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    William R. Morse

    Birth: 1810

    Death: 1881

    Birth Date Prefix: c.

    Death Date Prefix: c.

    Nickname: W.R. Morse

Biography

First mentioned in 18370430WHS_BJS1. WHS resold a lot in Portland Harbor (now Barcelona, NY, near Westfield, NY) to a Wm R. Morse. There is a W.R. Morse letter in the microfilm database dated 9/05/1837. Searching for "W.R. Morse," and the aforementioned location(s), I found a newspaper article concerning W.R. Morse & Co. in Westfield, here: http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031732/1856-11-19/ed-1/seq-4.pdf. Further information about W.R. Morse's mercantile business in Westfield can be found at the link in the citation notes. His residence in Westfield is now 1 Washington Street, Westfield, NY  14787 (citation: http://app.chautauquacounty.com/hist_struct/Westfield/1WashingtonStreetWestfield.html). Next, I turned to Find-A-Grave. The only William R. Morse in the Find-A-Grave was William Roswell Morse, born in 1810 (see the death date citation). Using Ancestry, my first hit found a William R. Morse who was listed a merchant in Chautauqua, Westfield, NY in the 1855 census (see the birth date citation). 

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Biography: 
First mentioned in 18370430WHS_BJS1. WHS resold a lot in Portland Harbor (now Barcelona, NY, near Westfield, NY) to a Wm R. Morse. There is a W.R. Morse letter in the microfilm database dated 9/05/1837. Searching for "W.R. Morse," and the aforementioned location(s), I found a newspaper article concerning W.R. Morse & Co. in Westfield, here: http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031732/1856-11-19/ed-1/seq-4.pdf. Further information about W.R. Morse's mercantile business in Westfield can be found at the link in the citation notes. His residence in Westfield is now 1 Washington Street, Westfield, NY 14787 (citation: http://app.chautauquacounty.com/hist_struct/Westfield/1WashingtonStreetWestfield.html). Next, I turned to Find-A-Grave. The only William R. Morse in the Find-A-Grave was William Roswell Morse, born in 1810 (see the death date citation). Using Ancestry, my first hit found a William R. Morse who was listed a merchant in Chautauqua, Westfield, NY in the 1855 census (see the birth date citation).
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http://westfieldrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/518981/A-metal-sign-history-mystery.html?nav=5065
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Notes: 
http://interactive.ancestrylibrary.com/7181/005207085_00499/1654934524?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestrylibrary.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgss%3dangs-g%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3dwilliam%2br%26gsln%3dmorse%26mswpn__ftp%3dWestfield%252c%2bChautauqua%252c%2bNew%2bYork%252c%2bUSA%26mswpn%3d10295%26mswpn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3244%257c35%257c0%257c565%257c10295%257c0%257c%26MSAV%3d0%26catbucket%3drstp%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d1654934524%26db%3dGeneral-7181%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Notes: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=morse&GSfn=william&GSmn=r&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=85118245&df=all&