OBIT:
Linn Morrison, 90, one of the oldest of the valley's pioneers, died Saturday morning at the Ellensburg General Hospital following two strokes. Prior to entering the hospital after a stroke Tuesday, he had spent only one night in a hospital in his long life.
Morrison was born June 12, 1873 in Polk County, Oregon and came to the Kittitas Valley at the age of 10 with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Morrison, one of 10 children, six boys and four girls. They homesteaded on Thorp Prairie and drove a team and wagon to The Dalles for supplies. He married Mary E. Mattox at Thorp in 1895 and their first home was on land they also homestead on Thorp Prairie.
When the Milwaukee Railway and the N. P. Railway built the roads through the valley Mattox hauled supplies for them by wagon. He had farmed in the Thorp vicinity most of his life and for many years operated a hay baler. He was a member of the Church of Christ at Thorp and had affiliated with the Modern Woodman Lodge 63 years.
Survivors include his wife, Mary , two sons, Tracy A. Morrison and Kester Morrison and two daughters, Allie D. Smith and Beulah Carder; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; a brother, W. D. Morrison of Seattle and two sisters, Mrs. Maud Mattox of Ellensburg and Mrs. Rena Turner of Milton-Freewater, Oregon.
Rev. John Alfred of Portland, former Thorp minister, will conduct funeral rites for Mr. Morrison, Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Evenson Chapel. Interment will be in the Thorp Cemetery.
Ellensburg Daily Record, July 5, 1963
OBIT:
Linn Morrison, 90, one of the oldest of the valley's pioneers, died Saturday morning at the Ellensburg General Hospital following two strokes. Prior to entering the hospital after a stroke Tuesday, he had spent only one night in a hospital in his long life.
Morrison was born June 12, 1873 in Polk County, Oregon and came to the Kittitas Valley at the age of 10 with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Morrison, one of 10 children, six boys and four girls. They homesteaded on Thorp Prairie and drove a team and wagon to The Dalles for supplies. He married Mary E. Mattox at Thorp in 1895 and their first home was on land they also homestead on Thorp Prairie.
When the Milwaukee Railway and the N. P. Railway built the roads through the valley Mattox hauled supplies for them by wagon. He had farmed in the Thorp vicinity most of his life and for many years operated a hay baler. He was a member of the Church of Christ at Thorp and had affiliated with the Modern Woodman Lodge 63 years.
Survivors include his wife, Mary , two sons, Tracy A. Morrison and Kester Morrison and two daughters, Allie D. Smith and Beulah Carder; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; a brother, W. D. Morrison of Seattle and two sisters, Mrs. Maud Mattox of Ellensburg and Mrs. Rena Turner of Milton-Freewater, Oregon.
Rev. John Alfred of Portland, former Thorp minister, will conduct funeral rites for Mr. Morrison, Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Evenson Chapel. Interment will be in the Thorp Cemetery.
Ellensburg Daily Record, July 5, 1963
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Sarah Ellen Morrison Ritner
1861–1928
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Barney Morrison
1863–1948
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Mary Ann Morrison Tedrow
1866–1954
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Emma Morrison
1868–1881
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Oscar Morrison
1870–1953
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Caddy Morrison
1876–1951
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William David Morrison
1879–1970
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Maud Daisy Morrison Mattox
1881–1964
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Rena Mae Morrison Turner
1884–1965
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John H. Morrison
1889–1940
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