Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Morehouse, Jephthae B. August 29, 1897
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The Portland Observer, Wednesday, September 1, 1897
News was received here by wire on Sunday afternoon last that Jephthae 
Morehouse, an old resident of this village had died that morning very suddenly 
at the home of his daughter, May (Mrs. D. J. McCroban) in Indianapolis, Ind., 
to which city the family removed from Owosso a few weeks since.  Miss Mable 
Morehouse of Grand Rapids, daughter of deceased, received word not later than 
last Friday that her father, although he had been somewhat poorly for a few 
days prior to that time, was enjoying his usual health at the time the letter 
was written so that the news of his death came as a shock and surprise to his 
relatives here and at Grand Rapids.  The immediate case of his death was 
diabetes.  The remains were brought to Portland on the noon train Monday and 
funeral services held from the Baptist church Tuesday forenoon and interment 
made in Portland cemetery.

Jephthae B. Morehouse was a native of Newark N. J., in which city he was born 
June 5, 1825, making his age 72 last June.  He came to Portland in 1847.  He 
was originally a Congregationalist but in 1855 he united with the Portland 
Baptist church, of which he remained a member to the time of his death.  He 
was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and for time years after coming here 
worked for his brother Albert, the first work he did in this line in Portland 
being upon the building which originally stood on the corner just east of the 
Welch House.  He also worked upon the Methodist church when it was erected, A. 
F. Morehouse having had the contract.  He afterwards engaged in business on 
his own hook and amount the buildings he erected was the Congregational church 
building.  He afterwards engaged in the planning mill business with W. R. 
Bowser and the last Rev. Harvey Pettit, the firm building the original 
building of the present Portland Furniture Co.’s plant.  He afterwards  
engaged in the furniture business with E. W. Blanchard and then went upon the 
road for various firms until a couple of years ago, when he was obliged to 
give up on account of his physical condition which had been very much shocked 
at the time of the great Johnstown flood, he having been there at that time 
and came very near losing his life the fright from which produced a 
nervousness from which he never recovered and which, after a time, prevented 
him from transacting business in which writing formed a part.

He leaves three daughters May McCrohan of Indianapolis, Ind., Phebe Atherton 
of Flint, and Mabel Morehouse of Grand Rapids.  Mr. Morehouse was twice 
married, his first wife having been a sister of Deacon Isaac E. Tyler of 
Orange; and his second wife was formerly Josephine (Sandborn) Davis, who died 
about three years ago.



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