Michael Morrett
(1823-1898)
Julia Ann Wolf
(1822-1892)
Dr. John Addison Morrette
(1845-1925)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Hirametta L. C. Beecher

Dr. John Addison Morrette 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 22 Oct 1845, Churchtown, Cumberland, PA 6 7 8
  • Marriage (1): Hirametta L. C. Beecher on 13 Feb 1873 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA 1 2
  • Died: 21 Aug 1925, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA at age 79 5 6 7 8
  • Buried: 24 Aug 1925, Churchtown: Mount Zion Cemetery, Cumberland, PA 6 8

   FamilySearch ID: L6Y7-MLY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Monroe Twp., Cumberland, PA. 9 The 1850 census recorded Michael Morritt, farmer, 32, living with wife Julia A., 28; William C., 6; John A., 4. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1880 in New Kingston, Cumberland, PA. 4 The 1880 census recorded J. A. Morrett M.D., physician, 32, living with wife Hirametta, 28; Bertie L., 3; and Annie, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. He was educated at Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia: Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1879 in 1881 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA. 5

4. Residence: on 30 Jun 1881 in New Kingston, Cumberland, PA.

5. Census in 1900 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA. 10 The 1900 census recorded owning a home at 112 West Main Street: John Morrett, physician, 53, born Oct 1847, living with wife Heirametta, 50, Nov 1850; Bertha l., private teacher, 24, Oct 1876, single; and Annie M., 22, Apr 1878, single. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Census in 1910 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA. 11 The 1910 census recorded at 112 West Main Street: John A. Morrett, widowed, 62, living with daughters Annie M., 32, single, and Bertie L., public school teacher, 30, single. Also in the home was boarder Clara J. Geiger, widow, 75.

7. Residence: in 1925 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA.

8. Cause of Death: angina pectoris, 21 Aug 1925, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA. 6

9. Occupation: physician on 21 Aug 1925 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA. 6

10. Newspaper: The Evening Sentinel: Dr John Addison Morrett died, age 79., 22 Aug 1925, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 7 PHYSICIAN FOUND DEAD IN OFFICE
Dr. John Addison Morrett, of Mechanicsburg, Victim of Heart Trouble
Mechanicsburg, Aug, 21. -- Dr. John Addison Morrett, aged 79, a practicing physician in Mechanicsburg for forty years, was found dead sitting in a chair at his office desk at 114 West Main street, this morning.

The physician Is believed to have died of heart trouble. He apparently had taken some medicine shortly before he died, as empty papers, from which powdered medicine was taken, were found on the floor alongside his chair.

The body was found by Dr. J. N. Kremer, a dentist, who has an office nearby. The dentist, passing the office, saw the key in the door and the blinds drawn, and started to investigate. The Cumberland county coroner was notified.

The physician, who, during the past, ten years was not practicing actively, taking care of office calls only, was a school teacher for several years before taking up the study of medicine at the Hahnemann College. Philadelphia. He was born near Churchtown. He Is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William J. Miller, wife of a Methodist minister in Crafton, and one brother, William Morrett, New Cumberland.


John married Hirametta L. C. Beecher, daughter of Jonathan Cashman Beecher and Catharine Swigert, on 13 Feb 1873 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA.1 2 (Hirametta L. C. Beecher was born on 10 Jun 1850 in , Cumberland, PA,12 13 14 died on 25 Mar 1907 in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, PA 14 15 16 17 and was buried on 29 Mar 1907 in Churchtown: Mount Zion Cemetery, Cumberland, PA 14 16.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Cumberland > Mechanicsburg > Trinity Evangelical Lutheran. Image 68. John A. Morritt, Churchtown, Pa. and Hiranetta L. C. Beecher, Carlisle, 13 Feb 1873 by H.R. Fleck.

2 Research of Marcia S. Wilson, great grandaughter of Mary Jane Beecher Gibson (http://marciasandmeyerwilson.com and emails from Macia S. Wilson).

3 Records of Marcia Wilson (Leonia, NJ).

4 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWX1-29D J. A. Morrett, New Kingston, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 152C, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1122.

5 Ancestry.com, Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 (Original data: Hafner, Arthur Wayne, ed. Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929: a genealogical guide to over 149,000 medical practitioners providing brief biographical sketches drawn from the American Medical Association's Deceased Physician Masterfile. Chicago: American Medical Association, 1993.), JAMA Citation 85:994, J. Addison Morrett.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 80945. John Addison Morrette. Father Michael Morrette. Mother Julia Ann Wolper.

7 Carlisle Daily Sentinel (Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania), The Evening Sentinel, 22 Aug 1925: Death notice of Dr. John Addison Morrett.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33028374.

9 1850 United States Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Monroe, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_773; Page: 249B; Image: 73.

10 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3SS-VDB John Morsett, Mechanicsburg borough Ward 3-5, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 187.

11 1910 United States Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Mechanicsburg Ward 4, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1335; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0024; FHL microfilm: 1375348.

12 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, North Middleton Township, Series: M593 Roll: 1332 Page: 237.

13 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, North Middleton Township, Series: M653 Roll: 1102 Page: 587.

14 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33028395.

15 The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) (Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.), 28 Mar 1907, obituary of Mrs. J. A. Morrette.

16 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 26568. Hioamatta L C Monetta. Father J Beecher. Mother __ Sweigert.

17 Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), 27 Mar 1907, page 10. Obituary of Mrs. J. A. Morrett.



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