OBIT: Ezekiel L. MORSE, 1889, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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E. L. MORSE.

Death of an Esteemed Citizen of Altoona Thursday Night.

  Mr. E. L. Morse, for many years a resident of this city, died at half-past 
11 o'clock on Thursday night at the residence of Mrs. Annie Miller, Second 
street between Third and Fourth avenues, at whose home he boarded.  His 
illness extended over a period of six years, and his death was the result of 
a complication of diseases.  He was not forced to take to his bed until 
Sunday last and from that time till his death he sank gradually and never 
regained consciousness.  Mr. Morse was born July 27, 1927, in the town of 
Champlain, Franklin county, N.Y., and came to this city June 16, 1871, and in 
the next year he married Mrs. Harriet C. Yuelly, who survives him.  He was 
employed in the company's shops, working at the machinist's trade for a 
number of years.
  Deceased was a consistent member of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Episcopal 
church of this city since its organization, and he had been a member of that 
denomination for over forty years.  He was also a member of Verandah lodge 
No. 532, Independent Order of Odd Fellow, the members of which society having 
taken care of him through all his sickness.

Altoona Tribune, March 7, 1889

Note: Ezekiel and Harriet Morse appear in the District 158, Altoona, Blair 
County, 1880 census.