 1791 - 1872 (80 years) Has 42 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Samuel Finley Breese Morse |
| Birth |
27 Apr 1791 |
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States  |
| Christening |
1 May 1791 |
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
2 Apr 1872 |
New York City, New York, New York, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
11 May 1877 |
| Burial |
Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I95928 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Jedidiah Morse, b. 23 Aug 1761, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States d. 9 Jun 1826, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese, b. 9 Nov 1766, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States d. 28 May 1828, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage |
14 Mar 1789 |
Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States |
| Family ID |
F30835 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Lucretia Pickering Walker, b. 15 Jul 1799, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States d. 1825 (Age 25 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Sep 1818 |
Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Susan Morse, b. 2 Sep 1819, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States d. 5 Dec 1885, Lost at sea (Age 66 years) |
| | 2. Charles Walker Morse, b. 15 May 1823, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States d. 16 Apr 1887, Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States (Age 63 years) |
| | 3. James Edward Finley Morse, b. 20 Jan 1825, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States |
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| Family ID |
F30837 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Dec 2025 |
| Family 2 |
Sarah Elizabeth Griswold, b. 25 Dec 1823, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, United States d. 14 Nov 1901 (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Aug 1848 |
Utica, Oneida, New York, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Samuel Arthur Breese Morse, b. 24 Jul 1849, Poukeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 7 Jul 1876 (Age 26 years) |
| | 2. Cornelia Livingston "Leila" Morse, b. 8 Apr 1851, Poukeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 9 Dec 1937, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, République française (Age 86 years) |
| | 3. William Goodrich Morse, b. 31 Jan 1853, Poukeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 12 Jan 1933, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States (Age 79 years) |
| | 4. Edward Lind Morse, b. Abt 1856, Poukeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 1923 (Age 67 years) |
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| Family ID |
F30838 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Dec 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 27 Apr 1791 - Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Christening - 1 May 1791 - Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
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 | Marriage - 29 Sep 1818 - Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States |
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 | Marriage - 10 Aug 1848 - Utica, Oneida, New York, United States |
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 | Death - 2 Apr 1872 - New York City, New York, New York, United States |
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 | Burial - - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States |
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| Notes |
- Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an Ameri c an painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a p or trait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the inventio n o f a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He wa s a c o-developer of the Morse code, and helped to develop the commercia l use o f telegraphy.
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