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Dr. Alexander Morrison 
Dr. Alexander Morrison was born about 1815 in Scotland. He married Harriet Newell Deveaux (1816–1882) in 1839 in New York. They had two children during their marriage: Helen Alexandria Morrison (Mrs. James H. "Jim" Cummins) and Harriett Eugenia Morrison (Mrs. William Ballinger Chiles Sr.).  Helen Alexandria Morrison Cummins Various early newspapers place Dr. Morrison in Grayson County as early as 1859 or 1860. At some point in time the family moved from their farm near Pottsboro to the new town of Denison. Dr. Morrison's home in Denison is believed to have been the first house in the present area of Denison. His one-room log cabin stood approximately on the present site of Waples Methodist Church in the 800 block of W. Main St..  Dr. Alexander Morrison Denison Herald September 23, 1962 Site of Waples Methodist Church When wife
Harriett
died on Valentine's Day of 1882, she became
the first person interred in
Denison's Fairview
Cemetery. She was buried in Block 20, Lot #57,
which was originally owned by Dr. Alex
Morrison. Alex died on March
28, 1891, in Denison, Texas, having lived a
long life of 76 years. Dr. Morrison Dead [Source: Sunday Gazetteer, Denison TX,
March 29, 1891] This
(Saturday) morning at 3
o'clock, after a lingering illness of two years'
duration, Dr. Alexander
Morrison quietly closed his eyes in the sleep
that knows no awakening. Around
his bedside were the immediate members of his
family and a few bosom friends,
and thus closed a long, useful, and successful
life.
Dr. Morrison came to this portion
of the State in 1852 and pre-empted a headright
of 640 acres of land some six
or seven miles west of Denison and near where
Pottsboro was subsequently
located. He had only two children, Mrs. William
Chiles and Mrs. James Cummins,
both of whom were at his bedside at the hour of
death. He came to Denison soon
after the town was mapped out and has resided
and followed his profession here
continually since that time. On account of
ill-health he ceased active practice
some three years since, and amid the evening
shades of a well-spent life he has
enjoyed the blessings of a well-earned and
bounteous competency. Friends and
acquaintances are invited to attend the funeral
tomorrow, Sunday, March 29, at
2 p.m., from the family residence, No. 815 West
Main Street. Interment at
Fairview Cemetery.
The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, April 5, 1891 pg. 3     Biography Index Susan Hawkins ©2025 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |