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

SALLIE A MOREHOUSE, WIFE OF SILAS A.MOREHOUSE DIED Jan 24, 1867, AGED 20ys 2mo & 23d, Hebron Cemetery, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

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

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/ MOREHOUSE

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.

Levi and Lucy Morehouse Obituaries, 1887 and 1895

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

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