"John Morrisey, until recently one of the active and leading farmers of Zumbro Township, but now retired and residing in Rochester, Minn., was born in Delaware County, Iowa, January 8, 1873, son of James and Ellen (Raddebaugh) Morrisey. The father was a native of Canada and the mother of Pennsylvania. In the early seventies the family moved to Manchester, Iowa, and for a few years James Morrisey farmed in that vicinity. In 1877 he came with his wife and children to Wabasha County, Minn., settling in Zumbro Township, where he continued as a farmer until a few years before his death in 1889. He had been a widower for seven years, his wife having died in 1882 ... On July 3, 1900, Mr. Morrisey was united in marriage with Alice Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Arnold. Her parents, then residents of Zumbro Township, are now deceased, the father having died in 1900 and the mother in 1907 ..." [Franklin Curtiss-Wedge, Compiler, "History of Wabasha County, Minnesota" (H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Company, Winona, Minnesota, 1920, p. 726)]
"John Morrisey, until recently one of the active and leading farmers of Zumbro Township, but now retired and residing in Rochester, Minn., was born in Delaware County, Iowa, January 8, 1873, son of James and Ellen (Raddebaugh) Morrisey. The father was a native of Canada and the mother of Pennsylvania. In the early seventies the family moved to Manchester, Iowa, and for a few years James Morrisey farmed in that vicinity. In 1877 he came with his wife and children to Wabasha County, Minn., settling in Zumbro Township, where he continued as a farmer until a few years before his death in 1889. He had been a widower for seven years, his wife having died in 1882 ... On July 3, 1900, Mr. Morrisey was united in marriage with Alice Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Arnold. Her parents, then residents of Zumbro Township, are now deceased, the father having died in 1900 and the mother in 1907 ..." [Franklin Curtiss-Wedge, Compiler, "History of Wabasha County, Minnesota" (H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Company, Winona, Minnesota, 1920, p. 726)]
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