MORRISON, John Sr. - Revision history

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	[[Image:jms.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]MORRISON, John Sr. (Scotland, 1820-1876) ~~When~~ John Morrison Sr. took a ferry across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] in 1855 and began boiler making in a brick building he built on the corner of 7th and Main Streets. When the [[CIVIL WAR]] began, he was too old to enlist in the military, so he took it upon himself to transport wounded soldiers ~~back~~ north from the front lines. Family legend had it that one of the wounded soldiers that accompanied him back from the front was his brother-in-law [[MCDONALD, Andrew Young\|Andrew Young MCDONALD]].		[[Image:jms.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]MORRISON, John Sr. (Scotland, 1820-1876) John Morrison Sr. took a ferry across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] in 1855 and began boiler making in a brick building he built on the corner of 7th and Main Streets.

			When the [[CIVIL WAR]] began, he was too old to enlist in the military so he took it upon himself to transport wounded soldiers north from the front lines. Family legend had it that one of the wounded soldiers that accompanied him back from the front was his brother-in-law [[MCDONALD, Andrew Young\|Andrew Young MCDONALD]].

	The Morrison Boiler Shop operated until 1872, without great prosperity because of its small production, mainly due to the fact that John, spending time attending to the wounded in the war, was unable to purchase power machinery. It was his five young sons who were responsible for the growth of the [[MORRISON BROTHERS COMPANY]].		The Morrison Boiler Shop operated until 1872, without great prosperity because of its small production, mainly due to the fact that John, spending time attending to the wounded in the war, was unable to purchase power machinery. It was his five young sons who were responsible for the growth of the [[MORRISON BROTHERS COMPANY]].

	John’s two oldest sons John Jr. (October 1846 – August 29, 1910) and Angus, having learned the plumbing and heating trade from their uncle A.Y. McDonald, started a plumbing business in addition to the boiler shop.		John’s two oldest sons John Jr. (October 1846 – August 29, 1910) and Angus, having learned the plumbing and heating trade from their uncle A.Y. McDonald, started a plumbing business in addition to the boiler shop.




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	[[Image:jms.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]MORRISON, John Sr. (Scotland, 1820-1876) When John Morrison Sr. took a ferry across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] in 1855 and began boiler making in a brick building he built on the corner of 7th and Main Streets. When the [[CIVIL WAR]] began, he was too old to enlist in the military, so he took it upon himself to transport wounded soldiers back north from the front lines. Family legend had it that one of the wounded soldiers that accompanied him back from the front was his brother-in-law [[MCDONALD, Andrew Young\|Andrew Young MCDONALD]].		[[Image:jms.jpg\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]MORRISON, John Sr. (Scotland, 1820-1876) When John Morrison Sr. took a ferry across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] in 1855 and began boiler making in a brick building he built on the corner of 7th and Main Streets. When the [[CIVIL WAR]] began, he was too old to enlist in the military, so he took it upon himself to transport wounded soldiers back north from the front lines. Family legend had it that one of the wounded soldiers that accompanied him back from the front was his brother-in-law [[MCDONALD, Andrew Young\|Andrew Young MCDONALD]].

	The Morrison Boiler Shop operated until 1872, without great prosperity because of its small production, mainly due to the fact that John, spending time attending to the wounded in the war, was unable to purchase power machinery. It was his five young sons who were responsible for the growth of the [[MORRISON BROTHERS COMPANY]]. John’s two oldest sons John Jr. (October 1846 – August 29, 1910) and Angus, having learned the plumbing and heating trade from their uncle A.Y. McDonald, started a plumbing business in addition to the boiler shop.		The Morrison Boiler Shop operated until 1872, without great prosperity because of its small production, mainly due to the fact that John, spending time attending to the wounded in the war, was unable to purchase power machinery. It was his five young sons who were responsible for the growth of the [[MORRISON BROTHERS COMPANY]].

			John’s two oldest sons John Jr. (October 1846 – August 29, 1910) and Angus, having learned the plumbing and heating trade from their uncle A.Y. McDonald, started a plumbing business in addition to the boiler shop.

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	The Morrison Boiler Shop operated until 1872, without great prosperity because of its small production, mainly due to the fact that John, spending time attending to the wounded in the war, was unable to purchase power machinery. It was his five young sons who were responsible for the growth of the [[MORRISON BROTHERS COMPANY]]. John’s two oldest sons John Jr. (October 1846 – August 29, 1910) and Angus, having learned the plumbing and heating trade from their uncle A.Y. McDonald, started a plumbing business in addition to the boiler shop.		The Morrison Boiler Shop operated until 1872, without great prosperity because of its small production, mainly due to the fact that John, spending time attending to the wounded in the war, was unable to purchase power machinery. It was his five young sons who were responsible for the growth of the [[MORRISON BROTHERS COMPANY]]. John’s two oldest sons John Jr. (October 1846 – August 29, 1910) and Angus, having learned the plumbing and heating trade from their uncle A.Y. McDonald, started a plumbing business in addition to the boiler shop.




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[[Image:jms.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Photo courtesy: Linwood Legacies]]MORRISON, John Sr. (Scotland, 1820-1876) When John Morrison Sr. took a ferry across the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] in 1855 and began boiler making in a brick building he built on the corner of 7th and Main Streets. When the [[CIVIL WAR]] began, he was too old to enlist in the military, so he took it upon himself to transport wounded soldiers back north from the front lines. Family legend had it that one of the wounded soldiers that accompanied him back from the front was his brother-in-law [[MCDONALD, Andrew Young|Andrew Young MCDONALD]].

The Morrison Boiler Shop operated until 1872, without great prosperity because of its small production, mainly due to the fact that John, spending time attending to the wounded in the war, was unable to purchase power machinery. It was his five young sons who were responsible for the growth of the [[MORRISON BROTHERS COMPANY]]. John’s two oldest sons John Jr. (October 1846 – August 29, 1910) and Angus, having learned the plumbing and heating trade from their uncle A.Y. McDonald, started a plumbing business in addition to the boiler shop.

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"John Morrison, Sr." Linwood Legacies. Online: http://www.linwoodlegacies.org/the-morrison-family.html