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Caroline Edwards |
| Father: | Mother: | |||
| Jonathan Edwards |
Saah Stevens | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 6/13/1814 | Poland ME | 12/26/1880 | Otisfield ME |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Marcus Morse | 10/23/1831 | Otisfield ME | Phineas Morse |
Sally Edwards |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 4/14/1812 | Otisfield ME | 3/27/1878 | Otisfield ME |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
| Cyrus Morse | 2/21/1832 | Otisfield ME | 1/24/1893 | |
| Diantha Jane Morse | 11/8/1833 | Otisfield ME | 10/1889 | Otisfield ME |
| Eleanor W Morse | 9/6/1835 | Otisfield ME | 3/17/1851 | Otisfield ME |
| Sarah Edwards Morse | 11/17/1837 | Otisfield ME | 2/2/1866 | Otisfield ME |
| Franklin Edwards Morse | 7/23/1840 | Otisfield ME | 6/9/1892 | Otisfield ME |
Comments:
Family located: Otisfield ME
Occupation: Farmer
Franklin E. Morse enlisted Aug. 18, 1862 in Co. C, 17th. Me. Regt., Inf., Civil War; was wounded May 12, 1863 and honorably discharged.
Other Info:
| Census: |
1840 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Marcus Morse
1 male 1 female under 5
1 male 2 females 5-10
1 male 1 female 20-30
1850 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Marcus Morse 39 Farmer 700
Catherine 37
Cyrus 18
Diantha J 16
Eleanor 15
Sally 12
Franklin 10
1860 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Marcus Morse 48 Farmer 1000 600
Caroline 46
Sarah 22
Franklin 19
1870 The Town of Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Morse Marcus 58 Farmer 1800 1249 ME
_____ Caroline 54 Keeping House ME
_____Franklin E 30 Farmer ME
_____ Ellen 32 ME
1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Wight Joseph P 51 Farmer ME ME ME
_____ Diantha J 46 Wife Keeping house ME ME ME
_____ Clara E 25 Daughter at home ME ME ME
_____ Caroline M 23 Daughter at home ME ME ME
Morse Caroline 66 Mother in law Widowed at home ME ME ME
| Cemetery: |
Caroline Edwards, Husband Marcus Morse and daughter Eleanor are buried in Forrest Edwards' Cemetery, Otisfield ME.
| Published History/Genealogy: |
Morse, Marcus ... lived in Dunkertown, near the pond where his grandson Frank last lived, the house is now rotted down (1941)
Cyrus ... m. Mrs. Hester (Patch) Andrews, 2/23/1857
Joseph Perley Wight 3/16/1829-3/24/1905 m 5/12/1853 Diantha J (11/8/1833-10/4/1889) dau of Marcus and Caroline Morse, hung himsef in his shop with a trace chain.
David C. Jillson son of David Cargill Jillson and Alice Scribner 12/23/1841-3/11/1915 m 11/1/1861 Sarah dau of Marcus and Caroline Morse. He lived south of Scribner Hill, where Wash. Edwards previously lived. He was a powerful man and cut a large amount of cordwood, at which he excelled the ordinary man.
Morse,
Franklin, son of Marcus, b. July 23, 1840, d. June 9, 1892. He married
int. Nov. 17, 1866 Eliza Ellen, dau. of Enoch and Mehitable (Swett)
Haskell, b. Nov. 12, 1837, d. Apr. 19, 1915. She was the divorced wife
of Silas E. Davis, and had two children by him; Ellsworth and Florence.
He lived on his fathers old place except for a few years he lived on
the flat north of Bell Hill, where Jack Hill now lives (1941). He enl.
Aug. 18, 1862 in Co. H. 17th Me. Regt. wounded May 12, 1863. Children;
Frank born Dec. 25, 1875, d. Nov. 24, 1918, m. Etta Edwards, Oct. 8,
1896. He died in the Insane Hospital at Augusta. Had children, Charles,
Leland, Dawson, Mattie, and Stella.
Source: History of Otisfield by William Samuel Spurr; Reprinted by
theTown of Otisfield, 2nd edition