Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Morse, Austin ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 January 31, 2008, 12:12 am Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885 Austin Morse, dealer in leather, shoemakers' supplies, etc., established his business at Fulton, Nov. 1, 1884. He was born in Worcester, Mass., Aug. 21, 1824, and is the son of Joseph and Sally (Bigelow) Morse. His parents were of Puritan descent. He served a regular apprenticeship to the tanner and currier's trade in his native town, and in early manhood went to Boston, where he was employed as foreman in a large currying establishment. He was married in Boston, Jan. 9, 1845, to Miss Susan J. Walker, of Lincoln Co., Maine. In 1847 he removed to New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y., and was foreman of the tannery of Stephen Childs of that place, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the State. He held that position nine years, and then removed to Dixon, Ill. (1856). He engaged in business at Dixon as dealer in leather and saddlers' hardware, which he carried on successfully for 28 years. Mr. and Mrs. Morse had four children, three boys and one girl. Georgiana I. is the wife of W. W. Knox, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Willie died in childhood; Charles died aged six years; Edward is an attorney in practice at Huron, D. T. Mrs. Morse died Jan. 20, 1883. Mr. Morse was married again March 20, 1884, at Fulton, Ill., to Mrs. Catharine Hall, widow of Warren P. Hall, late of the Langford & Hall Lumber Company, and daughter of George and Margaret Barry Swarts. Mr. Morse moved to Fulton in the fall of 1884 and established his present business Nov. 1, of that year. Politics, Republican. Additional Comments: Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full- page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/whiteside/bios/morse1999nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb