HIRAM D. MORSE - Biography

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This biography appears on page 679 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

HIRAM D. MORSE, farmer; P. O. Waterford; born in Hamburg, Erie Co., N.
Y., Jan. 29, 1815; son of William and Lydia Morse; came to Racine Co.
1836, in the spring; settled in Caledonia; made a claim on 160 acres,
eight miles from Racine City. Married Miss M. A., daughter of Ezra and
Mary Beardsley; they have had seven children, six are living -- Herman,
born March 16, 1844; Rosella, Oct. 11, 1846; Edwin, Oct. 18, 1848;
Walter, Feb. 28, 1851; Alice, Jan. 20, 1854, died July 15, 1854; Emma,
born Oct. 25, 1855; Idilla, Aug. 6, 1861. Mr. Morse was elected
Superintendent of Schools about 1839, at Caledonia; Road Commissioner in
Rochester in 1846, and Assessor of Waterford one year; has been
Supervisor many years; was elected to the State Legislature and served
in 1857 and 1858. Is a Knight Templar. The family attend the Baptist
Church.