Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

J. EUGENE MORRISON

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            Among the successful horticulturists of Sutter County whose industry 
and business judgment enable them to surround themselves with the comforts of 
country life, is J. Eugene Morrison, living on his twenty-acre ranch, adjacent 
to Bogue Station, where he has recently finished a fine country home at a cost 
of $20,000.  In 1922, Mr. Morrison purchased fifty-five acres, but in the early 
part of 1923 sold off two tracts of fifteen and twenty acres each, retaining the 
sightly corner where he has erected his beautiful dwelling.  He was born at 
Ostrom Station, on April 20, 1896, a son of John H. and Henrietta (Scott) 
Morrison, Yuba County pioneers, both now deceased, whose sketch will be found in 
this history.
            J. Eugene Morrison, the youngest of the children of his parents� 
family, received his early education in the Yuba County district schools and in 
1914 was graduated from the Marysville High School.  Mr. Morrison, in 
partnership with his three brothers, under the name of the Morrison Brothers, 
began the development of the Bogue ranch of 175 acres, which they bought from 
Mrs. Bogue.  For four years this ranch had been cultivated by Japanese, and when 
the Morrison Brothers took hold of it in 1911 it was in a dilapidated state; but 
gradually they brought it to a high state of cultivation, setting the entire 
acreage to cling peaches.  In 1915, J. Eugene Morrison was made general manager 
for the company and remained in that position until 1919, when with his brother 
James he purchased the interests of his brothers, Hugh A. and Archie.  In 1922 
this ranch was sold to Henry Kleinsorge, who has retained Mr. Morrison as 
superintendent; and he handles all the details and the management of the ranch.
            The marriage of Mr. Morrison in Sacramento, November 19, 1919,  
united him with Miss Irlene Cook, a native of Sutter County, daughter of Seely 
Cook, whose sketch can be found in this volume.  Mr. and Mrs. Morrison are the 
parents of one daughter, Betty Jean.  Mr. Morrison was a member of the first 
board of directors of the California Canning Peach Growers� Association, and is 
a past vice-president of the Barry Center of the Sutter County Farm Bureau.  
Fraternally, he is a member of Enterprise Lodge, No. 70, F.&A.M., Yuba City.  He 
is the executor of the John H. Morrison Estate.  Mr. and Mrs. Morrison are 
members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mrs. Morrison is a member of the Bogue 
Wednesday Club.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p . 1308