Franklin Morse

(16 April 1827 - 1879)
Franklin Morse|b. 1827\nd. 1879|p597.htm|Harford Morse|b. 1788\nd. 1830|p41.htm|Lucy Gay|b. 1793\nd. 1873|p42.htm|Ezra Morse|b. 1741\nd. 1807|p190.htm|Susanna Guild|d. 1822|p191.htm|Solomon Gay|b. 1765\nd. 1844|p1360.htm|Chloe Daniels|b. 1766\nd. 1848|p1350.htm|
Franklin Morse was born on 16 April 1827 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.1,2 He was the son of Harford Morse and Lucy Gay.

Franklin Morse appeared on the census of 12 August 1850 at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the household of his mother.3 He was a coppersmith according to the August 1850 census.3

The census of 9 July 1860 at Township No. 1, Placer County, California, shows a Franklin Morse, miner, born Massachusetts, age 33; this could possibly be the son of Harford Morse and Lucy Gay, as Franklin Morse does not appear in Massachusetts in the 1860 census.4

Franklin Morse died in 1879.5 He was buried on 5 August 1879 in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.5,6

Citations

  1. [S405] Rev. Abner Morse, Memorial of the Morses.
  2. [S432] Gravestone inscriptions, Lot 2918, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, original proprietor Henry Morse, year of birth only.
  3. [S444] Lucy Morse household, 1850 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Roxbury, page 13, dwelling 417, family 602.
  4. [S446] Franklin Morse household, 1860 U.S. census, Placer County, California, Township No. 1 (post office Folsom, Sacramento County), dwelling-house 947, family 912.
  5. [S432] Gravestone inscriptions, Lot 2918, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, original proprietor Henry Morse.
  6. [S434] Record of the Henry Morse plot, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

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