When James Morse was born in April 1840, in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Oramel Morse, was 44 and his mother, Lucina Roberts, was 40. He married Alba E. Fox on 28 June 1868, in Vermont, United States. He lived in Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont, United States in 1850. He died on 23 April 1919, in Waterbury, Washington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Sharon, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
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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