1885 Biography of WILLIAM V. MORSE
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1885 Biography of WILLIAM V. MORSE
| Charles McKelvey (View posts) | Posted: 4 Dec 1999 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: MORSE, BRADLEY, CORNWELL, McKEE, MATHEWS, McKELVEY, COON, McMILLEN, JENKINS
From "The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania 1885"
page 882
"William V. Morse, farmer, PO Hayfield, was born in Burlington, NY, August 7, 1816, son of William C. and Triphena (Bradley) Morse. His paternal grandfather was Timothy Morse, a native of Massachusetts, of English descent, who settled in Otsego County, NY, before the Revolution. He was a soldier under Gen. Washington, serving three years. Two years of the time he was one of Washington's body guard. His maternal grandfather was Azariah Bradley, a native of New England, and an early settler of Otsego County, NY, where he lived and died.
William C. Morse had six children, viz: William V.; Sally M.(Mrs. Nelson Cornwell), in Lawrence, Michigan; Arminda, deceased; Milo, deceased; and Triphena (Mrs. Lorenza McKee), in Dakota. William C. lived in Hayfield Township for a time with our subject (William V.), and while on a journey was killed by the cars at Cambridge, Penn.
The subject of this sketch came to this county in 1837, settled in Summerhill Township, where he remained one year, working at the trade of carding and cloth dressing. In 1844 he located at Little's Corners, working at his trade until 1853, in which year he settled on the farm where he now resides, and continued at his trade there for three years; then selling his machinery. In 1858 he built a sawmill, and has since manufactured a great quantity of lumber and shingles.
Mr. Morse has been married twice. His first wife was Margaret, daughter of William and Margaret (Brown) Matthews, to whom he was married May 17, 1838. By this union there were nine children: Margaret T. (Mrs. John McKelvey); Mary (Mrs. H. Coon); John; Sarah (Mrs. Sylvester McMillen); Martha (Mrs. David Jenkins); William; Harriet (Mrs. Amos McMillen); James; and George. His present wife is Caroline, daughter of William McKelvey, of Hayfield Township, this county, to whom he was married June 16, 1854, and by whom he has one child-Emma M.
Mr. Morse has a fine farm of 95 acres, on which he resides, all of which he has cleared and improved. He is one of the enterprising and pushing farmers of the township, and a worthy citizen. In politics he is independent.
Ed. Note: I am unsure of the 1854 marriage date, another source indicates his wife Margaret died in January 1855 and he married Caroline McKelvey in June 1855. There is also a question on the spelling of Matthews, another source spells it Mathews. There is no known connection of William McKelvey and John McKelvey.
page 882
"William V. Morse, farmer, PO Hayfield, was born in Burlington, NY, August 7, 1816, son of William C. and Triphena (Bradley) Morse. His paternal grandfather was Timothy Morse, a native of Massachusetts, of English descent, who settled in Otsego County, NY, before the Revolution. He was a soldier under Gen. Washington, serving three years. Two years of the time he was one of Washington's body guard. His maternal grandfather was Azariah Bradley, a native of New England, and an early settler of Otsego County, NY, where he lived and died.
William C. Morse had six children, viz: William V.; Sally M.(Mrs. Nelson Cornwell), in Lawrence, Michigan; Arminda, deceased; Milo, deceased; and Triphena (Mrs. Lorenza McKee), in Dakota. William C. lived in Hayfield Township for a time with our subject (William V.), and while on a journey was killed by the cars at Cambridge, Penn.
The subject of this sketch came to this county in 1837, settled in Summerhill Township, where he remained one year, working at the trade of carding and cloth dressing. In 1844 he located at Little's Corners, working at his trade until 1853, in which year he settled on the farm where he now resides, and continued at his trade there for three years; then selling his machinery. In 1858 he built a sawmill, and has since manufactured a great quantity of lumber and shingles.
Mr. Morse has been married twice. His first wife was Margaret, daughter of William and Margaret (Brown) Matthews, to whom he was married May 17, 1838. By this union there were nine children: Margaret T. (Mrs. John McKelvey); Mary (Mrs. H. Coon); John; Sarah (Mrs. Sylvester McMillen); Martha (Mrs. David Jenkins); William; Harriet (Mrs. Amos McMillen); James; and George. His present wife is Caroline, daughter of William McKelvey, of Hayfield Township, this county, to whom he was married June 16, 1854, and by whom he has one child-Emma M.
Mr. Morse has a fine farm of 95 acres, on which he resides, all of which he has cleared and improved. He is one of the enterprising and pushing farmers of the township, and a worthy citizen. In politics he is independent.
Ed. Note: I am unsure of the 1854 marriage date, another source indicates his wife Margaret died in January 1855 and he married Caroline McKelvey in June 1855. There is also a question on the spelling of Matthews, another source spells it Mathews. There is no known connection of William McKelvey and John McKelvey.