U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Morrall, Lair Davis (1814-1892) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 428-429 Lair Davis Morrall, born October 12, 1814, son of Samuel M. and Elizabeth (Davis) Morrall, was married 1843 to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Harper. Children, Elizabeth Virginia, Albina Louisa, Samuel Henry, Lucy Amanda. Mrs. Morrall was born in 1818, at the Burnt Bridge, above Beverly. Soon after their marriage they moved to the newly formed county of Barbour, and from that time until his death, Mr. Morrall was constantly identified with the county's interests, for the most of the time being an officer. A detailed account of his services in that capacity will be found elsewhere in this book. Mrs. Morrall, who died in 1893, was for ten years the only Presbyterian in Philippi; and she assisted in building the first church of that denomination in the county, which was erected at Belington under the immediate patronage of Mrs. Jacob See. The ancestors of Mr. Morrall were early settlers in Virginia; his grandfather, Samuel, marrying in 1757, and having a family as follows: Elizabeth, Jane, John, Rachel, Samuel, Mary, Sarah, William D., James, Jessie, Esther. Of these, Samuel was the father of Lair D. Morrall, and was born in 1767. -------- From Death Register, Barbour County, WV year 1892, page 34, Number 217 FULL-NAME: Lair D. Morrall BIRTH-PLACE: Pendleton County, (W)Va. DEATH-DATE: Jan 25, 1892 (at age 77y-3m-13d) DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, W.Va. MARITAL-STATUS: Married CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Valvular Heart Disease / Neuralgia BURIAL: Philippi Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------