John Hoe Morehead Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 463 John Hoe Morehead, formerly general manager of the Ferndale Grocery in Globe is now located at Oatman, Arizona attracted there by recent gold discoveries. He has invested in mining property and takes an interest in real estate. He is a descendant of an old American family and was born in Silver City, New Mexico in 1878, a son of Alexander and Fannie Morehead, the former a native of Missouri and the latter of New Mexico. His great-grandfather, Turner Morehead was born in Fauquier County Virginia, January 7, 1757, and was a son of Charles and Mary (Turner) Morehead. Charles Morehead was a captain in the colonial army and his father, also named Charles, was the founder of the family in America, having emigrated from Scotland to Virginia in 1630. Turner Morehead enlisted at an early age in the Revolutionary Army, records showing that he served as sergeant in Captain James Scott's company of Virginia troops in 1777. On May 25, 1778 he was appointed captain and later became colonel. He was twice bayoneted in the breast. Colonel Morehead married Polly A. Hoe, a descendant of Richard M. Hoe of printing press fame and they had several sons and daughters. In 1811 he removed from Virginia to Kentucky where his death occurred. John Hoe Morehead, son of Turner was born in Fauquier County Virginia, May 5, 1804 and he emigrated to Missouri at an early age. During the California gold excitement he traveled across the plains and there died in 1852. Among his sons was Alexander Morehead, father of the subject of this review. He made his home in Missouri during his childhood and early youth. He afterward lived in California, Oregon, Washington and New Mexico but in the early 1870's came to Arizona settling at Globe. Here he became a merchant and mine operator and was also well known in politics. He had survived his wife for a number of years. To their union were born four children: John Hoe, of this review; Mrs. Katie Crandall of Washington D.C.; and Fannie and Agnes who have both passed away. John Hoe Morehead acquired his education in the public schools of New Mexico and Arizona and later took a course in a business college in San Francisco. When he was twenty one, in 1899 he became a stockholder in the Ferndale Grocery at Globe. In 1899 he married Miss Lucy Merritt, a native of Wisconsin and a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Merritt who were also born in that state. Her parents made their home there until the early 1880's when they went to Colorado, settling in Pueblo, whence later they came to Globe. Mrs. Merritt is well known in church and is also a lodge worker, holding membership in various societies. She owns a great deal of real estate in Globe. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt have two children, Lucy, now Mrs. Morehead and Robert, in republican politics in Globe. Mr. and Mrs. Morehead have one daughter Marjorie, born February 1903. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist.