying there in 1843.
And Lewis, another son, settled at Covington, Washington County, Ill., where he practiced medicine up to 1851, then engaged in mercantile business at Chester, Ill., dying there in 1856.
info courtesy of Barb T.
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