property in Winterset, where he built a store, but remained there only one winter. His next removal was to Glenwood, in Mills County, and there he rented a tract of land until 1856.
   In 1857 Mr. Spurlock repeated again his pioneer experience, coming to the vicinity of Plattsmouth, this State, where he farmed two seasons, then purchased city property, put up a good house, and lived there until 1858. Returning to Mills County, he engaged in general merchandising in the then flourishing town of Pacific City. Upon selling out a few mouths later he rented a farm near Nebraska City, where he lived a few years, then moved into the town limits, where he has since resided.
   Our subject was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Barton, Aug. 9, 1832. This lady was born in Wayne County, Va., April 13, 1815, and of their union there are nine children, namely: Nancy, Burwell, Stephen, William H. H.; Nina, the wife of Charles W. Sherfey, a sketch of whom appears on another page; Ezra, Saunders; Mary A., the wife of J. D. Gilman, of Falls City, this State, and Wesley W. Mr. and Mrs. Spurlock are members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they have been identified for a period of fifty-five years. Mr. S. was a Whig, politically, during the early days, but upon the abandonment of the old party allied himself with the Republicans.

AMUEL H. MORRISON is a well-known and honored resident of Nebraska City, where he has been engaged in the jewelry business since the days of 1867, and although not among the earliest settlers, he may be considered a pioneer of this locality whose growth and development it has been his privilege to witness.
   He is a fine representative of the citizen soldiery, who fought so nobly to save the Union during the late Civil War, and his military record shows him to have been a brave and loyal soldier and an efficient officer, worthy of the confidence placed in his discretion and zeal by his superiors. He was born April 27, 1834, in Washington County, Pa., and is a son of Samuel Morrison, a native of the same State.
   John Morrison, grandfather of our subject, was born in Chester County, Pa., and moved from there to Washington County, Pa., in the early days of its settlement. He was accompanied by his brother Henry, and took up a tract of Government land in what is now Nottingham Township. That was in Colonial times, and Pennsylvania being under the jurisdiction of Virginia, he procured the title of his land from that colony, and the farm which he improved from that wild tract of land is still owned by his descendants, he having died there. The maiden name of his wife, grandmother of our subject, was Mary Hughey, and she was a native of Ireland. She resided on the old homestead until the death of her husband, and then went to live with a son. Twelve children were born of their marriage, all of whom grew to maturity.
    The father of our subject was reared in the home of his birth, and when young learned the trade of a tailor, which he followed a few years. He married Rachel Cooper, a native of Nottingham Township, Washington Co., Pa. Her father, Frederick Cooper, was a lifelong resident of that county, of which his parents were among the first settlers. The grandfather of our subject learned the trade of millwright, and built and operated several mills. After marriage Mr. Morrison abandoned the tailoring business and engaged in milling and farming, remaining a resident of Nottingham until his death, which closed a highly honorable and useful career, and deprived his community of one of its most trustworthy citizens. He served in the War of 1812, and his descendants may well be proud of his gallant and daring conduct while a soldier under Gen. Harris on, he being one of the four brave men who volunteered to cross the Niagara River near Black Rock to spike the enemy's guns, in which feat they were successful. He was always a stanch Democrat in his political views, and took a deep interest in public affairs. His estimable wife spent her last years on the old homestead in Nottingham, Pa. To them were born twelve children, eleven of whom grew to maturity.
   Samuel H. Morrison was the ninth child born to his parents. He was reared in his native town and

obtained the foundation of a liberal education in its district schools, subsequently attending a mercantile college, and also spending a term very profitably at an academy in the capital city of Michigan. He resided with his parents until he was sixteen years old, when he went to live with an elder brother in Virginia for a time. He then returned to his old home, and was an inmate of the parental household until he was eighteen years old. At that time he was appointed Deputy Recorder in Washington, Pa., retaining that office for one year. He was ambitious to perfect his education, and attended Duff's Mercantile College after that for one season. He then adopted the profession of teacher, and taught two years in Washington County with gratifying success. After that he went to Huntingdon, Pa., where he taught penmanship and bookkeeping one winter, and then went to Lancaster, Pa., and taught the same branches in the mercantile college there for one summer. He subsequently turned his attention to farming. but his health not being good, he was obliged to throw up that pursuit, and he went to Lake Superior, and was engaged as a clerk and accountant for the owners of the Minnesota mines for three months. We next hear of him as a hard-working student in an academy at Lansing, Mich., and as a teacher of penmanship evenings. He continued his studies for six months. Milwaukee, Wis., was his next destination, and the ensuing year he was engaged in that city as a clerk and in writing cards.
   The breaking out of the Rebellion found our subject engaged in his old employment as instructor in penmanship, and as clerk and bookkeeper for a milling company in Portage, Wis. At the first call for troops to defend the Union he did not hesitate an instant to offer his services to his country, laying aside all personal aims and comforts to enroll his name among the other brave volunteers who went forth to encounter the deadly perils and hardships of Southern battle-fields that they might preserve the honor of the dear old stars and stripes, and to whose valor in the terrible years that followed we are to-day indebted that our flag waves over it free, glorious, undivided country. He enlisted April 19, 1861, in Company G, Wisconsin Infantry, and was mustered in as a private. He went with his regiment to Washington in May, and joined the Army of the Potomac, and served under McClellan, Burnside and Hooker. Mr. Morrison very soon had an opportunity to witness and take part in a battle, and was present at the battle of Bull Run, the very first engagement of the war. He subsequently fought at Gainesville, Fitz Hugh Crossing, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and took part in many other important battles. In June, 1862, he received deserved promotion to the position of Corporal; March 3, 1863, he was appointed Second Lieutenant, and his promotion to the rank of First Lieutenant followed on the 1st of July, his coolness and daring in the heat of battle and his executive ability as an officer having gained him the implicit confidence of his superiors. He was wounded at the battle of Gainesville, an ounce ball piercing his left lung, and he was not recovered sufficiently to join his regiment until four months had elapsed, a part of which time he had spent at home. In the battle of Gettysburg a minie ball passed through both limbs, but fortunately a comrade wound a bandage around the limbs so as to stop the flow of blood, and thus saved his life. He was taken from the field in an hour and conveyed to a hospital, and thence, two days later, to a private house, where he lay six weeks. He then returned to his old home in Pennsylvania, and on account of his wounds he was discharged Jan. 15, 1864. In the month of March, the same year, President Lincoln commissioned him as Second Lieutenant of the veteran reserve troops, and on the 15th of that month be was ordered to report with his command to Maj. Sidell at Louisville, Ky. In the following April Lieut. Morrison was ordered to take command of a detachment of unassigned troops at Camp Joe Holt, Ind., but in May he was relieved there and sent to take command of the 83d Company, Veteran Reserve Corps, at Jefferson General Hospital, Jeffersonville, Ind., and in August the 84th Company, Veteran Reserve Corps, was added to his command, and he was made military assistant to the surgeon in charge, and commander of the post of four companies on duty there, and he held that position until January, 1866, when he was relieved from duty at that point, and he received