Charles A. Morehouse (1839 - 1919)

Born 3 Aug 1839 in Tompkins, New York, United States

Husband of Susannah B. (Rarick) Morehous — married 9 Apr 1868 in Portland, Jay, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1919 at age 80 in Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee, United States

Biography

Charles was born in 1839. He was the son of Wilber and Susan Morehouse, who left New York to settle in Jay County, Indiana.

He married Susannah Rarick in 1868.^[1] They were the parents of the following children listed on FamilySearch:

1. infant boy 1869-1869
2. Sarah Susan Ann Morehouse 1871-1890
3. Mary Louise Caroline Morehouse 1872-1951
4. Thirsey Thomason Morehouse 1874-1876
5. Harriet Effie Morehous b 1876
6. Ella Eurema Morehouse b 1879
7. Rebecca J. Morehouse 1881-1882
8. Wilber P. Morehouse 1883-1883
9. Viola Temperance Morehouse 1884-1969
10. Charles Wesley N. Morehouse 1887-1889
11. Adam Ross Morehous 1889-1906
12. Henry Alfred Morehouse 1890-1895
13. Elizabeth Pearl Morehouse 1892-1973

He passed away in 1919 in Tennessee. He is buried in Jay County, IN.

Sources

1. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6RP-FT6 : 19 October 2021), Charles A Morehouse and Susannah B Rarick, 28 Mar 1868; citing Jay, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004714925.

• FamilySearch Profile
• SOURCE: Randle, Genealogy of the Patterson, Wheat and Hearn Families, 1926. pp22, 31, 33-37. !SOURCE: Mrs. T.A. (Martha) Lynch, 1896 Reminiscences of Adams, Jay & Randolph Counties, Indiana. pp370-371. !SOURCE: Lewis Publishing Co., A Biographical History of Darke County, Ohio, 1900. Library of Congress. p309. Lived near Hector, Jay, IN. !BIRTH: 1860 census of Jay County, Indiana, states he was 20 years old and born in Indiana. MILITARY: Enlisted in Co. E, 89th Indiana Infantry under Capt. Joseph Winters and Col. Charles D. Murrey on 9 Aug 1862. (noted in FS profile)
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJ2-CGJ : 19 December 2020), Charles Morehouse in household of Wilber Morehouse, Noble, Jay, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FG-LJB : 18 February 2021), Charles A Moorehouse in entry for Wilber Moorehouse, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXF9-H36 : 28 May 2021), Charles A Morehouse, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH98-96F : 19 February 2021), Charles Morehouse, Bellefountaine, Jay, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 154, sheet 420B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,287.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM1L-QQ2 : accessed 21 October 2021), Charles A Morehous, Noble Township, Jay, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63, sheet 3A, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,380.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKPW-QCJ : accessed 21 October 2021), Chas A Morehous, Noble, Jay, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 69, sheet 6A, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 358; FHL microfilm 1,374,371.
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