Sophronia Morehouse

Sophronia Morehouse, the wife of ephraim, was 83 years old when she died in 1885. She was a gracious giver to her church and to Syracuse University.

Her obituary indicates that she was considered the cornerstone of the methodist Church often relieving it of financial embarrassment. At the time of remodeling of the methodist house of worship she was the largest subscriber, and after others had given what they should, she whipped out the whole church dept of over $700, making the society a present of the mortgage.”

She also donated 30000 to Syracuse University. According to an article found at the Onondaga Historical Association, her decision to provide this endowment was the result of a sermon on the subject ¨öf higher education under christian influences, wand the duty and importance of persons of means consecrating a portion of their property for the endowment of such institutions¨

Transcribed by Jonathan, Quzare, Robert

Biographical sketch

In 1802 John Leach was the first settler in Cicero. Then in 1803 the

Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States. The First Germans arrive to boil salt on the shores of Onondaga Lake in 1804. Baldwinsville was discovered shortly after in 1807. The war of 1812 was a war declared by Congress in June of 1812. .Paul Revere died in 1818. The first boat to travel the Erie Canal made its way from Rome to Utica in October 1819. John Quincy Adams became the sixth President of the U.S in 1825, 23 years after Sophronia Morehouse was born.