Bibliographies: History of the Moorhead Family, Part 3, Indiana Co, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Karen Moorhead moorhead1@netzero.net USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ STEELE LEMOYNE MOORHEAD. Steele Lemoyne Moorhead, son of Joseph McCloud and Margaret McFarland Moorhead, was born at the old Moorhead homestead, in White township, Indiana county, May 11, 1852. January 1, 1880, he was married at Rockport, Missouri, to Miss Josephine Bird, who died, at that place, September 24, 1881. June 3, 1884, he was married to Miss May R. Bonham, in St. Joseph, Missouri. At the age of nineteen he entered the office of the Atchison County Journal, Rockport, Missouri, where he acquired a thorough knowledge of newspaper work, and at the close of three years, in 1881, purchased an interest in the paper and was its editor and manager for six years. In 1887, he purchased the Ness City, Kansas Times. Three years later he disposed of it and established, in Junction City, Oregon, the Times, which he still owns. All the papers with which he was connected were Republican. He was elected city recorder in 1892 and, the following year, mayor. In 1894, he was elected a Republican member of the Oregon Legislature; in 1897, chief clerk of the State Senate, which position he held for four successive terms. He is vice president of the Oregon Press Association and was a delegate to the National Editorial Association, which met at Buffalo, New York, June 10, 1901. To Steele Lemoyne and May R. Bonham Moorhead were born the following children: Hattie May Bonham, May 9, 1885, at Rockport, Missouri; Josie Bird, July 3, 1886, at Rockport; Bishop Thompson, May 21, 1892, at Junction City, Oregon, and Steele Lemoyne, August 2, 1897, at Junction City. THEODORE PARKER MOORHEAD. Theodore Parker Moorhead, son of Joseph McCloud and Margaret McFarland Moorhead, was born at the old homestead, in White town ship, Indiana county, October 3, 1854. He is located at Skidmore, Missouri, where he is a dealer in wall paper, window shades, paints, var nishes, oil, etc. In 1876, he was married to Miss Jennie Hileman, who died August 12, 1878. He was again married, to Miss Emogene Manchester, in 1881. There were born to them two children -- Irvin McKee, March 31, 1882, and Steele Jack, October 22, 1889. AGNES MAY MOORHEAD. Agnes May Moorhead, daughter of Joseph McCloud and Margaret McFarland Moorhead, was born at Taylorsville, Indiana county, Pennsyl vania, January 20, 1857. She was married at Guilford, Missouri, December 22, 1878, to Mr. A. D. Bishop. She is an intellectual and refined lady -- a type of true American womanhood. Mr. Bishop has been actively engaged in journalistic work on the leading newspapers in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, and is now on the editorial staff of The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado, where they reside. Raymond, their eldest son, was born at Guilford, Missouri, July 31, 1880. He graduated at the Colorado State School of Mines, June 13, 1901. Hilma J. was born July 1, 1882, at Marysville, Missouri, and died, April 26, 1883, at St. Louis, Missouri. Lionel was born August 8, 1889, at Kansas City, Missouri. EDITH MOORHEAD. Edith Moorhead, daughter of Joseph Mc Cloud and Margaret McFarland Moorhead, was born at Taylorsville, Green township, Indiana county, January 28, 1860. She was a bright, inter esting child, and was accidentally burned to death November 13, 1861, at Taylorsville and was bur ied in the cemetery at that place. HARRY WHITE MOORHEAD. Harry White Moorhead, son of Joseph Mc Cloud and Margaret McFarland Moorhead, was born October 12, 1862, at Taylorsville, Pennsyl vania. He was possessed of a bright intellect, of moral and correct habits, a kind and happy disposition. He died, October 20, 1879, at Guil ford, Missouri. FRANK WILMORE MOORHEAD. Frank Wilmore Moorhead, son of Joseph McCloud and Margaret McFarland Moorhead, was born at Taylorsville, Indiana county, October 10, 1864. He is engaged in newspaper work at Junction City, Oregon. He is one of that city's most prominent citizens and has filled a number of important positions in their municipal government. June 7, 1896, he was married to Miss Jeannette Gaines, at Charles City, Iowa. Their only child, Florence, was born February 5, 1898. NANCY ANN MOORHEAD. Nancy Ann Moorhead, daughter of Alexander Thompson and Mary Morrow McKee Moorhead, was born at the homestead in White township, Indiana county, Pennsylvania, on July 27, 1830. She was married at the home April 24, 1851, to Robert Lowry, of White Township. They located in Indiana, where they are yet living. Mr. Lowry is a contractor and builder and was one of the founders of the Lowry & Hastings planing mill, where sash, doors, mouldings, etc., were manu factured. Their life has been a pleasant one. On the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage a number of their relatives and immediate friends called to congratulate them. There were born to them five children: Alexander Thompson Lowry was born March 8, 1852, and was married to Mary Vesta Feath at her home in Braddock, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1885. He was a painter and paper hanger, but after his marriage engaged in merchandising at Indiana for a number of years. He is now pursuing his original occupation. There were born to them five children -- Arthur, March 9, 1886; Henry Clay, October 29, 1887; Vesta Russell, November 9, 1888; James Robert, January 20, 1892; Mary Agnes, January 29, 1894. John Milton Lowry was born September 26, 1854 and died April 13, 1857. Clarissa Eliza Lowry was born February 13, 1858, and was married at her home in Indiana to Mr. Harry St. Clair , of White township, on May 14, 1877. Mr. St. Clair engaged in farming and stockraising. He established a dairy and creamery and took a special interest in blooded cattle. His herd of Angus cattle was the pride of the county. He is now engaged in the seed business at Columbus, Ohio, where they reside. There were born to them ten children -- Arthur, Mabel Victorine, Ralph Emerson, Millard Tracy, Amy Cobart, Harry Lowry, Mary Agnes, Clara Maria, Letitia Catherine, Nancy Moorhead. Harry Blair Lowry was born July 20, 1859, and died February 14, 1860. Mary Agnes Lowry was born March 9, 1861, and resides with her parents at Indiana. ALEXANDER THOMPSON MOORHEAD. Alexander Thompson Moorhead, son of Alexander Thompson and Mary Morrow McKee Moorhead, was born in White township, August 23, 1833. On the twenty-third day of March, 1854, he was married to Mary Jane Hutchison, of Conemaugh township, Indiana county. To them were born the following children: Howard Hutchison, Mary Morrow McKee, Charles Wills, Edgar Thompson, Jeannette, Frederick, Sara Dales and William Fulton. The mother died December 26, 1867. He married Mrs. Margaret A. Rankin, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in Philadel phia, April 20, 1869. To them were born Albert Speedy, Martha Evangeline, Nancy Pearl, Alexander Ralph, Frank Edwin, Bessie Garnett and Hugh McKee. In "Leslies' History of the Republican Party," 1900, we find the following concerning him: "When but a boy he was placed in the printing office of his grandfather ‘to learn the art of print ing,' serving a five years' apprenticeship and then working some two years more as foreman in the office. During the time he was serving his apprenticeship he was a member of the underground rail road, assisting many of the slaves to liberty. Leaving the printing office he turned his attention to the mercantile and lumber business, continuing in the same for a number of years. He then served as postmaster at Indiana two terms, holding commissions by President Hayes and President Arthur. After the close of his last commission, in 1887, he purchased the Indiana Progress, a stalwart Republican organ, which he still continues to edit and publish, always supporting the nominees of his party. He is especially proud of his party record. Casting his first presidential vote for the ‘Pathfinder', John C. Fremont, he has never bolted or scratched the ticket of the regular party nominations. He has always taken an active part in the politics of the county and state, serving three terms as chairman of the Republican organization in Indiana county, frequently a delegate to the state conventions and at the present time is a member of the State Republican Committee. The educational interests of Indiana county received much attention from him and he served as a trustee of the State Normal School at Indiana a score of years. He has also held a number of positions in the municipal government of the city." While engaged in merchandising and shipping lumber, at Taylorsville, Green township, his property, consisting of dwelling, storeroom, wareroom and granary, with all their contents, was destroyed by fire on New Year's, 1862. HOWARD HUTCHISON MOORHEAD. Howard Hutchison Moorhead, son of Alexan der Thompson and Mary Hutchison Moorhead, was born in Taylorsville, Indiana county, Pennsyl vania, January 14, 1854. He is a mine worker at Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and resides at Everson, in the same state. On January 14, 1882, he was married to Mary Lucinda Blackburn, at Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county. There were born to them the following children: Ernest Frederick, January 5, 1883; Alexander Thompson, May 24, 1884; Edith May, December 30, 1886; Sherman Edward, February 1, 1891; Eva Martha, July 23, 1894; Mary Sansom, July 29, 1899. The two oldest sons have positions in the sheet mill works at Scottdale.