LOUIS MORGAN TOUGHILL OBIT
LOUIS M. TOUGHILL,PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERMAN,DIED SUDDENLY
AT HIS HOME INMERCHANTVILLE,N.J. ON THURSDAY NIGHT OF HEART DISEASE,HE WAS 47 YEARS OLD,THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE ABOUT A MONTH AGO HASTENED HIS DEATH,DOCTORS SAY MR. TOUGHILL WAS BORN IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA,A SON OF MAGISTRATE TOUGHILL,HE STARTED NEWSPAPER WORK AS A REPORTER ON THE EVENING TELEGRAPH ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AGO AND LATER BECAME SPORTS EDITOR, HE SERVED AS A PETTY OFFICER ON THE U.S.S. VIXEN DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR,WAS WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO AND RECEIVED A MEDAL OF VALOR.
IN THE WORLD WAR HE WAS MADE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR FOR THE EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION,WHEN THE PEACE WAS DECLARED HE RETURNED TONEWSPAPER WORK AND JOINED THE STAFFF OF THE PUBLIC LEDGER WITH WHICH HE REMAINED TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
THREE SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS SURVIVE HIM LOUIS M. JR., JAMES H. ,FRANK L.,,MARGARET M.,HELEN R., AND CATHERINE C. TOUGHILL.