The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-06-07
IN THE COUNTY.
DEATH AND BURIAL OF EBE-
MEIER MOREHoUSE
NEARLY 100 YEARS OF AGE.
End OF n Career Crowned with Deeds of
Truth and Kindness Married sixty
four Wears Ago Eloquent Eu-
iugy over the Bier OF the
Deceased Delivered
by Hon. leo
Vincent.

Morehousc, which occurred at the
home of the son OF the deceased on
Capitol Boulevard, Thursday, Logan
county lost it's Oldest citizen. The
deceased lacked but eight years Of be
ing a centenarian. The funeral of Mr..
Morehouse took place yesterday after
noon from his late home and was
largely attended. The burial took
place in Summit View cemetery. Hon.
Leo Vincent delivered an eloquent
tribute over the bier OF the deceased.
His words were as follows:
Friends Today we are diverted
from the usual walks of life to per-
form the last rites in the history of
good man. The last leaf in the his
tory Of Grandpa Morehouse, as he was
known, has been turned and the
great volume OF his long and tranquil
life has been closed 20 mortal r..
The book is closed, but from that
life, now blossomed into eternity, may
we not draw some lessons OF comfort
and value to the living? Grandpa
Morehouse, in his prime of life, was
man of more than average vlgor of
intellect His was mind not salts
aed to take life here or in the next
condition by hearsay. His disposition
was to delve into the mysteries OF the
future, to look back over the pages of
the past, and from their lessons draw
conclusions decidedly his own. This
characteristic has marked the life Of
this good man from early boyhood to
recent years, and while TO some it has,
tat times, seemed in u measure eccen-
trio, yet his life has been so consistent
| and useful that we are forced into
Yeneration and love for the good aud
beautiful-no matter what their be-
lief
The words of another so aptly fit
his life and faith that methinlis hear
him say;
"Let not word be whispered here
In pity for my unbelief,
Or sorrow that / could not share
The views that gave their souls re
lief
My faith 10 me is no less dear
No less convincing and sincere
Than theirs, so rigid and austere."
Turning back the wheels of time
nearly one hundred years--over TWEEN
ty years past the allotted time ol
three score and ten," and we find
Ebenezer Erskine Morehouse born in
Essex county, New Jersey, near the
city Of Newark, on December 1G, 1909
He lived with his father, assisting In
the various duties OF the farm until
1899, when, at the age OF 10, he emf
grated to what was then the far west,
settling in what is now Morrow coun
ty, Ohio.
The journey from New Jersey was
accomplished by wagon and required
tedious month to make the trip. lie
began life at that early age in coun
try covered with dense forests anC
without the assistance Of machinery
and the numerous appliances that nov
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parison with those early days.
Thus he began the work OF trans
forming the wilderness into a farm.
Sixty-four years ago yesterday, OF
June 5, 1882, he was united in mar
riage to Margaret Hance, who was hi
constant companion for 6fty-tw'
years. Possessing that brave energy
and supported all these years will
love, to walk hand in hand and 10
gether face the realities of pionee
life, he learned how love could
brighten even the forrest solitude ant
+ lend charm alike TO temple and &
tomb. His companion only passed on
January %, 1854, but as result o
this union two sons ana one daughte
were born one son fading in infancy
the daughter remaining only TO tn,
J age Of 10, and Thomas, the one her
surviving. lie lived on that farm
which his own hands had wrestel
from the wilderness, up to the winte
} OF 1898, when disposing Of the same
in company with his sons family re
moved TO Guthrie
In the years Of physical and menta
yigor he was force much felt an
respected in the community in whicl
, he lived. His religion consisted 4
deeds rather than creeds and is bes
exemplihed IN the life of doing, an
being good. to his fellow men. Iii
text through life has been. "Fo do l.
others as ye would that they shoul
do to YOU" which he has constant
believed and practiced. Having a cor
scientious aud well founded belief in
future life he has for years eNpresse
! himself as teiug ready to follow IN
angel Of life across the valley of phys
. cal death to that future Of greater an
j grander possibilities, which was tn
allotted portion, as he believed, for &
mankind
5 In his calm satisfied belief
Z There was no death, but life NOR
bright
Unfolding 10 his view,
And from deaths gloom Of darkes
A night
To life was passing through
. All through his long life the fGtur
has held no fear for MIN. but lie an
I d.