Horace J. Morse, born in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, on December 30, 1838, was the thirteenth adjutant general of the State of Connecticut. In 1868 he became a partner in A.M. Kidder &Co. Amor M. Kidder, who founded the firm in 1865 and was succeeded as senior partner by Morse. Horace J. Morse was an organizer and former vice president of the People’s Trust Company of Brooklyn. He also was a receiver for the Long Island Traction Company and president of the Iowa Central Railway. He worked in Wall Street for sixty-three years.[1]
General Horace J. Morse | |
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| Born | December 30, 1838 Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio |
| Died | March 18, 1931 (aged 92) Brooklyn, New York |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  United States Army |
| Rank | Major general |
| Commands | Connecticut State Militia |
| Spouse(s) | Frances E. Trask (1839–1917, his death) |
| Website | www |
Military career
editAt the age of 22, Morse was appointed quartermaster general on the staff of Governor Buckingham. Two years later Morse was appointed Connecticut Adjutant General, serving until the close of the war.[2]
Personal life
editMorse's parents were Charles Aldro Morse and Lauretta Cooledge Smith. When Horace J. Morse was younger he lived in Lockport, New York, where he received his main education, and then attended Cambridge University in England. He later moved to Hartford, Connecticut, at the outbreak of the Civil War. In 1862 Morse married Frances E. Trask and they had one boy and one girl named Charles Lewis Morse and Alice L. Morse. Horace Morse was close friends with Senator Chauncey M. Depew. Horace J. Morse died at the age of 92 on March 18, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York, after being ill for two months. His wife died in 1917.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Horace Morse Dies; A Broker 63 Years". The New York Times. March 19, 1931. p. 23. ProQuest 99166543.
- ^ "Adjutant General's Report". Hartford Daily Courant. May 23, 1866. p. 2. ProQuest 553520822.
- ^ "Obituary 2". The Hartford Courant. February 15, 1917. p. 13. ProQuest 556434606.
- ^ "Ancestry.com". Retrieved 17 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
