Alpha Morehouse, Hebron School, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1906
Hebron Public School, District No. 3, Wabash Tp., Tippecanoe Co., Ind.
Emma Cunningham, Teacher
E.C. Crider, Supt.
Pupils
Grade I: Anna Cooper, Maurice Henderson, Helen Walton, Eleanor McCauley
Grade II: Truman Higley
Grade III: Mary Rawles, Rae Wright, Marjorie Baker, Veva McCauley, Lee Oata Morehouse, Jeanna Post, Beatrice Higley
Grade IV: Marie Wright, Charley Thomas, Newell Motsinger, Maurice Graves
Grade V: Ruth Brown, Nellie Cooper, Earl Rost, Carl Henderson, Alpha Morehouse
Grade VI: Minnie Post, Stellas Grove, James Hoag
Grant Dyer, Trustee
1899 Football Team
This photo appears to be taken in 1899, when Alpha Morehouse was only 6. The two boys in the photo with the white shoulder pads were probably his older brothers, my great-uncles.
Silas & Mary Morehouse's 50th Anniversary, October 7, 1919
Peggy has said that Mary's wedding dress was donated to a museum in Monticello, Indiana or somewhere in that area. This is the same dress that Jeanne wore in two photos that her brother Alan took in 1938.
Amos Morehouse Daybook Entry 1832
State of Indiana, Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County
A Shep vs. A Morehouse
before alb Slat a justice of the peace in and for said County and township
Assumpsit
personally appeared before me Alb Sla an acting justice of the peace as aforesaid the above named defendant A Morehouse who being by me duly sworn say that the said plantiff ought not to have or maintain his aforesaid action against him because he says that at the time the said suit was commenced and from henceforth up to the present time he the said A M were not and have not been a resident of said township of Fairfield nor was he a resident of said township but was and have since been and now are a resident of another township to wit the township of Wabash in said County and at the time of commencing suit (he was and now is) there was an acting justice of the peace in said township of Wabash who is neighther father, son or brother to him and in no manner interested in the event of said suit wherefore the said defendant pray that the said plantiff may be nonsuited and judgment rendered against him for the costs and charges of said suit laid out and expended
Silas and Mary Morehouse Family c1906
Silas and Mary Morehouse Family 1910 Census
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1910 U.S. Census, Wabash Twp, Tippecanoe, Indiana, ED 186, Series: T624 Roll: 381 Page: 142
Brown Road 25 25
Morehouse, Silas A, head 66 2nd marr 40yrs, Indiana Ohio Ohio, farmer, general farm, employer, own free, farm #20
“ Mary M, wife 59 1st marr 40yrs, 10child/10living, Indiana Indiana Indiana
“ Maud, daug 30 single Indiana Indiana Indiana
“ Dave R, son 24 single Indiana Indiana Indiana, farm laborer, house farm, wages, out of work 15 Apr 1910: yes, #of weeks out of work 1909:0
“ Mary M, daug 23 single Indiana Indiana Indiana
“ Daisy E, daug 22 single Indiana Indiana Indiana
“ Zelina, daug 21 single Indiana Indiana Indiana
“ Geneive L, daug 19 single Indiana Indiana Indiana
“ Alpha L, son 17 single Indiana Indiana Indiana, farm laborer, house farm, wages, in school since 1 Sept, 1909
Silas and Mary Morehouse Family 1900 Census
1900 U.S. Census, Wabash Twp. Tippecanoe, Indiana, Series: T623, Roll: 405, Page: 338 (111 111)
Silas Morehouse head 56 Dec 1843 Indiana Ohio Ohio, marr/30 yrs, farmer, own free, farm #84
Mary wife 48 Sept 1851 Indiana Ohio Ohio marr/30 yrs,10 child/10 living
Maude daug 28 Mar 1872
Gertrude daug 24 Aug 1875
Oliver son 23 Feb 1877
Garfield R son 21 Sep 1879
David R son 16 Jan 1883
Mary M daug 14 Jul 1885
Daisy daug 12 Feb 1887
Zelina daug 11 Nov 1888
Geneiva daug 9 Jan 1891
Alpha L son 7 Mar 1893
Sallie Rawles Morehouse
Silas Morehouse and Sallie Rawles
Silas Morehouse’s first wife was Sarah “Sallie” Rawles. Silas married Sallie on January 3, 1867, but she died less than a month later on January 24, 1867. On October 7, 1869, Silas married Mary Rawles, who was Sallie's younger sister. Silas and Mary were the parents of Alpha Morehouse.
Levi and Lucy Morehouse Burials
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Hebron Cemetery, Wabash Twp., Tippecanoe Co., Indiana
LEVI J MOREHOUSE/ BORN/ April 1, 1819/ DIED/ MAR 9, 1887
LUCY MOREHOUSE/ BORN/ MARCH 10, 1819/ DIED/ APRIL 12, 1895
FAREWELL/ FATHER AND MOTHER/ MOREHOUSELUCY MOREHOUSE/ BORN/ MARCH 10, 1819/ DIED/ APRIL 12, 1895
William Foelkmer Funeral Home Records 1879-1920
Funeral of Levi Morehouse age 68, 3-10-1887, 6 miles west, 1 casket, draped, oxidized trimmings, box, 6ft, hearse, and attendance $125, 1 robe $10.00, embalming $10.00 by sons, paid Oct 25/87.
Funeral of Mrs. Lucy Morehouse, dec’d, age 76, 4-12-1895, 6 miles Nth west, 1 Rd end apollo casket, hearse, box 5ft9, $150, embalming, $10, flowers, $8, pd. May 8/95, filed Apr 25/95.
Silas and Mary Morehouse Family 1880 Census
1880 U.S. Census, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, ED 22, Series: T9 Roll: 313 Page: 193, 163 174
Silas Morehouse age 35
farmer, born Indiana
father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
Mary age 28, wife
keeping house, born Indiana
father born Ohio mother born Ohio
Maud age 8, daughter
Gertie age 5, daughter
Oliver P. age 3, son
Infant age 2 mo., son
farmer, born Indiana
father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
Mary age 28, wife
keeping house, born Indiana
father born Ohio mother born Ohio
Maud age 8, daughter
Gertie age 5, daughter
Oliver P. age 3, son
Infant age 2 mo., son
Amos Morehouse Daybook Entry 1838
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| These items were given to Levi about two weeks after his May 16, 1838 marriage to Lucy Kee. |
May 29 1838 A list of the things that I let Levi J. Morehouse my son have
one coat eighteen Dollars $18.00
one coat and vest eleven dollars 11.00
one coat ten Dollars 10.00
one pare of overhalls three dollars 3.00
do one pare of Janes two Dollars & fifty 2.50
one fur cap seven dollars 7.00
one hat three dollars fifty cents 3.50
boots shoes shirs four dollars 4
two pare of cotton pantiloons 2.00
one chest three dollars 3.00
one bedstead two dollars fifty cts 2.50
1/2 set of chairs four dollars 4.00
bed and bedding twenty three dollars 23
pot metal 225 2.25
four hogs six dollars 6.00
four sheep twelve dollars 12.00
one cow ten dollars 10.00
two yearlands steers fourteen dollars 14.00
one sheet 1.25
L. Jennings Morehouse Daybook 1830
Levi and Lucy Morehouse Family 1880 Census
1880 U.S. Census, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Series: T9 Roll: 313 Page: 191
135 141
Levi J. Morehouse age 61
married, white male
farmer, born Ohio
Levi J. Morehouse age 61
married, white male
farmer, born Ohio
father born N.J., mother born Ohio
Lucy age 61, wife
married, white female
keeping house, born Ohio
father born Virginia, mother born Ohio
Lucy age 61, wife
married, white female
keeping house, born Ohio
father born Virginia, mother born Ohio
6 boarders: 1 servant and 5 farm laborers
Levi and Lucy Morehouse Family 1850 Mortality Schedule
As a part of the 1850 U.S. Federal Census information was asked about those persons who had died in a household during the past twelve months. Levi and Lucy Morehouse's son Levi died in September 1849 and is here enumerated. Name: Levi Moorhouse
Age: 8/12
Sex: Male
Place of Birth: Ia. (Indiana)
Month died: Sept
Disease, or cause of death: Cronick?
Number of days ill: 80?
Remarks: Wabash Township is bordered on the south and part of the eas by the Wabash River on the west by Shelby North by White County and part of the east by Tipppecanoe Township. This is some of the select of the wabash valey in the township. Corn is raised with two plowing to the amount of one hundred bushel per acre. The Soil is black loose and sandy. The timber is principaly ash but almost all kinds of timber in the western county may be found. It takes in part of the grand Prairie which is not surpassed by any for beauty and richness. The water is pure and cold, The Cholera ______ __ _____ bad about on the edge of the Prairie the last year, - about the middel of the township their has been several case of milk sick. The wheat in the township was all most an entire failure last year. Their has been a ____ ____ ____ __ about five miles from Lake ____ near the west side of the township.
Levi was buried in Hebron Cemetery in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Levi, son of LJ & L Morehouse
died Sept 8, 1849, aged 7 mo 14 da
Levi and Lucy Morehouse Family 1850 Census
Levi Morehouse age 33, farmer, born O.
Lucy age 33, born O.
Joseph age 10, born Ia. (Indiana)
Rachel age 8, born Ia.
Silas age 5, born Ia.
Martina age 3, born Ia.
Josiah? McCowen age 27, laborer
Morehouse Family Bible Records
These pages are from a Bible handed down to Alan Morehouse. It was said to be Levi and Lucy's Bible, although it does contain entries for Levi's parents, Amos and Rhoda Morehouse. The pages were sent to me in 2004. I remember seeing the intact Bible at Alan's house in the 1990s, but I didn't record its copyright date.
Amos and Rhoda Morehouse Burials
Hebron Cemetery, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Rhoda, Wife of Amos Morehouse died Nov 13, 1837, Aged 37yrs 8m & 6da,
J. Pampel Lafayette Ind
Amos Morehouse died July 17, 1845, Aged 52yrs 2m & 6d
Photos taken October 2002
Rhoda, Wife of Amos Morehouse died Nov 13, 1837, Aged 37yrs 8m & 6da,
J. Pampel Lafayette Ind
Amos Morehouse died July 17, 1845, Aged 52yrs 2m & 6d
Photos taken October 2002
Amos and Levi Morehouse Families in 1840
Amos Morehouse completed his purchase of land in Tippecanoe County, Indiana from the government in 1834. In 1837 his wife Rhoda died and was buried in Hebron Cemetery, Tippecanoe County. In this 1840 U.S. Census I've found an Amos and Levi Moorehouse living next to each other in Warren County, Indiana, not in Tippecanoe County. Warren County is located just to the west of Tippecanoe County.Levi Moorehouse: 1 male < 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 20-30
total 3 persons, 1 in agriculture
Amos Moorehouse: 1 male 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 5-10, total 5 persons, 2 in agriculture, 1 in manufactures and trades, 2 white persons over 20 years of age who cannot read and write
Amos Morehouse Land Patents 1834
These land patents were paid in full on October 14, 1834. The purchases were for 40 acres each in portions of sections 12 and 11 of Wabash Township in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
"Amos Morehouse, of Clark County, Ohio ... full payment ... the North West Quarter of the North East Quarter of Section Twelve, in Township Twenty three North of Range Five, West in the District of Lands subject to Sale at Crawfordsville Indiana, containing Forty acres."
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"Amos Morehouse, of Clark County, Ohio ... full payment ... the South East Quarter of the North East Quarter of Section Eleven, in Township Twenty three North of Range Five, West in the District of Lands subject to Sale at Crawfordsville Indiana, containing Forty acres.
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This map showing the current location of Amos Morehouse's land purchases was found by entering the land descriptions above at www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx.
Levi and Lucy Morehouse Family 1860 - 1870
The Levi and Lucy Morehouse family in the 1860 and 1870 U.S. Census in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.