Jeremiah Morrow

from page 780 of A Standard History of Ross County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of ..., Volume 2 By Lyle S. Evans

Jeremiah Henry Morrow. Of distinguished Scotch-Irish ancestry, Jeremiah H. Morrow, of Chillicothe, comes from a family that has been prominent in the annals of Ohio for far more than a century, many of his ancestors having been active in public affairs, and influential in advancing the business and industrial interests of state and county, and in promoting their religious development and growth. He was born, May 21, 1870, at Cincinnati Furnace, in Vinton County, Ohio, being a lineal descendant in the sixth generation of Jeremiah Murray, the line of descent being as follows: Jeremiah Murray; John Morrow, the name having been changed to Morrow in the second generation; Jeremiah Morrow; Jeremiah Morrow; Jeremiah Morrow; and Jeremiah Henry Morrow. This genealogy of the family has been found in a volume entitled the "History of the Morrow Family," compiled by Josiah Morrow.
Jeremiah Murray was born in Ireland, of Scotch ancestry. A Covenanter in religion, he emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, to America in colonial times, settling in Adams County, Pennsylvania. On April 8, 1753, he was ordained, by Rev. John Cuthbertson, the first Covenanter minister sent to America by the Reformed Presbytery of Scotland, as a ruling elder of the Covenanter Society of Rock Creek. He was a farmer by occupation, his land including a part of what was later the Gettysburg battlefield. He died, September 14, 1758, when but forty-seven years old. His wife, Sarah, survived him a number of years, passing away December 19, 1798, aged seventy-six years. They were the parents of eight children, seven daughters and one son.

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