Andrew Morrison was born around 1797 in Stirling, Scotland. He married a woman named Jenett, and they had at least four children: Margaret, born around 1828; Andrew, born around 1831; Ann, born around 1833; and Jane, born around 1842. They emigrated to America in the 1840s and settled in Olean, New York. Morrison worked as a gardener there, and by 1850, he owned $300 of real estate. The family moved to Humphrey, New York, in the early 1850s. By 1860, he owned $800 of real estate and $237 of personal property. He died on August 18, 1869.