PORTLAND PIONEER DEAD.
Grand Rapids Press; Sept 9, 1899. Sarah, the wife of Hon. Albert F. Morehouse of this village died last night age 81 years. She was one of the oldest residents of Portland having come here more than 55 years ago from Troy, New York. She had been married 60 years. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church.
Sarah C. Freeman was born at Waterford, New York, December 3, 1817, and died at Portland, Michigan, September 7, 1899. By the untimely death of her father in 1825 her mother was left a widow with two small children, the deceased and a younger brother who died in 1838. Subsequently the subject of this article went to reside with a married sister at Bennington, Vt.
At the age of fifteen she was converted and joined the Baptist church at Shaftsbury, Vt. Afterward she transferred her membership to Newark, N. J., thence to Troy, N. Y., where she was married to Albert F. Morehouse November 6, 1839. This union continued nearly 60 years.
The family came to Portland, Mich., May 24, 1843. The deceased, with her husband, united with the Portland Baptist church August 20, 1843, but in 1871 she transferred her membership to the Methodist Episcopal Church, where she was a consistent member for 28 years, until her death. In her christian experience, as exemplified in her family, in the neighborhood and in the church, she gave evidence that the christian life was more than a form-was a power controlling the whole being. She, with her little family, came to Portland when the country was new. Their home was in a dense forest, with no road as yet opened, and no church edifice in the township for many years afterward. They were pioneers, and none but pioneers can tell of the privations of those early years. With no physician near, the sick settler could only wait with as much patience as possible the development of disease, and hope for the best, which always seemed to be a long time in coming. All this the deceased experienced. Her funeral was attended by three daughters from Arizona, Louisiana and Source: Grand Rapids. Michigan, and a son from Illinois.
History of Michigan By Charles Moore, Lewis Publishing Company. Edition: Illustrated; Published by The Lewis Publishing co., 1915.
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Grand Rapids Press; Sept 9, 1899. Sarah, the wife of Hon. Albert F. Morehouse of this village died last night age 81 years. She was one of the oldest residents of Portland having come here more than 55 years ago from Troy, New York. She had been married 60 years. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church.
Sarah C. Freeman was born at Waterford, New York, December 3, 1817, and died at Portland, Michigan, September 7, 1899. By the untimely death of her father in 1825 her mother was left a widow with two small children, the deceased and a younger brother who died in 1838. Subsequently the subject of this article went to reside with a married sister at Bennington, Vt.
At the age of fifteen she was converted and joined the Baptist church at Shaftsbury, Vt. Afterward she transferred her membership to Newark, N. J., thence to Troy, N. Y., where she was married to Albert F. Morehouse November 6, 1839. This union continued nearly 60 years.
The family came to Portland, Mich., May 24, 1843. The deceased, with her husband, united with the Portland Baptist church August 20, 1843, but in 1871 she transferred her membership to the Methodist Episcopal Church, where she was a consistent member for 28 years, until her death. In her christian experience, as exemplified in her family, in the neighborhood and in the church, she gave evidence that the christian life was more than a form-was a power controlling the whole being. She, with her little family, came to Portland when the country was new. Their home was in a dense forest, with no road as yet opened, and no church edifice in the township for many years afterward. They were pioneers, and none but pioneers can tell of the privations of those early years. With no physician near, the sick settler could only wait with as much patience as possible the development of disease, and hope for the best, which always seemed to be a long time in coming. All this the deceased experienced. Her funeral was attended by three daughters from Arizona, Louisiana and Source: Grand Rapids. Michigan, and a son from Illinois.
History of Michigan By Charles Moore, Lewis Publishing Company. Edition: Illustrated; Published by The Lewis Publishing co., 1915.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
PORTLAND PIONEER DEAD.
Grand Rapids Press; Sept 9, 1899. Sarah, the wife of Hon. Albert F. Morehouse of this village died last night age 81 years. She was one of the oldest residents of Portland having come here more than 55 years ago from Troy, New York. She had been married 60 years. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church.
Sarah C. Freeman was born at Waterford, New York, December 3, 1817, and died at Portland, Michigan, September 7, 1899. By the untimely death of her father in 1825 her mother was left a widow with two small children, the deceased and a younger brother who died in 1838. Subsequently the subject of this article went to reside with a married sister at Bennington, Vt.
At the age of fifteen she was converted and joined the Baptist church at Shaftsbury, Vt. Afterward she transferred her membership to Newark, N. J., thence to Troy, N. Y., where she was married to Albert F. Morehouse November 6, 1839. This union continued nearly 60 years.
The family came to Portland, Mich., May 24, 1843. The deceased, with her husband, united with the Portland Baptist church August 20, 1843, but in 1871 she transferred her membership to the Methodist Episcopal Church, where she was a consistent member for 28 years, until her death. In her christian experience, as exemplified in her family, in the neighborhood and in the church, she gave evidence that the christian life was more than a form-was a power controlling the whole being. She, with her little family, came to Portland when the country was new. Their home was in a dense forest, with no road as yet opened, and no church edifice in the township for many years afterward. They were pioneers, and none but pioneers can tell of the privations of those early years. With no physician near, the sick settler could only wait with as much patience as possible the development of disease, and hope for the best, which always seemed to be a long time in coming. All this the deceased experienced. Her funeral was attended by three daughters from Arizona, Louisiana and Source: Grand Rapids. Michigan, and a son from Illinois.
History of Michigan By Charles Moore, Lewis Publishing Company. Edition: Illustrated; Published by The Lewis Publishing co., 1915.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
Grand Rapids Press; Sept 9, 1899. Sarah, the wife of Hon. Albert F. Morehouse of this village died last night age 81 years. She was one of the oldest residents of Portland having come here more than 55 years ago from Troy, New York. She had been married 60 years. The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist Church.
Sarah C. Freeman was born at Waterford, New York, December 3, 1817, and died at Portland, Michigan, September 7, 1899. By the untimely death of her father in 1825 her mother was left a widow with two small children, the deceased and a younger brother who died in 1838. Subsequently the subject of this article went to reside with a married sister at Bennington, Vt.
At the age of fifteen she was converted and joined the Baptist church at Shaftsbury, Vt. Afterward she transferred her membership to Newark, N. J., thence to Troy, N. Y., where she was married to Albert F. Morehouse November 6, 1839. This union continued nearly 60 years.
The family came to Portland, Mich., May 24, 1843. The deceased, with her husband, united with the Portland Baptist church August 20, 1843, but in 1871 she transferred her membership to the Methodist Episcopal Church, where she was a consistent member for 28 years, until her death. In her christian experience, as exemplified in her family, in the neighborhood and in the church, she gave evidence that the christian life was more than a form-was a power controlling the whole being. She, with her little family, came to Portland when the country was new. Their home was in a dense forest, with no road as yet opened, and no church edifice in the township for many years afterward. They were pioneers, and none but pioneers can tell of the privations of those early years. With no physician near, the sick settler could only wait with as much patience as possible the development of disease, and hope for the best, which always seemed to be a long time in coming. All this the deceased experienced. Her funeral was attended by three daughters from Arizona, Louisiana and Source: Grand Rapids. Michigan, and a son from Illinois.
History of Michigan By Charles Moore, Lewis Publishing Company. Edition: Illustrated; Published by The Lewis Publishing co., 1915.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
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