Mary Moore Morrison

Brief Life History of Mary Moore

When Mary Moore Morrison was born on 1 August 1855, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, her father, Dr Samuel Brown Morrison MD, was 26 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Gold, was 20. She married Robert Steele Hutcheson IV on 5 January 1882, in Rockbridge Parish, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 September 1925, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Raphine, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Steele Hutcheson IV
1846–1892
Mary Moore Morrison
1855–1925
Marriage: 5 January 1882
James Morrison Hutcheson
1883–1972
Eliza Johnston Hutcheson
1884–1971
Mary Elizabeth Hutcheson
1885–1896
Emma Gold Hutcheson
1886–1951
Robert Steel Hutcheson V
1887–1968
Harriet Morrison Hutcheson
1891–1968

Sources (68)

  • Mary Hutchenson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Mary Moor Hutcheson, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Mary M. Morrison, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Irish: from Ó Muirgheasáin ‘descendant of Muirgheasán’, a diminutive of Muirgheas, a personal name meaning ‘sea valor’.

Scottish: from Gaelic Mac Moireasdain ‘son of Moireasdan’, a personal name cognate with Irish Muirgheasán’ (see 1 above).

Scottish and English: patronymic from the personal name Morris .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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