When Alonzo B. Morse was born on 1 August 1819, in Williamsfield, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel Morse, was 37 and his mother, Charlotte Leffingwell, was 39. He married Corintha Sackett in 1847, in Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and New Lyme, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States in 1880. In 1880, at the age of 61, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 14 June 1895, in Williamsfield, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in South New Lyme Cemetery, New Lyme, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States.
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Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames, especially Moses . Compare Morris .
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