George Elkana Morton

1811 - 1892  (80 years)

• Name	George Elkana Morton  [1]
  Birth	25 Mar 1811	Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	Was one of the pupils of Rev. Wm. Forsyth; her sister Martha Ann m his son William. He went to Halifax at about 18 he entered a drug store on Granville and George sts., and shortly after bought the business. In 1852 he built a stone building on the same corner long known as 'Morton's Corner', where he conducted a wholesale and retail drug business, at that time the largest in Nova Scotia. He was the first man to send out a commercial traveller. About 1870 he closed his drug business and opended a book and periodical store and a lending library of current literature. He retired in 1888 and died in 1892 as a result of an accident. Mr. Morton was a man of great intelligence and of distictly literarary tastes; with many contributions to the press, both in prose and verse. In 1852 in conjunction with Miss Mary J. Katsmann, he published 'The Provincial', a monthly magasine. Later he published a satirical magazine, called Banter' In 1875 he published the first 'A Guide to Halifax' and in 1883 'A Guide to Cape Breton'. He was one of the original member of the NS Historical Society. A Conservative and personal friend of Messrs. Johnstone, Tkupper, Parker, Holmes and Marshall. On 23 Nov 1859 appointed 1st Lieut. in the 2nd Queen's Halifax Regt. Capt. 23 Sept 1862 and retired as a Major.
  Name	Major Morton  [1]
  Death	12 Mar 1892	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia   [1]
  Person ID	I18011	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John Morton,   b. 26 Mar 1781, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia d. 3 Mar 1858, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Ann Cogswell,   b. 16 Jun 1785, Annapolis, Nova Scotia d. 18 Mar 1846, Annapolis, Nova Scotia (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1810	Cornwallis, Nova Scotia   [1]
  Family ID	F4576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Mar 1811 - Cornwallis, Nova Scotia Death - 12 Mar 1892 - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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