George Wasington Morrow

George Wilson Morrow, assessor of Washington County. Ark., and an enterprising
citizen of the same, was born in what is now Dutch Mills Township,
Washington Co., Ark., May 2, 1842, and is the son of Rev. George and Elizabeth
{Buchanan) Morrow. The former was born in South Carolina, and reared in
Kentucky, and the latter was born and reared in Kentucky. They were married
at Fort Smith, Ark., and were the parents of six sons and four daughters.
George Wilson Morrow, the youngest of the familv, attained his growth in his
native county, receiving a good practical education, ·and at the breaking out of the
late war he shouldered his musket and enlisted in the Confederate army, Com
pany B, Brooks' Regiment of Arkansas Infantry, and was in active service all
through the stirring events of the war. He then returned to his home in Washington
County and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He chose for his companion
in life Miss Samantha Russell, daughter of James Bryant .and Ann (Coulter)
Russell, and by this union became the father of two sons and four daughters:
Ann Elizabeth, who is a graduate of Cane Hill College; William R., who
runs his father's store; Maggie May, Stella J., Hugh Oscar and Ena R. Mr.
Morrow has held the office of justice of the peace for several years, and he and
family worship at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is the present assessor,
and is a candidate for re-election.

MORROW, George Wilson Morrow, Arkansas was born May 2, 1842 in Washington County, Arkansas, the son of George Morrow of Charleston, South Carolina, who was a Cumberland Presbyterian minister for 60 years in Arkansas. He was the son of John Morrow and his wife Mary Calhoun. Maiden name of subject’s mother was Elizabeth Buchanan, daughter of Thomas Buchanan and his wife Jennie Patterson, who was from Ireland. “The Captain of the vessel on which Jennie took passage from Ireland to America said he would give the girl who first sighted land a new dress. Jennie got the prize.” Subject was educated at Cane Hill under Dr. F.R. Earle, was a Junior when the war stopped him. He was a Justice of the Peace for many years, served a term in the lower House of the Arkansas Legislature, 1907, and was a Democrat and a Presbyterian. He served as a Corporal in the 34th Arkansas Infantry. On December 7, 1865, at Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas, he married Samantha Russell, daughter of James B Russell and his wife,
Ann Coulter. Their children were: Annie Elizabeth Morrow; William Robert Morrow, Oklahoma; Maggie May Morrow (deceased); Stella Jane Morrow, Hugh Oscar Morrow and Mrs. Emma Russell Crozier. [1911 Arkansas Confederate Census]

Hon. G.W. Morrow, commander of Prairie Grove Camp of Confederate Veterans, was over from Lincoln Sunday to attend the funeral of his comrade, Mr. W.N. Scott. [Prairie Grove Herald 6/30/1921]

G.W. Morrow filed Veteran Application #21599 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate pension and it was received as allowed August 16, 1917 at the State, citing service with Company B, 34thArkansas Infantry from 1862 thru 1865. Mr. Morrow died February 18, 1935. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives]