THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1925-
FUNERAL PLANNED FOR IOWA MAN WHO DIED SUDDENLY
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Ill. Funeral arrangements were being made today for William Russell Moorhouse, former city official of Ottumwa, Iowa, who died suddenly yesterday at his summer home at Trout Lake, Wis.
Mr. Moorhouse during the latter part of his life was president of a Chicago tobacco firm and was commissioner of public works here.
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He was the son of William Henry/Fannie Farrar Moorhouse, and the grandson of George/Catherine Walker Farrar. He had two sisters, Laura Pearl, and Sybil Schuyler.
He married Merry Christmas Mitchell on 17 Nov 1896 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA. They were the parents of two daughters: Phyllis Moorhouse and Deborah Sanders.
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William Russell Moorhouse, B.A. 1894.
Born July 17, 1873, in Chicago, Ill.
Died August 17, 1925, at Trout Lake, Wis.
Father, William Henry Moorhouse, a tobacco manufacturer; president of firm of Spaulding & Merrick, Chicago; son of Henry and Mary (Booth) Moorhouse, who came from Leeds, England, to Glenham, N. Y., in 1833.
Mother,, Frances (Farrar) Moorhouse; daughter of George and Catherine (Walker) Farrar, who came from England about 1837 and settled at Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Harvard School, Chicago. First dispute appointments Junior and Senior years. Became a clerk with Spaulding & Merrick in 1894; served as cashier of the company 1896-1900, secretary 1900-04, vice-president and general manager 1904-1912, and president 1912-March 1, 1914, then resigned his position; commissioner of public works of Chicago May, 1915-December, 1916; in partnership with John D. Cory, under firm name of Cory, Moorhouse & Company, general and fire insurance, 19161924; had since been engaged in an independent insurance business, during the war served actively with American Protective League; vice-president Blackhawk Hotel Company; former director Colonial Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago; member Chicago Athletic Association.
Married November 17, 1896, in Ottumwa, Iowa, Merry, daughter of Justin S. and Lucy (Smith) Mitchell. Children: Phyllis (B A. Vassar 1925) and Deborah Mitchell, Vassar 1929 Mr and Mrs. Moorhouse were divorced in 1910.
Death occurred suddenly at his country home at Trout Lake, near Woodruff, Wis. Buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago. Survived by daughters, mother, and a sister, Mrs. Daniel J. Schuyler, Jr., of Chicago
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Obituary courtesy of Cheryl Cartwright (#47690711)
FUNERAL PLANNED FOR IOWA MAN WHO DIED SUDDENLY
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Ill. Funeral arrangements were being made today for William Russell Moorhouse, former city official of Ottumwa, Iowa, who died suddenly yesterday at his summer home at Trout Lake, Wis.
Mr. Moorhouse during the latter part of his life was president of a Chicago tobacco firm and was commissioner of public works here.
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He was the son of William Henry/Fannie Farrar Moorhouse, and the grandson of George/Catherine Walker Farrar. He had two sisters, Laura Pearl, and Sybil Schuyler.
He married Merry Christmas Mitchell on 17 Nov 1896 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA. They were the parents of two daughters: Phyllis Moorhouse and Deborah Sanders.
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William Russell Moorhouse, B.A. 1894.
Born July 17, 1873, in Chicago, Ill.
Died August 17, 1925, at Trout Lake, Wis.
Father, William Henry Moorhouse, a tobacco manufacturer; president of firm of Spaulding & Merrick, Chicago; son of Henry and Mary (Booth) Moorhouse, who came from Leeds, England, to Glenham, N. Y., in 1833.
Mother,, Frances (Farrar) Moorhouse; daughter of George and Catherine (Walker) Farrar, who came from England about 1837 and settled at Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Harvard School, Chicago. First dispute appointments Junior and Senior years. Became a clerk with Spaulding & Merrick in 1894; served as cashier of the company 1896-1900, secretary 1900-04, vice-president and general manager 1904-1912, and president 1912-March 1, 1914, then resigned his position; commissioner of public works of Chicago May, 1915-December, 1916; in partnership with John D. Cory, under firm name of Cory, Moorhouse & Company, general and fire insurance, 19161924; had since been engaged in an independent insurance business, during the war served actively with American Protective League; vice-president Blackhawk Hotel Company; former director Colonial Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago; member Chicago Athletic Association.
Married November 17, 1896, in Ottumwa, Iowa, Merry, daughter of Justin S. and Lucy (Smith) Mitchell. Children: Phyllis (B A. Vassar 1925) and Deborah Mitchell, Vassar 1929 Mr and Mrs. Moorhouse were divorced in 1910.
Death occurred suddenly at his country home at Trout Lake, near Woodruff, Wis. Buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago. Survived by daughters, mother, and a sister, Mrs. Daniel J. Schuyler, Jr., of Chicago
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Obituary courtesy of Cheryl Cartwright (#47690711)
THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1925-
FUNERAL PLANNED FOR IOWA MAN WHO DIED SUDDENLY
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Ill. Funeral arrangements were being made today for William Russell Moorhouse, former city official of Ottumwa, Iowa, who died suddenly yesterday at his summer home at Trout Lake, Wis.
Mr. Moorhouse during the latter part of his life was president of a Chicago tobacco firm and was commissioner of public works here.
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He was the son of William Henry/Fannie Farrar Moorhouse, and the grandson of George/Catherine Walker Farrar. He had two sisters, Laura Pearl, and Sybil Schuyler.
He married Merry Christmas Mitchell on 17 Nov 1896 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA. They were the parents of two daughters: Phyllis Moorhouse and Deborah Sanders.
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William Russell Moorhouse, B.A. 1894.
Born July 17, 1873, in Chicago, Ill.
Died August 17, 1925, at Trout Lake, Wis.
Father, William Henry Moorhouse, a tobacco manufacturer; president of firm of Spaulding & Merrick, Chicago; son of Henry and Mary (Booth) Moorhouse, who came from Leeds, England, to Glenham, N. Y., in 1833.
Mother,, Frances (Farrar) Moorhouse; daughter of George and Catherine (Walker) Farrar, who came from England about 1837 and settled at Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Harvard School, Chicago. First dispute appointments Junior and Senior years. Became a clerk with Spaulding & Merrick in 1894; served as cashier of the company 1896-1900, secretary 1900-04, vice-president and general manager 1904-1912, and president 1912-March 1, 1914, then resigned his position; commissioner of public works of Chicago May, 1915-December, 1916; in partnership with John D. Cory, under firm name of Cory, Moorhouse & Company, general and fire insurance, 19161924; had since been engaged in an independent insurance business, during the war served actively with American Protective League; vice-president Blackhawk Hotel Company; former director Colonial Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago; member Chicago Athletic Association.
Married November 17, 1896, in Ottumwa, Iowa, Merry, daughter of Justin S. and Lucy (Smith) Mitchell. Children: Phyllis (B A. Vassar 1925) and Deborah Mitchell, Vassar 1929 Mr and Mrs. Moorhouse were divorced in 1910.
Death occurred suddenly at his country home at Trout Lake, near Woodruff, Wis. Buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago. Survived by daughters, mother, and a sister, Mrs. Daniel J. Schuyler, Jr., of Chicago
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Obituary courtesy of Cheryl Cartwright (#47690711)
FUNERAL PLANNED FOR IOWA MAN WHO DIED SUDDENLY
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Ill. Funeral arrangements were being made today for William Russell Moorhouse, former city official of Ottumwa, Iowa, who died suddenly yesterday at his summer home at Trout Lake, Wis.
Mr. Moorhouse during the latter part of his life was president of a Chicago tobacco firm and was commissioner of public works here.
------------------------------------------
He was the son of William Henry/Fannie Farrar Moorhouse, and the grandson of George/Catherine Walker Farrar. He had two sisters, Laura Pearl, and Sybil Schuyler.
He married Merry Christmas Mitchell on 17 Nov 1896 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA. They were the parents of two daughters: Phyllis Moorhouse and Deborah Sanders.
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William Russell Moorhouse, B.A. 1894.
Born July 17, 1873, in Chicago, Ill.
Died August 17, 1925, at Trout Lake, Wis.
Father, William Henry Moorhouse, a tobacco manufacturer; president of firm of Spaulding & Merrick, Chicago; son of Henry and Mary (Booth) Moorhouse, who came from Leeds, England, to Glenham, N. Y., in 1833.
Mother,, Frances (Farrar) Moorhouse; daughter of George and Catherine (Walker) Farrar, who came from England about 1837 and settled at Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Harvard School, Chicago. First dispute appointments Junior and Senior years. Became a clerk with Spaulding & Merrick in 1894; served as cashier of the company 1896-1900, secretary 1900-04, vice-president and general manager 1904-1912, and president 1912-March 1, 1914, then resigned his position; commissioner of public works of Chicago May, 1915-December, 1916; in partnership with John D. Cory, under firm name of Cory, Moorhouse & Company, general and fire insurance, 19161924; had since been engaged in an independent insurance business, during the war served actively with American Protective League; vice-president Blackhawk Hotel Company; former director Colonial Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago; member Chicago Athletic Association.
Married November 17, 1896, in Ottumwa, Iowa, Merry, daughter of Justin S. and Lucy (Smith) Mitchell. Children: Phyllis (B A. Vassar 1925) and Deborah Mitchell, Vassar 1929 Mr and Mrs. Moorhouse were divorced in 1910.
Death occurred suddenly at his country home at Trout Lake, near Woodruff, Wis. Buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago. Survived by daughters, mother, and a sister, Mrs. Daniel J. Schuyler, Jr., of Chicago
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Obituary courtesy of Cheryl Cartwright (#47690711)
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