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[[Fred Morphet]] 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.
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'''Fred Morphet''', together with his brother [[Harry Morphet]], formed a partnership in 1880 presenting mysteries before local societies in Philadelphia as the Morphet Brothers.
 
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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.
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Morphet 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.
  
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.
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He was buried at North Cedar Cemetery in Philadelphia.<ref>[[Mahatma]] May 1904 (cover).</ref>
 
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He was buried at North Cedar Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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== References ==
 
== References ==
* [[Mahatma]] May 1904 (cover).
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Revision as of 00:51, 19 March 2012

Fred Morphet, together with his brother Harry Morphet, formed a partnership in 1880 presenting mysteries before local societies in Philadelphia as the Morphet Brothers.

Fred Morphet
BornD. J. Sheahon
1866
Quebec, Canada
DiedMarch 25, 1904
Resting placeNorth Cedar Cemetery in Philadelphia

His parents brought him to Rochester, New York, when he was two years old, finally settling in Philadelphia.

Morphet 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.[1]

References

  1. Mahatma May 1904 (cover).