When Fortes Morse was born on 12 September 1812, in Williamsfield, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel Morse, was 30 and his mother, Charlotte Leffingwell, was 32. He married Emeline Loomis on 4 August 1844, in Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 23 April 1846, in Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Williamsfield, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States.
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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.
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