Charles Solomon Morse (1849 - 1902)

Born 23 Oct 1849 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 13 May 1902 at age 52 in Austin, Texas, United States

Biography

Charles Solomon, born October 23, 1849. He entered the Confederate army at 14 years of age. After the war closed he studied medicine, graduated, and received his diploma from the Savannah Medical College in March, 1870. In 1871 he moved to Corsicana, Texas. He studied law, and in April, 1876, was appointed Clerk of the Court of Appeals at Galveston, Texas. In December, 1881, was appointed Clerk of the Supreme Court, and remained such until his death, May 13, 1902, at Austin, Texas. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. A wife and one daughter survive him.^[1]

He was the son of Lorenzo Morse and Elizabeth Spalding.

Sources

1. ↑ Historical sketch of the family of Michael Presbury Bird : of Roxbury, Mass., a pioneer of East Smithfield, Pennsylvania

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44L-YJ7 : 12 April 2016), Charles Morse in household of L B Morse, Troy, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 80, NARA microfilm publication M432 (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:MZM8-8NF : 13 December 2017), Charles S Morse in entry for Lorenzo B Morse, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSJ-LXB : 12 April 2016), Charles Morse in household of Lorenzo Morse, Georgia, United States; citing p. 76, family 569, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,636.