ERIE COUNTY OHIO - BIO: LAMOREUX, Hendrick W. (published 1880)

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The following sketch appears in:  Commemorative BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD of 
the counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio.    Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 
1894.   There is a copy of the book in the Firelands Research Library in 
Norwalk, Ohio.

HENDRICK W. LAMOREUX.  This gentleman traces his genealogy to natives of 
the "Sunny Land of France."  His pioneer ancestors immigrated to America 
in an early day, locating in Luzerne county, Penn., where Joshua 
Lamoreux was born August 30, 1793, and reared to manhood.  He was 
married to Martha Ives, who was born July 24, 1796, and their children 
were named as follows:  Samuel A., Josiah, Darius, Thomas, Elizabeth, 
Clarissa, William, Elmira, Lucy, Emily and Mary J.  

	Samuel A. Lamoreux, eldest son of Joshua and Martha (Ives) 
Lamoreux, was born October 11, 1815, on the home place in Luzerne 
county, Penn.  He attended the schools of the period, and possessing 
marked mechanical ability followed various trades.  In 1837 he selected 
a life companion in the person of Amelia M. Skadden, who was born March 
12, 1819, in Luzerne county, Penn., daughter of Anson C. Skadden.  After 
his marriage Samuel A. Lamoreux located on a farm, and in connection 
followed the lumber business, working also at the trade of millwright.  
His children were there born as follows:  Joshua, January 14, 1840, 
deceased in infancy; Delia, November 6, 1841, wife of W. F. Bradley, of 
Sandusky, Ohio; Emmeline, January 6, 1843, living in California; 
Hendrick W., whose name opens this sketch, January 30, 1845; Anson, 
August 29, 1846, a carpenter of Monroeville, Ohio; Benton L., January 
23,1849, now living in South America; Albert and Absalom (:twins, both 
deceased in infancy), December 31, 1851; Elmira J. April 15, 1853, wife 
of David Wilkinson, of Norwalk.  The parents of this family left 
Pennsylvania December 25, 1854, locating on a rented farm in Oxford 
township, Erie Co., Ohio.  Mr. Lamoreux, being in limited circumstances, 
remained a tenant four years after coming to Ohio, and then bought a 
small tract of land.  In 1874 he purchased a farm in Ridgefield 
township, Huron county, and in 1876 moved upon it.  He was actively 
interested in politics, and was first a Democrat, becoming a Republican 
after the war; he served in various local offices.  He was a member of 
the Baptist Church for forty-three years, and subscribed regularly to 
The Examiner, a Baptist periodical which had been known as the Baptist 
Register since 1837.  He was an officer in the church, and taught the 
Bible class for twelve years.  He died October 31, 1890, leaving many 
friends to mourn his death, who knew his worth as a Christian man and 
progressive citizen.  His widow is yet living on the home farm with her 
son, Hendrick W.  She has been a member of the Baptist Church for Fifty-
five years. 

	Hendrick W. Lamoreux was born on the home place in Luzerne county, 
Penn., where he attended the district schools.  On October 26, 1870, he 
was united in marriage with Ruth H., daughter of Daniel Frazier, and a 
native of Erie county, Ohio.  Mr. And Mrs. Lamoreux have resided on his 
father's farm in Ridgefield township, Huron county, since their marriage 
, where two children have been born to them:  Bertha E. and Wilbur L.  
Mr. Lamoreux is a prosperous business man, and takes an active interest 
in the Republican party.  He and wife are members of the Baptist Church, 
with which he has been connected twenty-two years.