Morrison “Morris” Butcher was born between 1842 and 1844 in Ohio, probably in Columbus, the eldest of four known children of Robert Butcher, Jr., and his wife, Martha J. Brown. He was the brother of Henrietta, James and Anna. Their father was a free-born Virginian from Dinwiddie County but, sometime between 1830 and 1840, he came to Columbus, OH, with his parents and other relatives. On 4 September 1842, in or around Columbus, he married Martha. But, in either 1849 or 1850, they divorced. Martha then married Cyrus Woods, a laborer from Tennessee, on 21 July 1850, perhaps in Columbus, Ohio, and she had three more children with him. One of them was the future inventor, Granville T. Woods (1856–1910), “The Black Edison”.
Before the Civil War, Morrison was a laborer and porter. When the draft registration began in the summer of 1863, he was living in Berlin, Ohio, north of Columbus, and working as a laborer. He was then 20 and still a bachelor. So he got the "Class 1" label. But, for one reason or another, he didn't get into the Army until the following year, when he finally enlisted on 29 August 1864. At that time, he was a porter in Columbus. His muster card described him, at 5 feet 5 inches, with a "black" complexion, "black" eyes", and "black" hair. He was assigned to Company C, 27th United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) — as a company cook. So he probably never saw any action.
Nevertheless, Morrison marched with the 27th U.S.C.T. for a year. They were at the Sieges of Petersburg (which happened to be the hometown of the Butcher family) and Richmond in late 1864. They saw the Mine Explosion at Petersburg on 30 July. They went to the Battle of Poplar Grove Church (29 September-1 October 1864), the Bombardment and Capture of Fort Fisher in January 1865, the Capture of Wilmington, NC, on 22 February, and in the Campaign of the Carolinas in the Spring of 1865. They were present for the Capture of Raleigh on 14 April 1865 and the Surrender of General Johnston and his Confederates on 26 April, and then went on guard duty for the rest of the war. Morrison came as a private, and he left as a private. But he got his bounty. When his service ended on 4 September 1865, he was owed the two thirds of his bounty - $66.66.
After the war, Morrison worked as a barber and a porter. He got married on 21 December 1865 in Delaware, OH, a town north of Columbus, to a Catherine Bass in a ceremony performed by an African Methodist Episcopal minister, the Rev. Grafton H. Graham. Five years later, in 1870, Morris and “Kate” were in Steubenville, OH, as domestic servants in the household of Thomas L. Jewett, the president of the local railroad company, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad. But in 1880 Morrison was back in Columbus and without his wife. At that time, he was working as a barber and living at 92 West Mound St.
Many years later, on 1 December 1892, Morrison applied for his Civil War invalid's pension. He got it but he didn't live long to enjoy it. He died from pneumonia in Columbus on 6 January 1897 at the age of 55. His death record listed his parents as Nathan and Martha Butcher but his father was the son of another Robert Butcher so he might have taken a different name to avoid being confused with him.
Morrison’s death record also stated that he was buried on the next day, on 7 January 1897, at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus but his grave does not have a marker.
Before the Civil War, Morrison was a laborer and porter. When the draft registration began in the summer of 1863, he was living in Berlin, Ohio, north of Columbus, and working as a laborer. He was then 20 and still a bachelor. So he got the "Class 1" label. But, for one reason or another, he didn't get into the Army until the following year, when he finally enlisted on 29 August 1864. At that time, he was a porter in Columbus. His muster card described him, at 5 feet 5 inches, with a "black" complexion, "black" eyes", and "black" hair. He was assigned to Company C, 27th United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) — as a company cook. So he probably never saw any action.
Nevertheless, Morrison marched with the 27th U.S.C.T. for a year. They were at the Sieges of Petersburg (which happened to be the hometown of the Butcher family) and Richmond in late 1864. They saw the Mine Explosion at Petersburg on 30 July. They went to the Battle of Poplar Grove Church (29 September-1 October 1864), the Bombardment and Capture of Fort Fisher in January 1865, the Capture of Wilmington, NC, on 22 February, and in the Campaign of the Carolinas in the Spring of 1865. They were present for the Capture of Raleigh on 14 April 1865 and the Surrender of General Johnston and his Confederates on 26 April, and then went on guard duty for the rest of the war. Morrison came as a private, and he left as a private. But he got his bounty. When his service ended on 4 September 1865, he was owed the two thirds of his bounty - $66.66.
After the war, Morrison worked as a barber and a porter. He got married on 21 December 1865 in Delaware, OH, a town north of Columbus, to a Catherine Bass in a ceremony performed by an African Methodist Episcopal minister, the Rev. Grafton H. Graham. Five years later, in 1870, Morris and “Kate” were in Steubenville, OH, as domestic servants in the household of Thomas L. Jewett, the president of the local railroad company, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad. But in 1880 Morrison was back in Columbus and without his wife. At that time, he was working as a barber and living at 92 West Mound St.
Many years later, on 1 December 1892, Morrison applied for his Civil War invalid's pension. He got it but he didn't live long to enjoy it. He died from pneumonia in Columbus on 6 January 1897 at the age of 55. His death record listed his parents as Nathan and Martha Butcher but his father was the son of another Robert Butcher so he might have taken a different name to avoid being confused with him.
Morrison’s death record also stated that he was buried on the next day, on 7 January 1897, at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus but his grave does not have a marker.
Morrison “Morris” Butcher was born between 1842 and 1844 in Ohio, probably in Columbus, the eldest of four known children of Robert Butcher, Jr., and his wife, Martha J. Brown. He was the brother of Henrietta, James and Anna. Their father was a free-born Virginian from Dinwiddie County but, sometime between 1830 and 1840, he came to Columbus, OH, with his parents and other relatives. On 4 September 1842, in or around Columbus, he married Martha. But, in either 1849 or 1850, they divorced. Martha then married Cyrus Woods, a laborer from Tennessee, on 21 July 1850, perhaps in Columbus, Ohio, and she had three more children with him. One of them was the future inventor, Granville T. Woods (1856–1910), “The Black Edison”.
Before the Civil War, Morrison was a laborer and porter. When the draft registration began in the summer of 1863, he was living in Berlin, Ohio, north of Columbus, and working as a laborer. He was then 20 and still a bachelor. So he got the "Class 1" label. But, for one reason or another, he didn't get into the Army until the following year, when he finally enlisted on 29 August 1864. At that time, he was a porter in Columbus. His muster card described him, at 5 feet 5 inches, with a "black" complexion, "black" eyes", and "black" hair. He was assigned to Company C, 27th United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) — as a company cook. So he probably never saw any action.
Nevertheless, Morrison marched with the 27th U.S.C.T. for a year. They were at the Sieges of Petersburg (which happened to be the hometown of the Butcher family) and Richmond in late 1864. They saw the Mine Explosion at Petersburg on 30 July. They went to the Battle of Poplar Grove Church (29 September-1 October 1864), the Bombardment and Capture of Fort Fisher in January 1865, the Capture of Wilmington, NC, on 22 February, and in the Campaign of the Carolinas in the Spring of 1865. They were present for the Capture of Raleigh on 14 April 1865 and the Surrender of General Johnston and his Confederates on 26 April, and then went on guard duty for the rest of the war. Morrison came as a private, and he left as a private. But he got his bounty. When his service ended on 4 September 1865, he was owed the two thirds of his bounty - $66.66.
After the war, Morrison worked as a barber and a porter. He got married on 21 December 1865 in Delaware, OH, a town north of Columbus, to a Catherine Bass in a ceremony performed by an African Methodist Episcopal minister, the Rev. Grafton H. Graham. Five years later, in 1870, Morris and “Kate” were in Steubenville, OH, as domestic servants in the household of Thomas L. Jewett, the president of the local railroad company, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad. But in 1880 Morrison was back in Columbus and without his wife. At that time, he was working as a barber and living at 92 West Mound St.
Many years later, on 1 December 1892, Morrison applied for his Civil War invalid's pension. He got it but he didn't live long to enjoy it. He died from pneumonia in Columbus on 6 January 1897 at the age of 55. His death record listed his parents as Nathan and Martha Butcher but his father was the son of another Robert Butcher so he might have taken a different name to avoid being confused with him.
Morrison’s death record also stated that he was buried on the next day, on 7 January 1897, at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus but his grave does not have a marker.
Before the Civil War, Morrison was a laborer and porter. When the draft registration began in the summer of 1863, he was living in Berlin, Ohio, north of Columbus, and working as a laborer. He was then 20 and still a bachelor. So he got the "Class 1" label. But, for one reason or another, he didn't get into the Army until the following year, when he finally enlisted on 29 August 1864. At that time, he was a porter in Columbus. His muster card described him, at 5 feet 5 inches, with a "black" complexion, "black" eyes", and "black" hair. He was assigned to Company C, 27th United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) — as a company cook. So he probably never saw any action.
Nevertheless, Morrison marched with the 27th U.S.C.T. for a year. They were at the Sieges of Petersburg (which happened to be the hometown of the Butcher family) and Richmond in late 1864. They saw the Mine Explosion at Petersburg on 30 July. They went to the Battle of Poplar Grove Church (29 September-1 October 1864), the Bombardment and Capture of Fort Fisher in January 1865, the Capture of Wilmington, NC, on 22 February, and in the Campaign of the Carolinas in the Spring of 1865. They were present for the Capture of Raleigh on 14 April 1865 and the Surrender of General Johnston and his Confederates on 26 April, and then went on guard duty for the rest of the war. Morrison came as a private, and he left as a private. But he got his bounty. When his service ended on 4 September 1865, he was owed the two thirds of his bounty - $66.66.
After the war, Morrison worked as a barber and a porter. He got married on 21 December 1865 in Delaware, OH, a town north of Columbus, to a Catherine Bass in a ceremony performed by an African Methodist Episcopal minister, the Rev. Grafton H. Graham. Five years later, in 1870, Morris and “Kate” were in Steubenville, OH, as domestic servants in the household of Thomas L. Jewett, the president of the local railroad company, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad. But in 1880 Morrison was back in Columbus and without his wife. At that time, he was working as a barber and living at 92 West Mound St.
Many years later, on 1 December 1892, Morrison applied for his Civil War invalid's pension. He got it but he didn't live long to enjoy it. He died from pneumonia in Columbus on 6 January 1897 at the age of 55. His death record listed his parents as Nathan and Martha Butcher but his father was the son of another Robert Butcher so he might have taken a different name to avoid being confused with him.
Morrison’s death record also stated that he was buried on the next day, on 7 January 1897, at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus but his grave does not have a marker.
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