Chicago Daily Tribune, May 31, 1903, Chicago, Illinois-
WILLIAM H. MOORHOUSE, who died Friday afternoon at his residence, 3741 Grand boulevard, had filled a prominent place in the business community of Chicago for thirty-seven years. Mr. Moorhouse was born in Glenham, N. Y., in 1834, and at the age of 26, in 1860, came west. He lived a few years at Elkhorn, Wis., and a year at Milwaukee. In 1863 he married Miss Frances Farrar of Elkhorn, and in 1866 came to Chicago. Soon thereafter he became a member of the firm of Spaulding & Merrick, the wholesale manufacturers of tobacco, and remained a partner in that firm until it became a corporation a few years ago, when he was made president of the company, a position he filled until about a year ago, when the business was sold to an eastern corporation. Mr. Moorhouse is survived by a widow, a son, William R. Moorhouse, manager of the present Spaulding & Merrick company, and a daughter, Miss Fannie Sybil Moorhouse. Mr. Moorhouse was for thirty years a member of Christ Reformed Epoiscopal church.
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He married Fannie Farrar in Walworth Co., WI on 28 Sep 1863. They were the parents of three children: Laura Pearl, William Russell Moorhouse, and Sybil Schuyler. They had five grandchildren: Phyllis Moorhouse, Deborah Sanders, William Moorhouse Schuyler, Daniel Merrick Schuyler, and Peter Benham Schuyler.
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Name William Henry Moorhouse
Death Date 29 May 1903
Death Place Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Gender Male
Race (Original) White
Race (Standardized) White
Death Age 69y
Estimated Birth Year 1834
Birthplace New York
Occupation Merchant
Street Address 3741 Grand Boulevard
Residence Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery Oakwood
Burial Date 02 Jun 1903
Film Number 1239690
Digital Folder Number 4004388
Image Number 235
Reference Number cn 10811
WILLIAM H. MOORHOUSE, who died Friday afternoon at his residence, 3741 Grand boulevard, had filled a prominent place in the business community of Chicago for thirty-seven years. Mr. Moorhouse was born in Glenham, N. Y., in 1834, and at the age of 26, in 1860, came west. He lived a few years at Elkhorn, Wis., and a year at Milwaukee. In 1863 he married Miss Frances Farrar of Elkhorn, and in 1866 came to Chicago. Soon thereafter he became a member of the firm of Spaulding & Merrick, the wholesale manufacturers of tobacco, and remained a partner in that firm until it became a corporation a few years ago, when he was made president of the company, a position he filled until about a year ago, when the business was sold to an eastern corporation. Mr. Moorhouse is survived by a widow, a son, William R. Moorhouse, manager of the present Spaulding & Merrick company, and a daughter, Miss Fannie Sybil Moorhouse. Mr. Moorhouse was for thirty years a member of Christ Reformed Epoiscopal church.
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He married Fannie Farrar in Walworth Co., WI on 28 Sep 1863. They were the parents of three children: Laura Pearl, William Russell Moorhouse, and Sybil Schuyler. They had five grandchildren: Phyllis Moorhouse, Deborah Sanders, William Moorhouse Schuyler, Daniel Merrick Schuyler, and Peter Benham Schuyler.
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Name William Henry Moorhouse
Death Date 29 May 1903
Death Place Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Gender Male
Race (Original) White
Race (Standardized) White
Death Age 69y
Estimated Birth Year 1834
Birthplace New York
Occupation Merchant
Street Address 3741 Grand Boulevard
Residence Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery Oakwood
Burial Date 02 Jun 1903
Film Number 1239690
Digital Folder Number 4004388
Image Number 235
Reference Number cn 10811
Chicago Daily Tribune, May 31, 1903, Chicago, Illinois-
WILLIAM H. MOORHOUSE, who died Friday afternoon at his residence, 3741 Grand boulevard, had filled a prominent place in the business community of Chicago for thirty-seven years. Mr. Moorhouse was born in Glenham, N. Y., in 1834, and at the age of 26, in 1860, came west. He lived a few years at Elkhorn, Wis., and a year at Milwaukee. In 1863 he married Miss Frances Farrar of Elkhorn, and in 1866 came to Chicago. Soon thereafter he became a member of the firm of Spaulding & Merrick, the wholesale manufacturers of tobacco, and remained a partner in that firm until it became a corporation a few years ago, when he was made president of the company, a position he filled until about a year ago, when the business was sold to an eastern corporation. Mr. Moorhouse is survived by a widow, a son, William R. Moorhouse, manager of the present Spaulding & Merrick company, and a daughter, Miss Fannie Sybil Moorhouse. Mr. Moorhouse was for thirty years a member of Christ Reformed Epoiscopal church.
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He married Fannie Farrar in Walworth Co., WI on 28 Sep 1863. They were the parents of three children: Laura Pearl, William Russell Moorhouse, and Sybil Schuyler. They had five grandchildren: Phyllis Moorhouse, Deborah Sanders, William Moorhouse Schuyler, Daniel Merrick Schuyler, and Peter Benham Schuyler.
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Name William Henry Moorhouse
Death Date 29 May 1903
Death Place Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Gender Male
Race (Original) White
Race (Standardized) White
Death Age 69y
Estimated Birth Year 1834
Birthplace New York
Occupation Merchant
Street Address 3741 Grand Boulevard
Residence Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery Oakwood
Burial Date 02 Jun 1903
Film Number 1239690
Digital Folder Number 4004388
Image Number 235
Reference Number cn 10811
WILLIAM H. MOORHOUSE, who died Friday afternoon at his residence, 3741 Grand boulevard, had filled a prominent place in the business community of Chicago for thirty-seven years. Mr. Moorhouse was born in Glenham, N. Y., in 1834, and at the age of 26, in 1860, came west. He lived a few years at Elkhorn, Wis., and a year at Milwaukee. In 1863 he married Miss Frances Farrar of Elkhorn, and in 1866 came to Chicago. Soon thereafter he became a member of the firm of Spaulding & Merrick, the wholesale manufacturers of tobacco, and remained a partner in that firm until it became a corporation a few years ago, when he was made president of the company, a position he filled until about a year ago, when the business was sold to an eastern corporation. Mr. Moorhouse is survived by a widow, a son, William R. Moorhouse, manager of the present Spaulding & Merrick company, and a daughter, Miss Fannie Sybil Moorhouse. Mr. Moorhouse was for thirty years a member of Christ Reformed Epoiscopal church.
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He married Fannie Farrar in Walworth Co., WI on 28 Sep 1863. They were the parents of three children: Laura Pearl, William Russell Moorhouse, and Sybil Schuyler. They had five grandchildren: Phyllis Moorhouse, Deborah Sanders, William Moorhouse Schuyler, Daniel Merrick Schuyler, and Peter Benham Schuyler.
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Name William Henry Moorhouse
Death Date 29 May 1903
Death Place Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Gender Male
Race (Original) White
Race (Standardized) White
Death Age 69y
Estimated Birth Year 1834
Birthplace New York
Occupation Merchant
Street Address 3741 Grand Boulevard
Residence Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery Oakwood
Burial Date 02 Jun 1903
Film Number 1239690
Digital Folder Number 4004388
Image Number 235
Reference Number cn 10811
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