When Deborah Van Gorder was born in 1795, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob Van Gorder Sr., was 34 and her mother, Margaret Beamer, was 32. She married David Morrison about 1813, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 30 November 1829, in Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Bloomingburg, Fayette, Ohio, United States.