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William R. Morse
Birth: 1810
Death: 1881
Birth Date Prefix: c.
Death Date Prefix: c.
Nickname: W.R. Morse
Biography
First mentioned in 18370430WHS_BJS1. WHS resold a lot in Portland Harbor (now Barcelona, NY, near Westfield, NY) to a Wm R. Morse. There is a W.R. Morse letter in the microfilm database dated 9/05/1837. Searching for "W.R. Morse," and the aforementioned location(s), I found a newspaper article concerning W.R. Morse & Co. in Westfield, here: http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031732/1856-11-19/ed-1/seq-4.pdf. Further information about W.R. Morse's mercantile business in Westfield can be found at the link in the citation notes. His residence in Westfield is now 1 Washington Street, Westfield, NY 14787 (citation: http://app.chautauquacounty.com/hist_struct/Westfield/1WashingtonStreetWestfield.html). Next, I turned to Find-A-Grave. The only William R. Morse in the Find-A-Grave was William Roswell Morse, born in 1810 (see the death date citation). Using Ancestry, my first hit found a William R. Morse who was listed a merchant in Chautauqua, Westfield, NY in the 1855 census (see the birth date citation).
Letter References
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, April 30, 1837
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, October 7, 1837
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, September 6, 1837
Letter from Augustus Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, February 5, 1839
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Biography:
First mentioned in 18370430WHS_BJS1. WHS resold a lot in Portland Harbor (now Barcelona, NY, near Westfield, NY) to a Wm R. Morse. There is a W.R. Morse letter in the microfilm database dated 9/05/1837. Searching for "W.R. Morse," and the aforementioned location(s), I found a newspaper article concerning W.R. Morse & Co. in Westfield, here: http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031732/1856-11-19/ed-1/seq-4.pdf. Further information about W.R. Morse's mercantile business in Westfield can be found at the link in the citation notes. His residence in Westfield is now 1 Washington Street, Westfield, NY 14787 (citation: http://app.chautauquacounty.com/hist_struct/Westfield/1WashingtonStreetWestfield.html). Next, I turned to Find-A-Grave. The only William R. Morse in the Find-A-Grave was William Roswell Morse, born in 1810 (see the death date citation). Using Ancestry, my first hit found a William R. Morse who was listed a merchant in Chautauqua, Westfield, NY in the 1855 census (see the birth date citation).
Citation Notes:
http://westfieldrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/518981/A-metal-sign-history-mystery.html?nav=5065
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http://interactive.ancestrylibrary.com/7181/005207085_00499/1654934524?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestrylibrary.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgss%3dangs-g%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3dwilliam%2br%26gsln%3dmorse%26mswpn__ftp%3dWestfield%252c%2bChautauqua%252c%2bNew%2bYork%252c%2bUSA%26mswpn%3d10295%26mswpn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3244%257c35%257c0%257c565%257c10295%257c0%257c%26MSAV%3d0%26catbucket%3drstp%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d1654934524%26db%3dGeneral-7181%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=morse&GSfn=william&GSmn=r&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=85118245&df=all&