Schools in Morehouse, Hamilton county, NY

Schools in Morehouse

School Buildings of Morehouse
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District #1

Photos Courtesy of Carol Ford, Town of Morehouse Historian

The first school in what is now the town of Morehouse was begun in 1834 as Lake Pleasant District #6 School (see list of students, below). The town of Morehouse was created in 1835 from lands of the Town of Lake Pleasant.

Morehouse School District # 1 was established by 1839. This schoolhouse is now a private home. It is located at the corner of Fayle Road on route 8.

Morehouse School District #2 was also established in 1839. This schoolhouse is now the Hoffmeister Post Office. It is located at the more easterly corner of French Road on route 8 (French road loops back to route 8, thus intersecting it twice).

Morehouse School District #3 was established in 1843. It was located on Mountain Home Road. In 1894 the school site was moved to land sold by Joel Lane for this purpose. The new site was situated in lot 17 of the Maxell Tract on the south side of the highway from route 8 to Mountain Home (along Mountain Home Road). This schoolhouse is now a garage.

By 1953 the school district was consolidated and all students were bussed to Poland, Herkimer co., as the one room schoolhouse was no longer desirable for modern education. In 1958, NYS allowed the old one room school houses in Morehouse to be sold for other purposes.

District #2

District #3

School District: Bethuneville and Morehouseville
28 Apr 1834 - spring 1835

Name as given in source #2	Notes provided by Lisa D/O: daughter of; S/O: son of; M: married
Harvey Combs
James H. Combs
Achill Marasche	Likely a child of Theodore and Eleanore Waflard Marache
Eleanor Marasche	b. abt 1829 D/O: Theodore and Eleanore Waflard Marache M: Peter Haremaker
Sophie Marasche	b. abt 1824 D/O: Theodore and Eleanore Waflard Marache M: Frederick Warren Remonda
-- Mathews
H. P. Mathews
Nicholas Mathews
Andrew H. Morehouse	likely a son of Andrew and Sarah Wilmurt Morehouse
Josephine Morehouse	b. abt 1832 D/O: Andrew and Sarah Wilmurt Morehouse M: Havilla Winchell
Virginia Morehouse	b. abt 1829 D/O: Andrew and Sarah Wilmurt Morehouse
Francis Rathe
Betsey Ricket	b. abt 1832 D/O: Elias and Margaret Becraft Rickard M: Francis Freeman Becraft
Elias Ricket	b. 13 Aug 1817 S/O: Elias and Margaret Becraft Rickard
Francis Ricket	b. abt 1824 S/O: Elias and Margaret Becraft Rickard M: Elvira
Matilda Ricket	b. 20 Mar 1827 D/O: Elias and Margaret Becraft Rickard M: Fredrick Becraft
Sirene Ricket	b. abt 1828 D/O: Elias and Margaret Becraft Rickard M: 1) Jacob Henry Becraft, 2) Hubert Osborn
Washington Ricket	"Washingto Ricker", age 23 in 1850 census, Morehouse likely another son of Elias and Margaret Rickard
Daniel Rooler
Eben H. Tucker
Elvira Tucker
James H. Tucker
Willard Tucker
Castena Weaver
Christopher Weaver
Margaret Weaver
Nancy Weaver
Joseph Vallu
Nicholas Vally

Sources:

Carol Ford, Town of Morehouse Historian
"History of Hamilton County," Ted Aber and Stella King, Great Wilderness Books, 1965.
Federal Census Records: 1850 Town of Morehouse, Hamilton county
Vital Statistics: 1849-51 Town of Morehouse Births, Deaths and Marriages
Cemetery listings for Morehouse as provided on this site
Information on Becraft, Marache and Rickard families provided by Joanne Murray