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Revision as of 14:01, 23 March 2009
Fred Morphet ( 1866 - March 25, 1904), born D. J. Sheahon in Quebec, Canada. His parents brought him to Rochester, New York, when he was two years old, finally settling in Philadelphia.
Together with his brother, Harry Morphet, he formed a partnership in 1880, and were known as the Morphet Brothers, presenting mysteries before local societies in Philadelphia.
Fred played the leading vaudeville houses and after a successful tour of the country, went back to Philadelphia to fill a long engagement at Kellar's Egyptian Hall, with the Mrs. Tom Thumb Co. He traveled extensively and while with the Forepaugh Circus he was stricken with locomotor-ataxia and abandoned his road tours. He continued to work in Philadelphia doing local shows and at the Bradenburgh's Museum.
He was buried at North Cedar Cemetery in Philadelphia.
References
- Mahatma May 1904 (cover).