The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 05 Aug 1873, Tue Page 2
OBITUARY.
JAMES MORRELL.
The venerable James Morrell died at his
late residence, No. 514 Marshall Street, on
Sunday evening, aged 86 years and 6 months,
the prostrating illness which terminated his
useful life having set in about three weeks
ago. Deceased was born in this city on the
2d of February, 1787. His early life, after
his educational training had been attended
to, was spent in commercial pursuits. Under
the consulate of Richard Meade, father of
the late General George Meade, Mr. Morrell
was appointed assistant United States consul
at Cadiz, Spain. In the War of 1812 Mr.
Morrell joined Captain Mifflin's company, in
which he served until the termination of
that contest.
Mr. Morrell was elected president of the
Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company
in 1831, when railway communication
between this city and New York was first
established, and until 1870, a period of thirty-
six years, and he held the position to the
benefit of the company and to the honor
and credit of himself. His resignation from the
position was necessitated by a severe fall which
he had received at his residence, but the com-
pany at once elected him "honorable emeritus
secretary,* with his full pay during the
remainder of his life, thus properly and prac-
tically recognizing his long and valuable ser-
vices.
The funeral of Mr. Morrell will take place
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, from his late
residence.
OBITUARY.
JAMES MORRELL.
The venerable James Morrell died at his
late residence, No. 514 Marshall Street, on
Sunday evening, aged 86 years and 6 months,
the prostrating illness which terminated his
useful life having set in about three weeks
ago. Deceased was born in this city on the
2d of February, 1787. His early life, after
his educational training had been attended
to, was spent in commercial pursuits. Under
the consulate of Richard Meade, father of
the late General George Meade, Mr. Morrell
was appointed assistant United States consul
at Cadiz, Spain. In the War of 1812 Mr.
Morrell joined Captain Mifflin's company, in
which he served until the termination of
that contest.
Mr. Morrell was elected president of the
Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company
in 1831, when railway communication
between this city and New York was first
established, and until 1870, a period of thirty-
six years, and he held the position to the
benefit of the company and to the honor
and credit of himself. His resignation from the
position was necessitated by a severe fall which
he had received at his residence, but the com-
pany at once elected him "honorable emeritus
secretary,* with his full pay during the
remainder of his life, thus properly and prac-
tically recognizing his long and valuable ser-
vices.
The funeral of Mr. Morrell will take place
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, from his late
residence.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 05 Aug 1873, Tue Page 2
OBITUARY.
JAMES MORRELL.
The venerable James Morrell died at his
late residence, No. 514 Marshall Street, on
Sunday evening, aged 86 years and 6 months,
the prostrating illness which terminated his
useful life having set in about three weeks
ago. Deceased was born in this city on the
2d of February, 1787. His early life, after
his educational training had been attended
to, was spent in commercial pursuits. Under
the consulate of Richard Meade, father of
the late General George Meade, Mr. Morrell
was appointed assistant United States consul
at Cadiz, Spain. In the War of 1812 Mr.
Morrell joined Captain Mifflin's company, in
which he served until the termination of
that contest.
Mr. Morrell was elected president of the
Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company
in 1831, when railway communication
between this city and New York was first
established, and until 1870, a period of thirty-
six years, and he held the position to the
benefit of the company and to the honor
and credit of himself. His resignation from the
position was necessitated by a severe fall which
he had received at his residence, but the com-
pany at once elected him "honorable emeritus
secretary,* with his full pay during the
remainder of his life, thus properly and prac-
tically recognizing his long and valuable ser-
vices.
The funeral of Mr. Morrell will take place
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, from his late
residence.
OBITUARY.
JAMES MORRELL.
The venerable James Morrell died at his
late residence, No. 514 Marshall Street, on
Sunday evening, aged 86 years and 6 months,
the prostrating illness which terminated his
useful life having set in about three weeks
ago. Deceased was born in this city on the
2d of February, 1787. His early life, after
his educational training had been attended
to, was spent in commercial pursuits. Under
the consulate of Richard Meade, father of
the late General George Meade, Mr. Morrell
was appointed assistant United States consul
at Cadiz, Spain. In the War of 1812 Mr.
Morrell joined Captain Mifflin's company, in
which he served until the termination of
that contest.
Mr. Morrell was elected president of the
Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company
in 1831, when railway communication
between this city and New York was first
established, and until 1870, a period of thirty-
six years, and he held the position to the
benefit of the company and to the honor
and credit of himself. His resignation from the
position was necessitated by a severe fall which
he had received at his residence, but the com-
pany at once elected him "honorable emeritus
secretary,* with his full pay during the
remainder of his life, thus properly and prac-
tically recognizing his long and valuable ser-
vices.
The funeral of Mr. Morrell will take place
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, from his late
residence.
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