Albert F. Morehouse, was born in Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey, January 13, 1818, the son of David W. and Nancy (Farrand) Morehouse. He was of Puritan descent, and the sixth lineal descendant of the first Morehouse who landed in America.
His father died, February 10, 1873, at Portland, Michigan, in his eighty-sixth year, and his mother the year following.
Albert was educated in the common schools of his native State. Evincing a marked taste for mechanics, he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he carried on, successively, in Newark, New Jersey; Troy, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Portland, Michigan. He removed to the last-named place May 24, 1843.
He had not worked at his trade since 1863. In 1853 he was elected Supervisor of Portland Township ; was re-elected in 1854, and again in 1862. He was the Justice of the Peace three terms, of four years each, and has three times held the office of Township Clerk. He always identified himself with the educational interests of the village, having held the office of School Director twenty years. In 1863—64 he held the position of Sergeant-at-arms in the House of Representatives of the State, He was an active worker in local literary circles, being President of the Portland Library and Literary Association. Mr. Morehouse has always been a Republican. He was the first of his branch of the family to unite with the Baptist Church, of which was a member since 1835.
He married, November 6, 1839, Sarah C. Freeman, a lineal descendant of Aneke Jans. They have had a family of five sons and four daughters. Of the former, the eldest served in the l0th Michigan Cavalry until the close of the war. The second son, Lewis Cass Morehouse, is a Baptist minister in Chicago. "With the exception of one son, who died when he was eight years old, the family are all living. Mr. Morehouse was engaged in business of a miscellaneous character, including the duties devolving upon him as Notary Public, Conveyer of Deeds, Claim Agent, etc. Few men were better known in Portland than 'Squire Morehouse, and no resident of the town is more deservedly popular. At an early age he was called from the vocation which he had chosen to attend to the interests of the community in which he resides. Although not educated in the law, his ready apprehension of its rules and the principles of government insured his success. His religious views have formed his basis of action, and his integrity and fidelity have long held the confidence of the people. His service as Justice of the Peace, Supervisor, etc., in his town and county, has been of marked efficiency. His executive ability in the settlement of estates is constantly called into requisition; and, last, but not least, his untiring efforts in an official capacity for the education' of the young can be properly appreciated only in succeeding years.
Sources: Albert F. Morehouse, Pioneer Society of Michigan, Memorial Report - Ionia County - Annual Meeting 1893, Vol. 22, Page 97.
History of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Michigan. Schenck, John S., De La Vergne, Earl W., D.W. Ensign & Co.
Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & co., 1881.
Source: Death Certificate of Albert Morehouse - Seeking Michigan.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
His father died, February 10, 1873, at Portland, Michigan, in his eighty-sixth year, and his mother the year following.
Albert was educated in the common schools of his native State. Evincing a marked taste for mechanics, he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he carried on, successively, in Newark, New Jersey; Troy, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Portland, Michigan. He removed to the last-named place May 24, 1843.
He had not worked at his trade since 1863. In 1853 he was elected Supervisor of Portland Township ; was re-elected in 1854, and again in 1862. He was the Justice of the Peace three terms, of four years each, and has three times held the office of Township Clerk. He always identified himself with the educational interests of the village, having held the office of School Director twenty years. In 1863—64 he held the position of Sergeant-at-arms in the House of Representatives of the State, He was an active worker in local literary circles, being President of the Portland Library and Literary Association. Mr. Morehouse has always been a Republican. He was the first of his branch of the family to unite with the Baptist Church, of which was a member since 1835.
He married, November 6, 1839, Sarah C. Freeman, a lineal descendant of Aneke Jans. They have had a family of five sons and four daughters. Of the former, the eldest served in the l0th Michigan Cavalry until the close of the war. The second son, Lewis Cass Morehouse, is a Baptist minister in Chicago. "With the exception of one son, who died when he was eight years old, the family are all living. Mr. Morehouse was engaged in business of a miscellaneous character, including the duties devolving upon him as Notary Public, Conveyer of Deeds, Claim Agent, etc. Few men were better known in Portland than 'Squire Morehouse, and no resident of the town is more deservedly popular. At an early age he was called from the vocation which he had chosen to attend to the interests of the community in which he resides. Although not educated in the law, his ready apprehension of its rules and the principles of government insured his success. His religious views have formed his basis of action, and his integrity and fidelity have long held the confidence of the people. His service as Justice of the Peace, Supervisor, etc., in his town and county, has been of marked efficiency. His executive ability in the settlement of estates is constantly called into requisition; and, last, but not least, his untiring efforts in an official capacity for the education' of the young can be properly appreciated only in succeeding years.
Sources: Albert F. Morehouse, Pioneer Society of Michigan, Memorial Report - Ionia County - Annual Meeting 1893, Vol. 22, Page 97.
History of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Michigan. Schenck, John S., De La Vergne, Earl W., D.W. Ensign & Co.
Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & co., 1881.
Source: Death Certificate of Albert Morehouse - Seeking Michigan.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
Albert F. Morehouse, was born in Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey, January 13, 1818, the son of David W. and Nancy (Farrand) Morehouse. He was of Puritan descent, and the sixth lineal descendant of the first Morehouse who landed in America.
His father died, February 10, 1873, at Portland, Michigan, in his eighty-sixth year, and his mother the year following.
Albert was educated in the common schools of his native State. Evincing a marked taste for mechanics, he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he carried on, successively, in Newark, New Jersey; Troy, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Portland, Michigan. He removed to the last-named place May 24, 1843.
He had not worked at his trade since 1863. In 1853 he was elected Supervisor of Portland Township ; was re-elected in 1854, and again in 1862. He was the Justice of the Peace three terms, of four years each, and has three times held the office of Township Clerk. He always identified himself with the educational interests of the village, having held the office of School Director twenty years. In 1863—64 he held the position of Sergeant-at-arms in the House of Representatives of the State, He was an active worker in local literary circles, being President of the Portland Library and Literary Association. Mr. Morehouse has always been a Republican. He was the first of his branch of the family to unite with the Baptist Church, of which was a member since 1835.
He married, November 6, 1839, Sarah C. Freeman, a lineal descendant of Aneke Jans. They have had a family of five sons and four daughters. Of the former, the eldest served in the l0th Michigan Cavalry until the close of the war. The second son, Lewis Cass Morehouse, is a Baptist minister in Chicago. "With the exception of one son, who died when he was eight years old, the family are all living. Mr. Morehouse was engaged in business of a miscellaneous character, including the duties devolving upon him as Notary Public, Conveyer of Deeds, Claim Agent, etc. Few men were better known in Portland than 'Squire Morehouse, and no resident of the town is more deservedly popular. At an early age he was called from the vocation which he had chosen to attend to the interests of the community in which he resides. Although not educated in the law, his ready apprehension of its rules and the principles of government insured his success. His religious views have formed his basis of action, and his integrity and fidelity have long held the confidence of the people. His service as Justice of the Peace, Supervisor, etc., in his town and county, has been of marked efficiency. His executive ability in the settlement of estates is constantly called into requisition; and, last, but not least, his untiring efforts in an official capacity for the education' of the young can be properly appreciated only in succeeding years.
Sources: Albert F. Morehouse, Pioneer Society of Michigan, Memorial Report - Ionia County - Annual Meeting 1893, Vol. 22, Page 97.
History of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Michigan. Schenck, John S., De La Vergne, Earl W., D.W. Ensign & Co.
Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & co., 1881.
Source: Death Certificate of Albert Morehouse - Seeking Michigan.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
His father died, February 10, 1873, at Portland, Michigan, in his eighty-sixth year, and his mother the year following.
Albert was educated in the common schools of his native State. Evincing a marked taste for mechanics, he learned the carpenter and joiner's trade, which he carried on, successively, in Newark, New Jersey; Troy, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Portland, Michigan. He removed to the last-named place May 24, 1843.
He had not worked at his trade since 1863. In 1853 he was elected Supervisor of Portland Township ; was re-elected in 1854, and again in 1862. He was the Justice of the Peace three terms, of four years each, and has three times held the office of Township Clerk. He always identified himself with the educational interests of the village, having held the office of School Director twenty years. In 1863—64 he held the position of Sergeant-at-arms in the House of Representatives of the State, He was an active worker in local literary circles, being President of the Portland Library and Literary Association. Mr. Morehouse has always been a Republican. He was the first of his branch of the family to unite with the Baptist Church, of which was a member since 1835.
He married, November 6, 1839, Sarah C. Freeman, a lineal descendant of Aneke Jans. They have had a family of five sons and four daughters. Of the former, the eldest served in the l0th Michigan Cavalry until the close of the war. The second son, Lewis Cass Morehouse, is a Baptist minister in Chicago. "With the exception of one son, who died when he was eight years old, the family are all living. Mr. Morehouse was engaged in business of a miscellaneous character, including the duties devolving upon him as Notary Public, Conveyer of Deeds, Claim Agent, etc. Few men were better known in Portland than 'Squire Morehouse, and no resident of the town is more deservedly popular. At an early age he was called from the vocation which he had chosen to attend to the interests of the community in which he resides. Although not educated in the law, his ready apprehension of its rules and the principles of government insured his success. His religious views have formed his basis of action, and his integrity and fidelity have long held the confidence of the people. His service as Justice of the Peace, Supervisor, etc., in his town and county, has been of marked efficiency. His executive ability in the settlement of estates is constantly called into requisition; and, last, but not least, his untiring efforts in an official capacity for the education' of the young can be properly appreciated only in succeeding years.
Sources: Albert F. Morehouse, Pioneer Society of Michigan, Memorial Report - Ionia County - Annual Meeting 1893, Vol. 22, Page 97.
History of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Michigan. Schenck, John S., De La Vergne, Earl W., D.W. Ensign & Co.
Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & co., 1881.
Source: Death Certificate of Albert Morehouse - Seeking Michigan.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
