William Henry Morrison

William Morrison was a native of Ireland and when fourteen years of age he immigrated to America.  He left from Cork, Ireland and sailed into the Philadelphia Port.  His trade and occupation was those of a weaver, and upon arriving in this country he located in Pennsylvania.  Later he moved to Virginia which is now West Virginia in Wood County.  There he married Mary Ann Meyers, a daughter of Frederick Meyers.  To this marriage there were eight children born. William Morrison served in the war of 1812 and early in his life he was in politics and old-line Whig, but later he became the strongest kind of a Democrat, casting his first Democratic vote for Andrew Jackson for president when he ran for the office the second time.  His Wife Mary Ann died in 1839 ,William Henry Morrison died in 1843.  Both are believed to be buried in Wood County West Virginia.

Unknown who his parents are.  DOB could be between 1770-1774.