. Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, embracing a history of the county. e. Af-ter her husbands death Mrs. Margaret ]Mor-row married John D. Laney, whom she sur-\-ived over twenty years, returning to thehome farm and living for a number of yeai-swith her son Thomas. From July 3, 1906, shemade her home with her daughter Jane andher younser sister on the farm of her son W.^Morrow, dying Jan. 5, 1909, at theage of eighty-seven yeai-s, the last sur\ivor ofher fathers family of twelve children. Shewas buried at Plumville. in the Beracha ceme-tery, beside her first hu
. Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, embracing a history of the county. e. Af-ter her husbands death Mrs. Margaret ]Mor-row married John D. Laney, whom she sur-\-ived over twenty years, returning to thehome farm and living for a number of yeai-swith her son Thomas. From July 3, 1906, shemade her home with her daughter Jane andher younser sister on the farm of her son W.^Morrow, dying Jan. 5, 1909, at theage of eighty-seven yeai-s, the last sur\ivor ofher fathers family of twelve children. Shewas buried at Plumville. in the Beracha ceme-tery, beside her first husband, her funeral ser-vices being conducted by Rev. R. I\IcGill. ofHomer City. Five of the children of herunion with Mr. Morrow survive, as well as sixgrandchildren and six great-grandchildren. John W. Morrow obtained his early educa-tion in the public schools. He worked as anoil well driller and taught school for severalterms to secure the means to attend DaytonAcademy, one at Perrys%ille, Jeffereon county,one in South Mahoning to\\-nship, Indianacounty, and two in Armstrong township, this. Jl<r^Pl^-v-^ HISTORY OF INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1057 county. For two years he read medicine withDr. Christopher McEwen, of Plumville, andin 1871 entered Jefferson Medical College,from which he was graduated March 11, had returned to Indiana after hisfirst term there and practiced for eighteenmonths at Marchand, going back to schoolSept. 8, 1873. After graduation he returnedto Marchand, where he has since practicedwith the exception of his periods of service inthe Pennsylvania Legislature. He is a Republican and in 1890 was nomi-nated and elected as the candidate of hisparty, for the Legislature, by a majority ofnine hundred over his closest competitor. Heserved in the session of 1891, and again in1897, having been reelected in 1896. Duringhis last term, in 1897, he was elected chairmanof the committee on Public Health and Sani-tation. He made the last speech in the
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