Byron Morse (1889 - 1987)

Born 17 Sep 1889 in Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Died Jun 1987 at age 97 in Arkansas, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Byron was born in 1889 and died in 1987.^[1] He is interred in Maple Grove Cemetery, Blytheville, MIssissippi County, Arkansas.^[2]

He married Mary Mahon in 1914 in Mississippi County, Arkansas.^[3]

Byron registered for the draft for WWI.^[4] From his registration form we learn that his hometown was Jonesboro, Arkansas, and that he worked as an abstractor.

In 1920, Byron and Mary were making their home in Blytheville, MIssissippi County, Arkansas.^[5]

Their 1930 household was also in Mississippi County, Arkansas,^[6] and included:

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Byron Morse Head Male 40 Arkansas

Mary M Morse Wife Female 34 Arkansas

Byron R Morse Son Male 13 Arkansas

William H Morse Son Male 5 Arkansas

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J597-BMC : 20 May 2014), Byron Morse, Jun 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 December 2019), memorial page for Byron Morse (1889–1987), Find A Grave Memorial no. 70382661, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Karon Murphy Hall (contributor 46794431) .
3. ↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMBK-LVQ : 18 March 2019), Byron Morse, 24 Nov 1914; citing Marriage, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,302,503.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K353-MSM : 23 August 2019), Byron Morse, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXT-WH8 : accessed 20 December 2019), Byron Morse, Blytheville Ward 1, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 148, sheet 3B, line 59, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 72; FHL microfilm 1,820,072.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XML5-Z7R : accessed 20 December 2019), Byron Morse, Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 3B, line 80, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 85; FHL microfilm 2,339,820.