Alonzo B. Morse

Brief Life History of Alonzo B.

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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Family Time Line

Alonzo B. Morse
1819–1895
Corintha Sackett
1824–1895
Marriage: 1847
Victoria Morse
1848–1874
Josephine M. Morse
1849–1874
Corinth Morse
1851–1896
Alonzo Billings Morse
1853–1927
Agnes Morse
1854–1887
Alphonso Zavan Morse
1856–1918
Rolly W. Morse
1858–1859
Alice Morse
1860–1892
Anna Morse
1864–1910
Zula Corintha Morse
1866–1893

Sources (11)

  • Alonzo Morse, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Alonzo Morse, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
  • Alonzo Morse in entry for Anna M Holcomb, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

World Events (7)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Welsh and English: variant of Morris .

Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames, especially Moses . Compare Morris .

History: Samuel Morse (1791–1872), inventor of the electric telegraph andof Morse code, was a direct descendant of Anthony Morse of Wiltshire,England, who had emigrated to MA in 1635.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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