Isaac Morehouse

   Another name for Isaac was Isaac Morehous.

  Noted events in his life were:

• History, 1800s, Cohocton, Steuben, NY. As recorded in the 1868-69 Steuben County Directory.

"Cohocton was formed from Bath and Dansville, June 18th, 1812. A part of Avoca was taken off in 1843, and a part of Wayland in 1848. It is situated on the north border of the County, west of the center. The surface is mostly a hilly upland, separated into ridges by deep and narrow valleys. The principal streams are Conhocton River, flowing southerly through the center, and its tributaries. The soil is chiefly a slaty and gravelly loam.

"Liberty, (Cohocton P.O.) on the Conhocton River, is a station on the Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad, and contains two churches, a carriage factory, a saw mill, a manufactory of shingles, lath &c., and a population of 200 to 300.

"North Cohocton (P.O.) contains a church and about 35 houses.

"Bloods [now Atlanta] is a hamlet and a station on the railroad, one mile from North Cohocton.

"The first settlement was made soon after the settlement of Bath, by Joseph Biven, who was sent there by Captain Williamson to keep a tavern. He settled at the point known as the "Twenty-two Mile Tree," and subsequently as "Biven's Corners," now Blood's Corners. Richard Hooker, James and Aruna Woodward, were the next settlers. In 1805 or 1806, Joseph Chamberlain, of Herkimer County, settled on the "Davis farm," near Liberty Corners. His household consisted of a cow and a dog, and all his property, except his ax, was contained in a small pack. His style of living, in its simplicity, would rival that of the old philosopher who lived in a tub. For a milk pail he cut a notch in a log, and driving the cow astride, milked into the notch, then crumbed his bread into the same and ate with a wooden spoon. In the following year, Levi Chamberlain, Capt. Jonas Cleland, Joseph Shattuck and Deacon Horace Fowler settled in this town. Timothy Sherman, James Barnard, Samuel Rhoades, Jesse Atwood, Isaac Morehouse and Charles Burlington were also early settlers. The Brownsons settled at Loon Lake at an early day. Abraham Lint settled at Lint Hill in 1789, and about the same time Hatches, the Ketches and others.

"The first marriage was that of Joseph Biven and Sarah Hooker, in 1798, and the first birth that of Bethiah Hooker, their child, in 1800. The first death was that of Richard Hooker, February 10th, 1801. Jonas Cleland built the first saw and grist mills, in 1808; and Joseph Shattuck kept the first inn, in 1809. Sophia Trumbull taught the first school, in 1810. The first settled minister was Rev. Elisha Brownson, (Bap.) in 1811.

"The population in 1865 was 2,614, and its area 25,000 acres."

• History: Isaac was listed as "among the early settlers", 1806, Cohocton, Steuben, NY.

• History: Isaac's character as an adult: Cohocton, Steuben, NY. "Among the pioneers have often been found many quaint and original characters. Cohocton was not without its representatives in this regard, among whom may be mentioned Isaac Morehouse, Philetus Finch, and Charles Burlingham, or 'Charlie' as he was familiarly called. Charlie never failed to be on hand on election and town-meeting days. Placing himself under the exhilarating effects of old Bourbon, he would make fun for the hundreds with his dance and song... Isaac Morehouse was emphatically the leader of the turf; he was equal to all emergencies in that line, and in ten minutes could 'drive dull care away' by getting every one in the community excited over a horse-race; even the snow-paths in midwinter were used for his race-courses. Philetus was alway on hand to say and do just the right thing to give character, point, and pathos to the operations of Charlie and Isaac."

• Land: in the southeast section of Township 6, 5th Range, northeast part of Lot 2, 1822, Cohocton, Steuben, NY. Purchased on 20 Mar 1822 from the Pulteney Estate for $67.54 with boundaries along the northeastern border of the Lot, the Conhocton River on the south, and a parallel western border encompassing a total of 27 and 35/100ths acres.

• Occupation: farmer, 1820/1850, Cohocton, Steuben, NY. In 1835 he was listed as having 44 improved acres of farmland on which he was keeping 6 cattle, 3 horses, 17 sheep, and 9 hogs. During the preceding year his household had made 15 yards of fulled cloth and 40 yards of unfulled flannel and woolen cloth.

In 1850 his farm consisted of 100 improved and 55 unimproved acres valued at $2500 on which he had 200 farm implements, 3 horses, 3 milk cows, 2 working oxen, 7 other cattle, 11 swine. Annual production in bushels was estimated as follows: wheat 150, Indian corn 40, oats 500, and Irish potatoes 20. The farm also produced about 2 tons of hay, 100 lbs. of butter, and slaughtered animals.

• Residence, 1844, Cohocton, Steuben, NY.

• Court: the probate of his mother's will, 1845, Cohocton, Steuben, NY. Case Number 7440, Book 3-A, Page 425.

• Census, 1850, Cohocton, Steuben, NY. Listed with wife Hannah, son Ira age 21, daughter Belinda age 19, and widowed neighbor Elizabeth Saxton age 89.

• Census, 1855, Cohocton, Steuben, NY. Listed with wife Hannah only.

• Probate, 1865, Wayland, Steuben, NY. Case Number 10257, Book 9, Page 315. Children Ira and Belinda are listed but not his wife, who had presumably predeceased him.

Isaac married Hannah, daughter of Unknown and Unknown. (Hannah was born about 1790 in NY and died before 1865.)

  Marriage Notes:

Listed as Isaac's wife in 1850 census.