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William Harrison Morton was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania on 18 December 1842. He was the son of William Morton and Rebecca Hazen.
William Morton was a soldier in the Civil War.
He married on 23 May 1866 to Mary Helwig, a native of Pennsylvania. Seven children were born to this union. In 1885 William Morton moved to Oregon, lived in Portland for four years after which he moved to Beaverton, Oregon where he was in the florist business and built there one of the first large green-houses. William Morton later moved to Hillsboro, Oregon. In Hillsboro he built up an extensive seed business, and operated the only hothouse of any note in Washington County, located at the corner of Second and Lincoln streets. He was elected justice of the peace by his republican constituents and "stood at the head of mercantile and general affairs of Beaverton". William Morton was identified with such organizations as the United Artisans, the Lyons, and with the Department of Oregon Grand Army of the Republic ( G. A. R.) for which he held the office of officer of the day and Past Commander of the General Ransom Post Number 69 of Hillsboro. William was also Past Commander of Babcock Post at Beaverton, Oregon. He was also Secretary of the Washington County Veterans Association. William was a member of the First Baptist Church of Portland, Oregon.
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