Morrison,  Rev.  James  H.,  third  son  of  Rev.
W.  N.  Morrison,  was  born  in  Buncombe  county,  N.  C,
February  2d,  1849.  He  worked  on  his  father's  farm
and  attended  school  alternately,  while  a  boy,  and  was
greatly  favored  in  enjoying  the  instructions  of  the  late
Colonel  Steijhen  I^ee,  in  his  Classical  and  Mathemati-
cal school,  near  Asheville,N.C.  After  placing  himself
under  the  care  of  Mecklenburg  Presbytery,  he  entered
Da^^dson  College,  in  1869.  He  studied  and  taught
school,  alternately,  until  1875,  when  he  graduated,
with  marks  of  honor  throughout  his  course.  After
spending  two  years  (1877-78)  at  Union  Theological
Seminary,  Virginia,  he  was  invited  to  assist  Rev.  E.  O.
Guerrant  in  the  wide  fields  of  Bath  and  Montgomery
counties,  Ky.  He. was  licensed  to  preach  the  gospel
by  West  Lexington  Presbytery,  May  7th,  1878,  after
which  he  supplied  the  Owingsville  and  Springfield
churches,  in  Bath  county,  for  a  year,  and  the  Walnut
Hill  Church,  near  Lexington,  Ky.,  for  about  six
months.  In  May,  1879,  he  was  called  to  the  Port^
land  Avenue  Church,  Louisville,  Ky.,  where  he  Wiis
ordained  as  pastor,  October  19th,  1X79.  Mr.  Monison
is  an  earnest,  able  and  successful  preacher.  His
labors  have  been  greatly  blessed.  During  his  present
pastorate  of  four  j-ears,  at  LouisAille,  more  than  one
hundred  and  fifty  persons  have  made  a  profession
of  their  faith  in  Christ,  in  his  own  church  and
other  churches  of  Louisville  Presbytery,  through  his
instrumentality.
