Amos Morehouse Daybook Entry 1838

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

I photographed portions of this DAYBOOK, in 2010 at our Morehouse family reunion in Lafayette, Indiana. Most of the entries seem to be written by Levi J. Morehouse, although two of the pages that I have photos of were written by his father Amos.

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  
father born N.J., 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

1850 U.S. Census, Wabash Twp, Tippecanoe, Indiana, 10 Aug, Series: M432 Roll: 175 Page: 14, 180 180
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


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." 
NWNW 12/ 23-N 5-W No2nd PM IN Tippecanoe 

"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.

SENE 11/ 23-N 5-W No 2nd PM IN Tippecanoe
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.