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:
George Porter Moore was my great grandfather's brother. Born in Bradford 4 September 1841, died St. Johnsbury 21 March 1919. He and his 2 sisters and my great grandfather were orphaned
ReplyDeletein 1857. George was eldest, age 16. According to my Aunt Marge Rice he lost an arm in Civil War. He was an insurance agent and coal dealer in St.J. Was on Highway Committee and a trustee on St.zJ. government.
Nice to know these details about Mr. Moore, who was credited to St. Johnsbury for his Civil War service; his record is just before Mr. Morrison's on the Soldier's Record page presented here.
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