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William began his education at the Colombo Academy (boys only), now well known as Royal College. In 1876 he and the entire family came to Maine for about a year. As his father did not again return to the U.S. until 1889, it is not known if William and the two older children stayed behind in 1877 to continue their education, or whether Willie returned to Colombo and then back to Maine a few years later on his own. Probably he stayed, as he is in the 1880 census in Orono, living with the family of Percy Graves, occupation: student, age 15, born Ceylon, race: mulatto. And by 1882 he was enrolled at the University of Maine, from where he graduated in 1885 with a degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
The marriage was performed by Rev. E. E. Peck; Penobscot Co., Marriage Returns, vol. 7, p. 267.
He then took a course at Fort Meyer, Virginia and thereafter lived in the Washington, DC area until 1903. From 1886 to 1890 he was a draftsman in the office of the Chief Signal Officer, War Dept., earning $1200.00 in 1889. A notice in the 24 Jun 1890 "Bangor Daily Whig and Courier" advised that he had been appointed an examiner of the surveys in the U.S. General Land Office, Interior Dept. The 1892 DC directory listed him as a clerk/draftsman in the General Land Office, where he helped draw up the plat maps for the 1893 Oklahoma land rush. For most of this period, William and his family lived in the city of Washington, but by 1892 they were residing in Charlton Heights, Maryland. The next year they moved to Kensington, where they stayed for nearly 10 years.
In 1898, William was assigned to the secret War Dept. office that drew up the maps used in the Spanish American War. A large painting of his depicting the Battle of Manila Bay hung for many years in the offices of the Navy Dept. In 1899 he was a photographer in the Adjutant General's office and that summer served as a topographer on the Cook Inlet Exploring Expedition to Alaska commanded by Capt. E. Glenn. Lt. Herron led the detachment that explored 20 Mile River, at the east end of Turnagain Arm, in May, after which he wrote in part: "Mr. Morey worked indefagitably through snow and rain, making surveys under most trying conditions, as well as assisting in packing heavy loads along the trail. Comprehensive maps of these regions are the result of his labours." Later in the summer he was the cartographer on the detachment led by Lt. Yanert that explored up the Susitna River along the east face of the Alaska Range. William compiled all maps for that route, as well as producing numerous sketches of the terrain, including some of Mt. McKinley (Denali). However, he also contracted rheumatic fever on this expedition, which weakened his heart.
By 1904, the family was residing in New York City, where William took on consulting work as a civil engineer, cartographer, and illustrator. His illustrations of birds and other items appeared in numerous scholarly books of the period, and he contributed articles on mathematics, engineering and other subjects to the Century Dictionary and the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana. He was scientific editor and consulting civil engineer for the latter publication as well as for the New International Encyclopaedia during this period. He also contributed to the New International Dictionary and to the magazine Scientific American. And he worked with Thomas Edison at General Electric in Schenectady, NY for a short period around 1912-14. The family spent summers in Maine around Otis and Lakewood, where they again came in July 1916. However, poor health precluded his return to New York that fall, and William died in Lakewood 4 days shy of his 52d birthday.
William Morey and Evangeline A Chapman both buried: Rock Creek cemetery, Washington, DC, USA
William began his education at the Colombo Academy (boys only), now well known as Royal College. In 1876 he and the entire family came to Maine for about a year. As his father did not again return to the U.S. until 1889, it is not known if William and the two older children stayed behind in 1877 to continue their education, or whether Willie returned to Colombo and then back to Maine a few years later on his own. Probably he stayed, as he is in the 1880 census in Orono, living with the family of Percy Graves, occupation: student, age 15, born Ceylon, race: mulatto. And by 1882 he was enrolled at the University of Maine, from where he graduated in 1885 with a degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
The marriage was performed by Rev. E. E. Peck; Penobscot Co., Marriage Returns, vol. 7, p. 267.
He then took a course at Fort Meyer, Virginia and thereafter lived in the Washington, DC area until 1903. From 1886 to 1890 he was a draftsman in the office of the Chief Signal Officer, War Dept., earning $1200.00 in 1889. A notice in the 24 Jun 1890 "Bangor Daily Whig and Courier" advised that he had been appointed an examiner of the surveys in the U.S. General Land Office, Interior Dept. The 1892 DC directory listed him as a clerk/draftsman in the General Land Office, where he helped draw up the plat maps for the 1893 Oklahoma land rush. For most of this period, William and his family lived in the city of Washington, but by 1892 they were residing in Charlton Heights, Maryland. The next year they moved to Kensington, where they stayed for nearly 10 years.
In 1898, William was assigned to the secret War Dept. office that drew up the maps used in the Spanish American War. A large painting of his depicting the Battle of Manila Bay hung for many years in the offices of the Navy Dept. In 1899 he was a photographer in the Adjutant General's office and that summer served as a topographer on the Cook Inlet Exploring Expedition to Alaska commanded by Capt. E. Glenn. Lt. Herron led the detachment that explored 20 Mile River, at the east end of Turnagain Arm, in May, after which he wrote in part: "Mr. Morey worked indefagitably through snow and rain, making surveys under most trying conditions, as well as assisting in packing heavy loads along the trail. Comprehensive maps of these regions are the result of his labours." Later in the summer he was the cartographer on the detachment led by Lt. Yanert that explored up the Susitna River along the east face of the Alaska Range. William compiled all maps for that route, as well as producing numerous sketches of the terrain, including some of Mt. McKinley (Denali). However, he also contracted rheumatic fever on this expedition, which weakened his heart.
By 1904, the family was residing in New York City, where William took on consulting work as a civil engineer, cartographer, and illustrator. His illustrations of birds and other items appeared in numerous scholarly books of the period, and he contributed articles on mathematics, engineering and other subjects to the Century Dictionary and the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana. He was scientific editor and consulting civil engineer for the latter publication as well as for the New International Encyclopaedia during this period. He also contributed to the New International Dictionary and to the magazine Scientific American. And he worked with Thomas Edison at General Electric in Schenectady, NY for a short period around 1912-14. The family spent summers in Maine around Otis and Lakewood, where they again came in July 1916. However, poor health precluded his return to New York that fall, and William died in Lakewood 4 days shy of his 52d birthday.
William Morey and Evangeline A Chapman both buried: Rock Creek cemetery, Washington, DC, USA
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William began his education at the Colombo Academy (boys only), now well known as Royal College. In 1876 he and the entire family came to Maine for about a year. As his father did not again return to the U.S. until 1889, it is not known if William and the two older children stayed behind in 1877 to continue their education, or whether Willie returned to Colombo and then back to Maine a few years later on his own. Probably he stayed, as he is in the 1880 census in Orono, living with the family of Percy Graves, occupation: student, age 15, born Ceylon, race: mulatto. And by 1882 he was enrolled at the University of Maine, from where he graduated in 1885 with a degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
The marriage was performed by Rev. E. E. Peck; Penobscot Co., Marriage Returns, vol. 7, p. 267.
He then took a course at Fort Meyer, Virginia and thereafter lived in the Washington, DC area until 1903. From 1886 to 1890 he was a draftsman in the office of the Chief Signal Officer, War Dept., earning $1200.00 in 1889. A notice in the 24 Jun 1890 "Bangor Daily Whig and Courier" advised that he had been appointed an examiner of the surveys in the U.S. General Land Office, Interior Dept. The 1892 DC directory listed him as a clerk/draftsman in the General Land Office, where he helped draw up the plat maps for the 1893 Oklahoma land rush. For most of this period, William and his family lived in the city of Washington, but by 1892 they were residing in Charlton Heights, Maryland. The next year they moved to Kensington, where they stayed for nearly 10 years.
In 1898, William was assigned to the secret War Dept. office that drew up the maps used in the Spanish American War. A large painting of his depicting the Battle of Manila Bay hung for many years in the offices of the Navy Dept. In 1899 he was a photographer in the Adjutant General's office and that summer served as a topographer on the Cook Inlet Exploring Expedition to Alaska commanded by Capt. E. Glenn. Lt. Herron led the detachment that explored 20 Mile River, at the east end of Turnagain Arm, in May, after which he wrote in part: "Mr. Morey worked indefagitably through snow and rain, making surveys under most trying conditions, as well as assisting in packing heavy loads along the trail. Comprehensive maps of these regions are the result of his labours." Later in the summer he was the cartographer on the detachment led by Lt. Yanert that explored up the Susitna River along the east face of the Alaska Range. William compiled all maps for that route, as well as producing numerous sketches of the terrain, including some of Mt. McKinley (Denali). However, he also contracted rheumatic fever on this expedition, which weakened his heart.
By 1904, the family was residing in New York City, where William took on consulting work as a civil engineer, cartographer, and illustrator. His illustrations of birds and other items appeared in numerous scholarly books of the period, and he contributed articles on mathematics, engineering and other subjects to the Century Dictionary and the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana. He was scientific editor and consulting civil engineer for the latter publication as well as for the New International Encyclopaedia during this period. He also contributed to the New International Dictionary and to the magazine Scientific American. And he worked with Thomas Edison at General Electric in Schenectady, NY for a short period around 1912-14. The family spent summers in Maine around Otis and Lakewood, where they again came in July 1916. However, poor health precluded his return to New York that fall, and William died in Lakewood 4 days shy of his 52d birthday.
William Morey and Evangeline A Chapman both buried: Rock Creek cemetery, Washington, DC, USA
William began his education at the Colombo Academy (boys only), now well known as Royal College. In 1876 he and the entire family came to Maine for about a year. As his father did not again return to the U.S. until 1889, it is not known if William and the two older children stayed behind in 1877 to continue their education, or whether Willie returned to Colombo and then back to Maine a few years later on his own. Probably he stayed, as he is in the 1880 census in Orono, living with the family of Percy Graves, occupation: student, age 15, born Ceylon, race: mulatto. And by 1882 he was enrolled at the University of Maine, from where he graduated in 1885 with a degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
The marriage was performed by Rev. E. E. Peck; Penobscot Co., Marriage Returns, vol. 7, p. 267.
He then took a course at Fort Meyer, Virginia and thereafter lived in the Washington, DC area until 1903. From 1886 to 1890 he was a draftsman in the office of the Chief Signal Officer, War Dept., earning $1200.00 in 1889. A notice in the 24 Jun 1890 "Bangor Daily Whig and Courier" advised that he had been appointed an examiner of the surveys in the U.S. General Land Office, Interior Dept. The 1892 DC directory listed him as a clerk/draftsman in the General Land Office, where he helped draw up the plat maps for the 1893 Oklahoma land rush. For most of this period, William and his family lived in the city of Washington, but by 1892 they were residing in Charlton Heights, Maryland. The next year they moved to Kensington, where they stayed for nearly 10 years.
In 1898, William was assigned to the secret War Dept. office that drew up the maps used in the Spanish American War. A large painting of his depicting the Battle of Manila Bay hung for many years in the offices of the Navy Dept. In 1899 he was a photographer in the Adjutant General's office and that summer served as a topographer on the Cook Inlet Exploring Expedition to Alaska commanded by Capt. E. Glenn. Lt. Herron led the detachment that explored 20 Mile River, at the east end of Turnagain Arm, in May, after which he wrote in part: "Mr. Morey worked indefagitably through snow and rain, making surveys under most trying conditions, as well as assisting in packing heavy loads along the trail. Comprehensive maps of these regions are the result of his labours." Later in the summer he was the cartographer on the detachment led by Lt. Yanert that explored up the Susitna River along the east face of the Alaska Range. William compiled all maps for that route, as well as producing numerous sketches of the terrain, including some of Mt. McKinley (Denali). However, he also contracted rheumatic fever on this expedition, which weakened his heart.
By 1904, the family was residing in New York City, where William took on consulting work as a civil engineer, cartographer, and illustrator. His illustrations of birds and other items appeared in numerous scholarly books of the period, and he contributed articles on mathematics, engineering and other subjects to the Century Dictionary and the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Americana. He was scientific editor and consulting civil engineer for the latter publication as well as for the New International Encyclopaedia during this period. He also contributed to the New International Dictionary and to the magazine Scientific American. And he worked with Thomas Edison at General Electric in Schenectady, NY for a short period around 1912-14. The family spent summers in Maine around Otis and Lakewood, where they again came in July 1916. However, poor health precluded his return to New York that fall, and William died in Lakewood 4 days shy of his 52d birthday.
William Morey and Evangeline A Chapman both buried: Rock Creek cemetery, Washington, DC, USA
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