James Lewis Morse (1844 - 1919)

Born 20 Nov 1844 in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Augusta Henrietta (Little) Morse — married 25 Dec 1876 in Bowdoinham, Lincoln, Maine, United States

Died 27 Mar 1919 at age 74 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States

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Biography

James Lewis Morse was born in Bowdoinham, Maine, the eldest of three sons of George Washington Morse and his second wife Rosanna Raymond.

The 1850 US census for Bowdoinham, Maine lists residents George W Morse (40), a farmer, Rosanna Morse (37), George N Morse (18), a farmer, Augustus J Morse (15), a farmer, James T Morse (5), Charles C Morse (4), John N Morse (2), George W Morse (27), Betsey James (15), and Darias Hinkley (84), female. All were born in Maine except for Darias who was born in Massachusetts.

The 1860 US census for Bowdoinham, Maine lists residents G W Morse (58), a farmer, Rosanna Morse (49), Nelson Morse (28), a farmer, Franklin Morse (24), a farmer, H Duncenton (25), J S Morse (15), a farmer and student, Chas [sic] Morse (14), a student, and John N Morse (13), a student. All were born in Maine. George owns real estate valued at $2000 and has a personal estate of $300.

He married Henrietta Augusta Little on 25 Dec 1876 at Bowdoinham, Maine. The were the parents of three known children.

James died in 1919 at Seattle Washington. He is buried at the Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Lake Forest Park, King County, Washington.

Sources

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F476-RBM : 14 January 2020), James L. Morse, 1844.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VM-DXX : 22 December 2020), James T Morse in household of George W Morse, Bowdoinham, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHB-ZL5 : 18 February 2021), J S Morse in entry for G W Morse, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D1-WKG : 29 May 2021), James L Morse in entry for George W Morse, 1870.

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F9-JXG : 14 January 2020), James L. Morse, 1876.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQQ-H78 : 14 January 2022), James L. Morse, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9VH-YZ4 : 12 January 2022), James ? Morse, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVVH-WTG : accessed 15 July 2023), James L Morse, Phoenix Ward 1, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 57, sheet 5A, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 40; FHL microfilm 1,374,053.

• "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3G4-5C9 : 10 March 2018), James Lewis Morse, 27 Mar 1919; citing Seattle, King, Washington, reference cn 1001, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,992,657.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143895953/james-lewis-morse), memorial page for James Lewis Morse (20 Nov 1844–27 Mar 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143895953, citing Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Lake Forest Park, King County, Washington, USA