Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Morse, Joseph D. 1913
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Belding Banner, 29 May 1913

Pioneer At Rest.

Hon. Joseph D. Morse Dies After Long Illness.

At seven o’clock Friday morning, Hon. Joseph D. Morse passed peacefully away 
after an illness of more than a year, at his home in Cook’s Corners near the 
old farm where he was born 71 years ago.  For a few years he lived in this city 
but longed to get back near the old farm and scenes of his childhood days.

He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the 1st regiment of 
Engineers and Mechanics.  In 1892 he was elected to the legislature, and was re-
elected in serving from 1893 to 1897 as a Republican representative.

Mr. Morse was a member of the Washington Club and also of the Lincoln Club and 
greatly enjoyed the meetings while he was able to attend them.  He leaves 
beside his wife Emily R. Morse, a daughter Mrs. A. R. Locke of Ionia and two 
sons Rufus and John L. Morse of Otisco.  A brother Hon. A. B. Morse of Ionia 
and two sisters and a brother residing in Clarion and Belmond Iowa also 
surviving him.

The funeral service was held Tuesday under the auspices of the G.A.R. Post.  
Rev. E. E. Branch of Ionia also officiated with interment in the Otisco 
cemetery.

There was a very large attendance of old neighbors and friends and members of 
the G.A.R. and W.R.C.  Mr. and Mrs. Deck Hoppough sang and Rev. Branch spoke 
many comforting words to the bereaved family.


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