NJGenWeb ~ Morris County, New Jersey

Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

The KANOUSE family has been resident in Morris county, New Jersey, for a number of generations, and George W. KANOUSE, of Montville, who has been engaged in various lines of business in the course of his life, is regarded as one of the representative men of the district, and as one who has added to the prestige of the family name.

Peter R. KANOUSE was born on the KANOUSE homestead in Morris county, New Jersey, in 1866. He was educated in the schools of his native township, where he proved himself an apt scholar. His first position in business life was as a clerk in a store in Montville, where he remained for a considerable length of time, then established himself in the business of manufacturing cigars, with which he was identified for a period of ten years. In 1904 he was appointed a rural mail carrier, and has conscientiously filled the duties of this position until the present time. He is also the owner of a fine farm of forty-six acres, which he keeps in an excellent state of cultivation with very satisfactory results. Politically he is a Republican, and for nine years held the office of constable. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which institution he is also a trustee. Mr. KANOUSE married Lizzie R. CARHART and has two children: Ethel and Laurence.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)

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