Although the name of the town of Waterford has nothing to do with Ireland, many local farmers declared Irish descent in the 1900 US Census. Among the ones born in Ireland were George Morrison, Henry Morrison, John Morrison, Anne Rudd, and Maggie Laffre.
Others with one or both parents born in Ireland included Nelson Mayhen, William Frazier, Elmore Miles, Winfield Hastings, Jane Hastings, Elmer Mayhue, Tobias Lyster, and Mary Corlis.
George Morrison's story is of special interest because he was one of the town's several Civil War veterans to survive hellacious conditions in Andersonville as a prisoner of war.
Born in 1837 in Kilkeel Down, Ulster, Ireland, George immigrated into the United States in 1858. His wife was Katherine (also spelled Catherine). They married in 1870 in Quebec and had four children.
This page is from the Soldiers' Record of the Town of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in the War of the Rebellion:
And here is the Caledonian's November 21, 1906, obituary for this Waterford farmer:
