Thomas F. Morehead and Dorothy Elizabeth Taggart

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Husband Thomas F. Morehead ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 31 Oct 1863 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Hugh Henderson Morehead (1814-1899) 3 4 5
         Mother: Rachel Falls (      -1911) 3 5 6 7

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       Marriage: 5 Oct 1887 3

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Wife Dorothy Elizabeth Taggart ^{3 8 9}

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         Father: John Smith Taggart (1830-1896) 10 11
         Mother: Nancy Jane Hamilton (      -Aft 1908) 3 8

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Children

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1 F Rachel M. Morehead ^{3 4}

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         Spouse: R. C. McKinley (      -      ) 3

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2 F Dorothy M. Morehead ^{4 12}

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         Spouse: Harold Cloyd Heck (1891-      ) 13
           Marr: 14 Jun 1916 14

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas F. Morehead

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He attended the high school of New Castle, Pennsylvania, finishing his education there, and then from 1876 to 1878 he was a clerk in W. H. McCandless' store. In 1880, he began to clerk for the insurance firm of Harbison & Knox, and remained with them in that capacity until 1896. In that year he secured the interests of Mr. Harbison, and the firm became known as Knox & Morehead. They did the largest business in the insurance line of any firm in the city, representing as many as sixteen different companies. Mr. Morehead could always be counted on to help in furthering the election of Republican candidates and passage of Republican measures; although he was an active worker and extremely popular he never accepted any office.

He was a member of the firm of Knox & Morehead, leading insurance men and also sales agents for the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal & Iron Company. In 1903 the New Castle Portland Cement Company was organized. They built the first cement works in New Castle and this company built several large mills. Mr. Morehead was one of the organizers of this enterprise, he was one of the directors and one of the enterprising spirits in carrying it forward to success.

He was born at New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools. While still in his teens on April 23, 1880, he became a member of the firm of Knox & Morehead, dealing in fire insurance, and he remained continuously a member of that firm to 1924, when he resigned from active membership therein, although the agency still continued. At the same time, throughout his career he was identified with a number of large building operations in New Castle, such as those of the Knox-Long and Morehead buildings, and apartments; and he served as chairman of the committee of nine that had charge of the building operations of the New Castle Field Clubhouse and grounds. He turned the first shovel of earth for the extensive plant of the Cement Works in New Castle; and he was associated with the Lehigh Portland Cement Company for many years. He built the nine miles of railroad that go direct to the Lehigh Portland Cement Company's Mills. Mr. Morehead was president of the Shenango Valley Corporation and Improvement Company which was engaged in reclamation activities upon a very large scale; and he was connected with many similar important industries. He was a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of New Castle, and of several other corporations. His political convictions were those of the Republican Party, though he did not seek public office. No one was more on the alert to the interests of the United States Government during the World War, in his section of the State, than Mr. Morehead, who during that period was chairman of the various Liberty Loan drives; and it was through his leadership that Lawrence County was enabled to collect and subscribe more money per capita than any other county in Pennsylvania. Following the war he was chairman of the Lawrence County Chapter of the American Red Cross for two years and was long one of the directors. He was a member of the Lawrence Club, New Castle Field Club; New Castle Country Club; the New Castle Board of Trade; as well as all other business associations in city and county. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and for years was a member of its Board of Trustees.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 29.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 382, 554.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 247.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 30.

5 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 554.

6 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 184.

7 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 30, 93.

8 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 30, 284.

9 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 382.

10 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 30, 283.

11 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 381.

12 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 247, 304.

13 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 303.

14 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 304.