Greensburg Weekly Democrat
Greensburg, IN
May 31, 1912
Chauncey Morlan, 43 years old, the largest Elk In the world, died at Elwood of Bright's disease. He at one time weighed 875 pounds and traveled with a circus. His former wife died in New York City several years ago. She weighed 685 pounds. He has been in the hotel business for the past three years. A casket had to be made to order for him. His last request was to be buried early in the morning while the dew was on the grass and that no one attend the funeral except his present wife and her parents.
Submitted by Katie (#47399384)
Morlan was said to have weighed 140 lbs by age seven; by the time he joined Adam Forepaugh’s show at age 15 he was over 400. Morlan became one of Forepaugh’s leading attractions, eventually reaching a weight of 748 lbs. While working for that show, he met and wooed Annie Bell, the Ohio Giantess, whom at 490 lbs was a little slip of a thing alongside her husband. Their 1892 wedding at Huber’s 14th Street was a major media event, with hundreds of admissions-paying onlookers in attendance. The two continued to work dime museums for their remaining years. Annie passed away in 1909. It is said that on the rebound the recovering lover often looks for the opposite of she whom he has just lost. Thus it was that in 1909, Chauncey married 100 lb. Stella Manning.
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Chauncey R. Morlan
Gender:Male
Race:White
Marital status:Divorced
Birth Date:27 Apr 1869
Birth Place:Rockville, Ind.
Marriage Date:15 Dec 1909
Marriage Place:Elwood, Madison, Indiana
Marriage Age:40
Father: James M. Morlan
Mother: Martha Royce
Spouse: E. Estella Banning
FHL Film Number:2108433
*************∼Chauncy Morlan, and around 100 years ago his obesity was so shocking that people would pay money to see him as he toured the country as a circus "fat man"
Greensburg, IN
May 31, 1912
Chauncey Morlan, 43 years old, the largest Elk In the world, died at Elwood of Bright's disease. He at one time weighed 875 pounds and traveled with a circus. His former wife died in New York City several years ago. She weighed 685 pounds. He has been in the hotel business for the past three years. A casket had to be made to order for him. His last request was to be buried early in the morning while the dew was on the grass and that no one attend the funeral except his present wife and her parents.
Submitted by Katie (#47399384)
Morlan was said to have weighed 140 lbs by age seven; by the time he joined Adam Forepaugh’s show at age 15 he was over 400. Morlan became one of Forepaugh’s leading attractions, eventually reaching a weight of 748 lbs. While working for that show, he met and wooed Annie Bell, the Ohio Giantess, whom at 490 lbs was a little slip of a thing alongside her husband. Their 1892 wedding at Huber’s 14th Street was a major media event, with hundreds of admissions-paying onlookers in attendance. The two continued to work dime museums for their remaining years. Annie passed away in 1909. It is said that on the rebound the recovering lover often looks for the opposite of she whom he has just lost. Thus it was that in 1909, Chauncey married 100 lb. Stella Manning.
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Chauncey R. Morlan
Gender:Male
Race:White
Marital status:Divorced
Birth Date:27 Apr 1869
Birth Place:Rockville, Ind.
Marriage Date:15 Dec 1909
Marriage Place:Elwood, Madison, Indiana
Marriage Age:40
Father: James M. Morlan
Mother: Martha Royce
Spouse: E. Estella Banning
FHL Film Number:2108433
*************∼Chauncy Morlan, and around 100 years ago his obesity was so shocking that people would pay money to see him as he toured the country as a circus "fat man"
Greensburg Weekly Democrat
Greensburg, IN
May 31, 1912
Chauncey Morlan, 43 years old, the largest Elk In the world, died at Elwood of Bright's disease. He at one time weighed 875 pounds and traveled with a circus. His former wife died in New York City several years ago. She weighed 685 pounds. He has been in the hotel business for the past three years. A casket had to be made to order for him. His last request was to be buried early in the morning while the dew was on the grass and that no one attend the funeral except his present wife and her parents.
Submitted by Katie (#47399384)
Morlan was said to have weighed 140 lbs by age seven; by the time he joined Adam Forepaugh’s show at age 15 he was over 400. Morlan became one of Forepaugh’s leading attractions, eventually reaching a weight of 748 lbs. While working for that show, he met and wooed Annie Bell, the Ohio Giantess, whom at 490 lbs was a little slip of a thing alongside her husband. Their 1892 wedding at Huber’s 14th Street was a major media event, with hundreds of admissions-paying onlookers in attendance. The two continued to work dime museums for their remaining years. Annie passed away in 1909. It is said that on the rebound the recovering lover often looks for the opposite of she whom he has just lost. Thus it was that in 1909, Chauncey married 100 lb. Stella Manning.
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Chauncey R. Morlan
Gender:Male
Race:White
Marital status:Divorced
Birth Date:27 Apr 1869
Birth Place:Rockville, Ind.
Marriage Date:15 Dec 1909
Marriage Place:Elwood, Madison, Indiana
Marriage Age:40
Father: James M. Morlan
Mother: Martha Royce
Spouse: E. Estella Banning
FHL Film Number:2108433
*************∼Chauncy Morlan, and around 100 years ago his obesity was so shocking that people would pay money to see him as he toured the country as a circus "fat man"
Greensburg, IN
May 31, 1912
Chauncey Morlan, 43 years old, the largest Elk In the world, died at Elwood of Bright's disease. He at one time weighed 875 pounds and traveled with a circus. His former wife died in New York City several years ago. She weighed 685 pounds. He has been in the hotel business for the past three years. A casket had to be made to order for him. His last request was to be buried early in the morning while the dew was on the grass and that no one attend the funeral except his present wife and her parents.
Submitted by Katie (#47399384)
Morlan was said to have weighed 140 lbs by age seven; by the time he joined Adam Forepaugh’s show at age 15 he was over 400. Morlan became one of Forepaugh’s leading attractions, eventually reaching a weight of 748 lbs. While working for that show, he met and wooed Annie Bell, the Ohio Giantess, whom at 490 lbs was a little slip of a thing alongside her husband. Their 1892 wedding at Huber’s 14th Street was a major media event, with hundreds of admissions-paying onlookers in attendance. The two continued to work dime museums for their remaining years. Annie passed away in 1909. It is said that on the rebound the recovering lover often looks for the opposite of she whom he has just lost. Thus it was that in 1909, Chauncey married 100 lb. Stella Manning.
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Chauncey R. Morlan
Gender:Male
Race:White
Marital status:Divorced
Birth Date:27 Apr 1869
Birth Place:Rockville, Ind.
Marriage Date:15 Dec 1909
Marriage Place:Elwood, Madison, Indiana
Marriage Age:40
Father: James M. Morlan
Mother: Martha Royce
Spouse: E. Estella Banning
FHL Film Number:2108433
*************∼Chauncy Morlan, and around 100 years ago his obesity was so shocking that people would pay money to see him as he toured the country as a circus "fat man"
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