Mrs. Ann Van Etten Morrison, widow of John H. Morrison, a most estimable woman and member of one of the oldes families in the town of Deerpark, died of heart failure at 7 o'clock Sunday evening, at the home of her son, George Morrison, Avenue O and First street, Matamoras, Pa., in the 85th year of her age.
Mrs. Morrison was born July 18, 1829, in the town of Deerpark, on the farm purchased by her grandfather, Levi Van Etten, before the Revolutionary War, and on which her father was born and lived until his death. She was a daughter of Hon. Thomas Van Etten, born May 4, 1795, and Miss Sally Van Auken, daughter of Evert and Sarah Westbrook Van Auken, descendants of pioneer families of the Minisink region. Their marriage occurred on August 5, 1816. He died in 1861 and she in 1871.
It was only a short distance from Mrs. Morrison's home that Jeremiah Van Auken, the schoolmaster, was killed by the Indians during the raid of that valley by Brant and his band of Indians and Tories on July 20, 1779. Thomas Van Etten was one of the most influential men in this section in his day and served one term in the Assembly in 1830. He was a large land owner, at one time being possessed of from 500 to 600 acres of rich farming land.
On February 2, 1861, Miss Ann Van Etten became the wife of John H. Morrison, who was born in Wurtsboro, Sullivan county, and was the son of Dr. John Adams Morrison, a practicing physician of that place. After their marriage they located on a farm in Sullivan county, on the old Morrison homestead. They continued to live there until Mr. Morrison's death in 1876.
Of their family of four children, three daughters and a son, the former all died within three weeks of each other of diphtheria, leaving George Morrison, the only child. About 1883 Mrs. Morrison and son returned to her old farm home in the town of Deerpark, of which she became the owner. The latter married and when the farm was sold about eight years ago, Mrs. Morrison went to Matamoras and made her home in the family of her son. She was a Christian woman and a member of the Wurtsboro Reformed Dutch Church.
Besides her son George, Mrs. Morrison is survived by two sisters, Sarah, who resides with her daughter at Cedarville, Iowa, and Cornelia, widow of R. F. Gardner, and mother of Mrs. Loren T. Cole, of Montague, N.J., with whom she resides. The deceased brothers and sisters were: Thomas, of Minnesota; Mark, Hudson and Isaac Van Etten, and Lydia, wife of Judge Martin Cole, of Montague, N.J., and Belinda, unmarried.
Mrs. Morrison was a lineal descendant of Jacob Jansen Van Etten and Grietje Tack, of Kingston, who were ancestors of all the Van Ettens in America, and great-granddaughter of Anthony Van Etten and Hannah Decker, who was prominent in the revolutionary annals of the town of Deerpark.
The funeral of Mrs. Morrison will take place at the residence of her son, George Morrison, in Matamoras at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. Willard Conger will officiate, and the interment will be in the Morrison family plot at Wurtsboro.
--Orange County Times-Press (Middletown, NY), Friday, July 3, 1914, page 5
Mrs. Morrison was born July 18, 1829, in the town of Deerpark, on the farm purchased by her grandfather, Levi Van Etten, before the Revolutionary War, and on which her father was born and lived until his death. She was a daughter of Hon. Thomas Van Etten, born May 4, 1795, and Miss Sally Van Auken, daughter of Evert and Sarah Westbrook Van Auken, descendants of pioneer families of the Minisink region. Their marriage occurred on August 5, 1816. He died in 1861 and she in 1871.
It was only a short distance from Mrs. Morrison's home that Jeremiah Van Auken, the schoolmaster, was killed by the Indians during the raid of that valley by Brant and his band of Indians and Tories on July 20, 1779. Thomas Van Etten was one of the most influential men in this section in his day and served one term in the Assembly in 1830. He was a large land owner, at one time being possessed of from 500 to 600 acres of rich farming land.
On February 2, 1861, Miss Ann Van Etten became the wife of John H. Morrison, who was born in Wurtsboro, Sullivan county, and was the son of Dr. John Adams Morrison, a practicing physician of that place. After their marriage they located on a farm in Sullivan county, on the old Morrison homestead. They continued to live there until Mr. Morrison's death in 1876.
Of their family of four children, three daughters and a son, the former all died within three weeks of each other of diphtheria, leaving George Morrison, the only child. About 1883 Mrs. Morrison and son returned to her old farm home in the town of Deerpark, of which she became the owner. The latter married and when the farm was sold about eight years ago, Mrs. Morrison went to Matamoras and made her home in the family of her son. She was a Christian woman and a member of the Wurtsboro Reformed Dutch Church.
Besides her son George, Mrs. Morrison is survived by two sisters, Sarah, who resides with her daughter at Cedarville, Iowa, and Cornelia, widow of R. F. Gardner, and mother of Mrs. Loren T. Cole, of Montague, N.J., with whom she resides. The deceased brothers and sisters were: Thomas, of Minnesota; Mark, Hudson and Isaac Van Etten, and Lydia, wife of Judge Martin Cole, of Montague, N.J., and Belinda, unmarried.
Mrs. Morrison was a lineal descendant of Jacob Jansen Van Etten and Grietje Tack, of Kingston, who were ancestors of all the Van Ettens in America, and great-granddaughter of Anthony Van Etten and Hannah Decker, who was prominent in the revolutionary annals of the town of Deerpark.
The funeral of Mrs. Morrison will take place at the residence of her son, George Morrison, in Matamoras at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. Willard Conger will officiate, and the interment will be in the Morrison family plot at Wurtsboro.
--Orange County Times-Press (Middletown, NY), Friday, July 3, 1914, page 5
Mrs. Ann Van Etten Morrison, widow of John H. Morrison, a most estimable woman and member of one of the oldes families in the town of Deerpark, died of heart failure at 7 o'clock Sunday evening, at the home of her son, George Morrison, Avenue O and First street, Matamoras, Pa., in the 85th year of her age.
Mrs. Morrison was born July 18, 1829, in the town of Deerpark, on the farm purchased by her grandfather, Levi Van Etten, before the Revolutionary War, and on which her father was born and lived until his death. She was a daughter of Hon. Thomas Van Etten, born May 4, 1795, and Miss Sally Van Auken, daughter of Evert and Sarah Westbrook Van Auken, descendants of pioneer families of the Minisink region. Their marriage occurred on August 5, 1816. He died in 1861 and she in 1871.
It was only a short distance from Mrs. Morrison's home that Jeremiah Van Auken, the schoolmaster, was killed by the Indians during the raid of that valley by Brant and his band of Indians and Tories on July 20, 1779. Thomas Van Etten was one of the most influential men in this section in his day and served one term in the Assembly in 1830. He was a large land owner, at one time being possessed of from 500 to 600 acres of rich farming land.
On February 2, 1861, Miss Ann Van Etten became the wife of John H. Morrison, who was born in Wurtsboro, Sullivan county, and was the son of Dr. John Adams Morrison, a practicing physician of that place. After their marriage they located on a farm in Sullivan county, on the old Morrison homestead. They continued to live there until Mr. Morrison's death in 1876.
Of their family of four children, three daughters and a son, the former all died within three weeks of each other of diphtheria, leaving George Morrison, the only child. About 1883 Mrs. Morrison and son returned to her old farm home in the town of Deerpark, of which she became the owner. The latter married and when the farm was sold about eight years ago, Mrs. Morrison went to Matamoras and made her home in the family of her son. She was a Christian woman and a member of the Wurtsboro Reformed Dutch Church.
Besides her son George, Mrs. Morrison is survived by two sisters, Sarah, who resides with her daughter at Cedarville, Iowa, and Cornelia, widow of R. F. Gardner, and mother of Mrs. Loren T. Cole, of Montague, N.J., with whom she resides. The deceased brothers and sisters were: Thomas, of Minnesota; Mark, Hudson and Isaac Van Etten, and Lydia, wife of Judge Martin Cole, of Montague, N.J., and Belinda, unmarried.
Mrs. Morrison was a lineal descendant of Jacob Jansen Van Etten and Grietje Tack, of Kingston, who were ancestors of all the Van Ettens in America, and great-granddaughter of Anthony Van Etten and Hannah Decker, who was prominent in the revolutionary annals of the town of Deerpark.
The funeral of Mrs. Morrison will take place at the residence of her son, George Morrison, in Matamoras at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. Willard Conger will officiate, and the interment will be in the Morrison family plot at Wurtsboro.
--Orange County Times-Press (Middletown, NY), Friday, July 3, 1914, page 5
Mrs. Morrison was born July 18, 1829, in the town of Deerpark, on the farm purchased by her grandfather, Levi Van Etten, before the Revolutionary War, and on which her father was born and lived until his death. She was a daughter of Hon. Thomas Van Etten, born May 4, 1795, and Miss Sally Van Auken, daughter of Evert and Sarah Westbrook Van Auken, descendants of pioneer families of the Minisink region. Their marriage occurred on August 5, 1816. He died in 1861 and she in 1871.
It was only a short distance from Mrs. Morrison's home that Jeremiah Van Auken, the schoolmaster, was killed by the Indians during the raid of that valley by Brant and his band of Indians and Tories on July 20, 1779. Thomas Van Etten was one of the most influential men in this section in his day and served one term in the Assembly in 1830. He was a large land owner, at one time being possessed of from 500 to 600 acres of rich farming land.
On February 2, 1861, Miss Ann Van Etten became the wife of John H. Morrison, who was born in Wurtsboro, Sullivan county, and was the son of Dr. John Adams Morrison, a practicing physician of that place. After their marriage they located on a farm in Sullivan county, on the old Morrison homestead. They continued to live there until Mr. Morrison's death in 1876.
Of their family of four children, three daughters and a son, the former all died within three weeks of each other of diphtheria, leaving George Morrison, the only child. About 1883 Mrs. Morrison and son returned to her old farm home in the town of Deerpark, of which she became the owner. The latter married and when the farm was sold about eight years ago, Mrs. Morrison went to Matamoras and made her home in the family of her son. She was a Christian woman and a member of the Wurtsboro Reformed Dutch Church.
Besides her son George, Mrs. Morrison is survived by two sisters, Sarah, who resides with her daughter at Cedarville, Iowa, and Cornelia, widow of R. F. Gardner, and mother of Mrs. Loren T. Cole, of Montague, N.J., with whom she resides. The deceased brothers and sisters were: Thomas, of Minnesota; Mark, Hudson and Isaac Van Etten, and Lydia, wife of Judge Martin Cole, of Montague, N.J., and Belinda, unmarried.
Mrs. Morrison was a lineal descendant of Jacob Jansen Van Etten and Grietje Tack, of Kingston, who were ancestors of all the Van Ettens in America, and great-granddaughter of Anthony Van Etten and Hannah Decker, who was prominent in the revolutionary annals of the town of Deerpark.
The funeral of Mrs. Morrison will take place at the residence of her son, George Morrison, in Matamoras at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. Willard Conger will officiate, and the interment will be in the Morrison family plot at Wurtsboro.
--Orange County Times-Press (Middletown, NY), Friday, July 3, 1914, page 5
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