Background
He was the son of Nathan Smith and Susannah (Chase) Morrison, and a descendant of David Morrison who emigrated to Boston in 1718.
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Education
Morrison, Nathan Jackson, , New Hampshire 1828 1907 Male Clergyman Congregational College President college president and Congregational clergyman, was born in Sanbornton, now Franklin, N. H. , of Scotch-Irish lineage.
He prepared for college at academies in Sanbornton, Meriden, and New Hampton, and graduated from Dartmouth in 1853.
He went West to study theology under President Finney of Oberlin, graduating at Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1857.
During his seminary course he served as tutor in the classics in the preparatory department of the college.
Career
The Civil War reduced the struggling institution to a low ebb.
After resigning at Olivet, he became a leading spirit in the organization of Drury College, Springfield, Mo. , and was elected its president.
His personal interest in his students was keen and of practical helpfulness.
[W. B. Williams, Hist.
of Olivet Coll.
(1901); A. P. Hall, Hist.
Address at the Semi-Centennial of Drury Coll.
(1923); M. T. Runnels, Memorial Sketches and Hist.
of the Class of 1853 Dartmouth Coll.
(1895); The Congreg.
Religion
He was ordained, Feb. 11, 1858, pastor of the Congregational church in Rochester, Mich.
Politics
Year-Book, 1907 (1908); Congregationalist, May 4, 1907; Topeka State Jour. , Apr. 12, 1907. ]
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Political Party
Congregationalist