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Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

John L. LARRISON was the son of Robert C. and Harriet (GREEN) LARRISON, who were descendents of John LARRISON, a Danish nobleman, who was compelled to flee and lose his estate by confiscation on account of a conspiracy in 1660 because of taxes. He fled to Scotland and hearing that a price was set on his head came to America and purchased a large tract of land (about 1,700 acres) near Brooklyn, Long Island, as recorded in Chambers "History of Morris County".

He was born at Schooley’s Mountain, Washington township, Morris county, New Jersey, 1840. He has living one sister, Mrs. Jacob LAKE, of Pleasant Grove, New Jersey, and one brother, Robert LARRISON, of German Valley, New Jersey. After leaving school, he worked at the carpenter’s trade until August 25, 1862, when he enlisted in Company F., Fifteenth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers. He was wounded, May 3, 1863, at Salem Heights, and was promoted sergeant, October 1, 1863; was mustered out at the close of the war, 1865. After the close of the war, he went west, principally in Ohio and Kentucky, came back in 1868, and married Elizabeth KICE, daughter of John and Delilah KICE, July 4, 1868. He lived in different places on Schooley’s Mountain until 1877, when he built his present house, where he still lives, near the Schooley’s Mountain post office. He had four children: 1. Augustus, married Mary THOMAS, daughter of James M. THOMAS, of German Valley; have one son, Claude; residence, Mendham, New Jersey. 2. Minnie, married Samuel SCADDEN, son of Samuel and Elizabeth SCADDEN, of Schooley’s Mountain, June 1, 1893; had one son, Harold Knowles; residence, Wharton, New Jersey. 3. Lewis K., married Emma L. SWACKHAMER, daughter of Daniel and Louisa SWACKHAMER, of German Valley, December 23, 1899; have two children: Roland D. and Elizabeth E.; residence, Wharton, New Jersey. 4. Anna May, married Herman RICE, son of John and Louisa RICE, of Schooley's Mountain, New Jersey; have two children: Horace and Dorothy; residence, Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)

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