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MORSE, Michael Brewster

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  • Name MORSE, Michael Brewster 
    Birth 10 May 1804  Landaff, Grafton, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Dec 1893  Amboy, Lee, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 10 Dec 1893  Amboy, Lee, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    WAC 1 Sep 1927  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
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    Person ID I41308  Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2021 

    Family ID F22356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HALE, Tryael ,   b. 21 Nov 1806, Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationHarmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvaniad. 3 Jun 1860, Amboy, Lee, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage Jun 1827  Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 3 Oct 1927, SLAKE.
    Children 8 sons and 5 daughters 
    Family ID F22349  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2022 

  • Notes 
    • Of the twelve children, four died before the family left New York State. Thursday December 14, 1893 The Amboy Journal --- M. B. Morse living about 3 miles west of town died Monday aged 85 years. He was an old resident of the vicinity. Church records have him born 10 May 1804. Cemetery Stone has him born 5 May 1806. He was a teacher of a class in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Harmony, Pennsylvania. They lived a while in western New York, Chemung county, and came to Illinois in 1859, settling on a farm near Amboy, Lee county, Illinois. Biographies of the Citizens of Lee County Illinois page 334 Lee County Genealogical Society: Morse - Hale Michael Morse, son of Jonas and Lucy (Bowman) Morse, was born 5 May 1806 in Bradford, Vermont. Sources differ on his middle name, Anderson lists it as Bartlett and the Morse Genealogy is Brewster. Michael's family move from Vermont to Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania in the lates 1820's. Michael married Tryal Hale, the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Lewis) Hale, in June of 1827. They moved to Chemung, New York by 1843. There were ten children born to Michael and Tryal. Emma D., the oldest, was born the 20th of May 1831 in Harmony Township. She mattied John Bosworth. Lucy Elizabeth born December of 1832 was married 22 September 1859 in Amboy, Illinoiis to Emerson W. Patten. The third child, Reuben was born 1834, Adeline in 1836, and Samuel in 1838. Bartlett, born 1840, married Marge Bennett, the daughter of Silas D and Lucinda (Case) Bennett. The Bartlett family were in Wabesha County, Minnesota. The seventh child, Alva was born in 1841. Benjamin was born in 1843, Alvira in 1847, and Viola in 1852. The first eight children were born in Harmony township, Pennsylvania. Alvira and Viola were born in Chemung County, New York. Michael looked to the West for prosperity and came to Illinois in 1856-7. His land in New York was sold in 1858 and Tryal with the children moved to Amboy, Lee County, Illinois to join her husband. Shortly after arriving, June of 1860 a terrible tornado ripped through the Amboy area. Michael was badly injured as was his daughter, Emma, and two of the younger children. Michael's wife, Tryal died of her injuires immediately. Emma died two weeks later. Micahel survived to see his 87th birthday, dying the 10th of December 1893. He lays next to Tryal in the Prairie Repose Cemetery in Amboy. Information form Charlotte Brennan

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical index.
      Michael Brewster Morse; Male; Birth: 1806 Landaff, Grafton, New Hampshire; Father: Jonas Morse; Mother: Lucy Bowman
      Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 19 Mar 2006

    2. [S769] Prairie Repose Cemetery, Amboy, Lee county, Illinois.
      Section 1
      Michael B. Morse May 5, 1806 - Dec. 10 1893
      with his wife Tryael Hale Morse Nov. 21, 1806 - June 3, 1860

    3. [S14] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical index.
      Michael Bartlett Morse; Male; Birth: 10 MAY 1804 Amboy, Lee, Illinois; Baptism: 23 MAY 1927; Endowment: 01 SEP 1927 SLAKE; Film Number: 184274 Page Number: 479 Reference number: 13506
      Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 02 Jun 2006

    4. [S14] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical index.
      Tryael Hale; Female; Birth: 21 NOV 1806 Harmony, , Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; Death: 03 JUN 1860; Spouse: Michael B. Morse; Marriage: < 1829>
      Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 14 Mar 2006


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