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Dr. Alexander Morrison 
Dr. Alexander Morrison was born about 1815 in Scotland. He married Harriet Newell Deveaux (1816–1882) in 1839 in New York. They had two children during their marriage: Helen Alexandria Morrison (Mrs. James H. "Jim" Cummins) and Harriett Eugenia Morrison (Mrs. William Ballinger Chiles Sr.).  Helen Alexandria Morrison Cummins Various early newspapers place Dr. Morrison in Grayson County as early as 1859 or 1860. At some point in time the family moved from their farm near Pottsboro to the new town of Denison. Dr. Morrison's home in Denison is believed to have been the first house in the present area of Denison. His one-room log cabin stood approximately on the present site of Waples Methodist Church in the 800 block of W. Main St..  Dr. Alexander Morrison Denison Herald September 23, 1962 Site of Waples Methodist Church When wife
Harriett died on Valentine's Day of 1882, she
became the first person interred in Denison's
Fairview Cemetery.
She was
buried in Block 20, Lot #57, which was
originally owned by Dr. Alex Morrison. Alex died on
March 28, 1891, in Denison, Texas, having
lived a long life of 76 years. Dr. Morrison Dead [Source: Sunday Gazetteer, Denison TX,
March 29, 1891] This
(Saturday) morning at 3 o'clock, after a
lingering illness of two years' duration, Dr.
Alexander Morrison quietly closed his eyes in
the sleep that knows no awakening. Around his
bedside were the immediate members of his family
and a few bosom friends, and thus closed a long,
useful, and successful life. Dr. Morrison came to this portion of
the State in 1852 and pre-empted a headright of
640 acres of land some six or seven miles west
of Denison and near where Pottsboro was
subsequently located. He had only two children,
Mrs. William Chiles and Mrs. James Cummins, both
of whom were at his bedside at the hour of
death. He came to Denison soon after the town
was mapped out and has resided and followed his
profession here continually since that time. On
account of ill-health he ceased active practice
some three years since, and amid the evening
shades of a well-spent life he has enjoyed the
blessings of a well-earned and bounteous
competency. Friends and acquaintances are
invited to attend the funeral tomorrow, Sunday,
March 29, at 2 p.m., from the family residence,
No. 815 West Main Street. Interment at Fairview
Cemetery.
The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, April 5, 1891 pg. 3     Biography Index Susan Hawkins ©2025 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |