Born circa 1797, Miss Polly White married the widower Samuel G. Morse, 26 October 1820. A son, Roswell Newman Morse, was born to the couple in 1821. Mrs. Morse nee White died when her son was just a toddler and the widower Samuel Morse married Jane Meek Kirkpatrick, May 27, 1823.
Mrs. Morse nee White's memorial was placed in the same cemetery as her father's memorial. Birth and death dates, along with locations, are from the Ancestry Tree of muskydon: McCabe Family of Old Naperville.
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For additional White family history, please visit:
Lucy Hartshorn: An Early Southern Migration from New England:
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/HartshornConnection.pdf
and
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/Thomas-Isaac%20White.pdf
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Samuel G. Morse married Polly Kirkpatrick 4 January 1814, Madison, IL
MORSE, SAMUEL G WHITE, POLLY 1820-10-26 A 109 BOND
MORSE, SAMUEL G KIRKPATRICK, JANE 1823-05-27 A 112 BOND
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The obituary of Mrs. Morse nee White's son, the Reverend Roswell N. Morse, is courtesy of the Ancestry Tree of muskydon: McCabe Family of Old Naperville:
The Obituary of Roswell Newman Morse
"The Wenona Index" of 13 Aug 1891 Vol XXVII Number 25 Page 1 Col 6
Rev. Roswell Newman Morse was born in Bond county, Illinois, Dec 13, 1821, and died at
his home in Wenona, Tuesday morning, Aug 4, 1891, about 3:30 o'clock. He came of good parentage, his father, Samuel G. Morse, being one of the honored pioneers of this state, a man of marked ability, and was chosen as a member of the State Constitutional Convention of the great state of Illinois, and but for his vote Illinois would have been a slave state. He was also an intelligent christian and loyal methodist. Samuel G. Morse had clear and strong convictions on the great moral questions of his time. His son, R.N., profoundly respected his father's integrity and intelligent piety, and like his father was always found on the moral side of the great questions
that agitated our country and the church. When the author of this subject was about six years old his father moved from Bond county to Sangamon county and eight years later moved to Warren county, and settled in the southeast portion of the county. Here Brother Morse grew to manhood in this new and sparely settled country and was an industrious and hard working young man. About three o'clock in the morning of September 6th, 1837, at a camp meeting held in Warren county near were Berwick is now situated, he was clearly and happily converted to Almighty God, and one or two days later joined the M.E. church on probation. Barton H. Cartwright, while pastor of the old Berwick circuit, gave him license to exhort, and in 1846 he was appointed by the presiding elder on Knoxville circuit. At the close of the conference year he was received as a probationary in Rock River annual conference and appointed to preach on Peoria circuit. From there he went to Farmington circuit, and in 1849 came to Hennepin circuit. Here his labors were greatly blessed, receiving quite a number into the church. The revival at Cherry Point gave five young men to the ministry, viz: J.G. Evans, J.R. Jones, Lewis Syringer, M.C. Springer and C. Springer. During this year of his ministry Rev. Morse was joined in marriage to Miss Lucinda Jane Cowen. In 1854 he was appointed Presiding Elder of Rock Island district, where he labored four years and left the district with his health very much broken; but he continued his active relations to the ministry for several years, until he was compelled by failing health to ask for a superanuated relation to the conference. After about three years he was again made effective and served a number of charges. About thirteen years ago he was again forced to superanuate and since that time has made his home in Wenona. Brother Morse greatly loved the work of the christian ministry, was a hard and earnest student of the bible, and was a clear and powerful preacher of the gospel. In this community he had a wide circle of acquaintances and a large number of devoted friends. Four of his children preceeded him to the heavenly world, and four survive. For thirty six years he has probably not seen a well day, but in spite of broken health he has constantly been engaged in labor of some kind, until his last illness compelled him to submit. God wonderfully blessed and sustained him during his last illness, his patience being unexcelled. He was rational to the very last and died without a struggle.
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Samuel G. Morse married three times. His first and third wives were Kirkpatrick women. He and his second wife, Polly nee White, had a son born 1821 that they named Roswell Newton Morse. From Histories of Madison and Bond Count, IL, a connection between Samuel G. Morse and Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick is noted. The first located was in Brink's History of Madison County, Illinois, with the War of 1812-1814: "September 24, 1814...On being disappointed, we proceeded to elect John G. Lofton, Captain, Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1st Lieutenant, and Samuel G. Morse, 2nd Lieutenant, and intend when orders are received, to elect the balance of the officers, so as to dispose of the officers in each settlement which may join." Both served in Madison and Bond counties as sheriff. Was the Roswell Newton Morse son born 1821 the namesake of Kirkpatrick. Was Polly Kirkpatrick, first wife of S. G. Morse, a daughter of Thomas N. Kirkpatrick? For the obituary and additional material on Thomas N. Kirkpatrick, please view the family tree, "family stories," by Mikki Beach at Ancestry.
Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick memorial: Find a Grave Memorial 73286983
Mrs. Morse nee White's memorial was placed in the same cemetery as her father's memorial. Birth and death dates, along with locations, are from the Ancestry Tree of muskydon: McCabe Family of Old Naperville.
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For additional White family history, please visit:
Lucy Hartshorn: An Early Southern Migration from New England:
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/HartshornConnection.pdf
and
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/Thomas-Isaac%20White.pdf
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Samuel G. Morse married Polly Kirkpatrick 4 January 1814, Madison, IL
MORSE, SAMUEL G WHITE, POLLY 1820-10-26 A 109 BOND
MORSE, SAMUEL G KIRKPATRICK, JANE 1823-05-27 A 112 BOND
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The obituary of Mrs. Morse nee White's son, the Reverend Roswell N. Morse, is courtesy of the Ancestry Tree of muskydon: McCabe Family of Old Naperville:
The Obituary of Roswell Newman Morse
"The Wenona Index" of 13 Aug 1891 Vol XXVII Number 25 Page 1 Col 6
Rev. Roswell Newman Morse was born in Bond county, Illinois, Dec 13, 1821, and died at
his home in Wenona, Tuesday morning, Aug 4, 1891, about 3:30 o'clock. He came of good parentage, his father, Samuel G. Morse, being one of the honored pioneers of this state, a man of marked ability, and was chosen as a member of the State Constitutional Convention of the great state of Illinois, and but for his vote Illinois would have been a slave state. He was also an intelligent christian and loyal methodist. Samuel G. Morse had clear and strong convictions on the great moral questions of his time. His son, R.N., profoundly respected his father's integrity and intelligent piety, and like his father was always found on the moral side of the great questions
that agitated our country and the church. When the author of this subject was about six years old his father moved from Bond county to Sangamon county and eight years later moved to Warren county, and settled in the southeast portion of the county. Here Brother Morse grew to manhood in this new and sparely settled country and was an industrious and hard working young man. About three o'clock in the morning of September 6th, 1837, at a camp meeting held in Warren county near were Berwick is now situated, he was clearly and happily converted to Almighty God, and one or two days later joined the M.E. church on probation. Barton H. Cartwright, while pastor of the old Berwick circuit, gave him license to exhort, and in 1846 he was appointed by the presiding elder on Knoxville circuit. At the close of the conference year he was received as a probationary in Rock River annual conference and appointed to preach on Peoria circuit. From there he went to Farmington circuit, and in 1849 came to Hennepin circuit. Here his labors were greatly blessed, receiving quite a number into the church. The revival at Cherry Point gave five young men to the ministry, viz: J.G. Evans, J.R. Jones, Lewis Syringer, M.C. Springer and C. Springer. During this year of his ministry Rev. Morse was joined in marriage to Miss Lucinda Jane Cowen. In 1854 he was appointed Presiding Elder of Rock Island district, where he labored four years and left the district with his health very much broken; but he continued his active relations to the ministry for several years, until he was compelled by failing health to ask for a superanuated relation to the conference. After about three years he was again made effective and served a number of charges. About thirteen years ago he was again forced to superanuate and since that time has made his home in Wenona. Brother Morse greatly loved the work of the christian ministry, was a hard and earnest student of the bible, and was a clear and powerful preacher of the gospel. In this community he had a wide circle of acquaintances and a large number of devoted friends. Four of his children preceeded him to the heavenly world, and four survive. For thirty six years he has probably not seen a well day, but in spite of broken health he has constantly been engaged in labor of some kind, until his last illness compelled him to submit. God wonderfully blessed and sustained him during his last illness, his patience being unexcelled. He was rational to the very last and died without a struggle.
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Samuel G. Morse married three times. His first and third wives were Kirkpatrick women. He and his second wife, Polly nee White, had a son born 1821 that they named Roswell Newton Morse. From Histories of Madison and Bond Count, IL, a connection between Samuel G. Morse and Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick is noted. The first located was in Brink's History of Madison County, Illinois, with the War of 1812-1814: "September 24, 1814...On being disappointed, we proceeded to elect John G. Lofton, Captain, Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1st Lieutenant, and Samuel G. Morse, 2nd Lieutenant, and intend when orders are received, to elect the balance of the officers, so as to dispose of the officers in each settlement which may join." Both served in Madison and Bond counties as sheriff. Was the Roswell Newton Morse son born 1821 the namesake of Kirkpatrick. Was Polly Kirkpatrick, first wife of S. G. Morse, a daughter of Thomas N. Kirkpatrick? For the obituary and additional material on Thomas N. Kirkpatrick, please view the family tree, "family stories," by Mikki Beach at Ancestry.
Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick memorial: Find a Grave Memorial 73286983
Born circa 1797, Miss Polly White married the widower Samuel G. Morse, 26 October 1820. A son, Roswell Newman Morse, was born to the couple in 1821. Mrs. Morse nee White died when her son was just a toddler and the widower Samuel Morse married Jane Meek Kirkpatrick, May 27, 1823.
Mrs. Morse nee White's memorial was placed in the same cemetery as her father's memorial. Birth and death dates, along with locations, are from the Ancestry Tree of muskydon: McCabe Family of Old Naperville.
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For additional White family history, please visit:
Lucy Hartshorn: An Early Southern Migration from New England:
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/HartshornConnection.pdf
and
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/Thomas-Isaac%20White.pdf
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Samuel G. Morse married Polly Kirkpatrick 4 January 1814, Madison, IL
MORSE, SAMUEL G WHITE, POLLY 1820-10-26 A 109 BOND
MORSE, SAMUEL G KIRKPATRICK, JANE 1823-05-27 A 112 BOND
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The obituary of Mrs. Morse nee White's son, the Reverend Roswell N. Morse, is courtesy of the Ancestry Tree of muskydon: McCabe Family of Old Naperville:
The Obituary of Roswell Newman Morse
"The Wenona Index" of 13 Aug 1891 Vol XXVII Number 25 Page 1 Col 6
Rev. Roswell Newman Morse was born in Bond county, Illinois, Dec 13, 1821, and died at
his home in Wenona, Tuesday morning, Aug 4, 1891, about 3:30 o'clock. He came of good parentage, his father, Samuel G. Morse, being one of the honored pioneers of this state, a man of marked ability, and was chosen as a member of the State Constitutional Convention of the great state of Illinois, and but for his vote Illinois would have been a slave state. He was also an intelligent christian and loyal methodist. Samuel G. Morse had clear and strong convictions on the great moral questions of his time. His son, R.N., profoundly respected his father's integrity and intelligent piety, and like his father was always found on the moral side of the great questions
that agitated our country and the church. When the author of this subject was about six years old his father moved from Bond county to Sangamon county and eight years later moved to Warren county, and settled in the southeast portion of the county. Here Brother Morse grew to manhood in this new and sparely settled country and was an industrious and hard working young man. About three o'clock in the morning of September 6th, 1837, at a camp meeting held in Warren county near were Berwick is now situated, he was clearly and happily converted to Almighty God, and one or two days later joined the M.E. church on probation. Barton H. Cartwright, while pastor of the old Berwick circuit, gave him license to exhort, and in 1846 he was appointed by the presiding elder on Knoxville circuit. At the close of the conference year he was received as a probationary in Rock River annual conference and appointed to preach on Peoria circuit. From there he went to Farmington circuit, and in 1849 came to Hennepin circuit. Here his labors were greatly blessed, receiving quite a number into the church. The revival at Cherry Point gave five young men to the ministry, viz: J.G. Evans, J.R. Jones, Lewis Syringer, M.C. Springer and C. Springer. During this year of his ministry Rev. Morse was joined in marriage to Miss Lucinda Jane Cowen. In 1854 he was appointed Presiding Elder of Rock Island district, where he labored four years and left the district with his health very much broken; but he continued his active relations to the ministry for several years, until he was compelled by failing health to ask for a superanuated relation to the conference. After about three years he was again made effective and served a number of charges. About thirteen years ago he was again forced to superanuate and since that time has made his home in Wenona. Brother Morse greatly loved the work of the christian ministry, was a hard and earnest student of the bible, and was a clear and powerful preacher of the gospel. In this community he had a wide circle of acquaintances and a large number of devoted friends. Four of his children preceeded him to the heavenly world, and four survive. For thirty six years he has probably not seen a well day, but in spite of broken health he has constantly been engaged in labor of some kind, until his last illness compelled him to submit. God wonderfully blessed and sustained him during his last illness, his patience being unexcelled. He was rational to the very last and died without a struggle.
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Samuel G. Morse married three times. His first and third wives were Kirkpatrick women. He and his second wife, Polly nee White, had a son born 1821 that they named Roswell Newton Morse. From Histories of Madison and Bond Count, IL, a connection between Samuel G. Morse and Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick is noted. The first located was in Brink's History of Madison County, Illinois, with the War of 1812-1814: "September 24, 1814...On being disappointed, we proceeded to elect John G. Lofton, Captain, Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1st Lieutenant, and Samuel G. Morse, 2nd Lieutenant, and intend when orders are received, to elect the balance of the officers, so as to dispose of the officers in each settlement which may join." Both served in Madison and Bond counties as sheriff. Was the Roswell Newton Morse son born 1821 the namesake of Kirkpatrick. Was Polly Kirkpatrick, first wife of S. G. Morse, a daughter of Thomas N. Kirkpatrick? For the obituary and additional material on Thomas N. Kirkpatrick, please view the family tree, "family stories," by Mikki Beach at Ancestry.
Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick memorial: Find a Grave Memorial 73286983
Mrs. Morse nee White's memorial was placed in the same cemetery as her father's memorial. Birth and death dates, along with locations, are from the Ancestry Tree of muskydon: McCabe Family of Old Naperville.
--------
For additional White family history, please visit:
Lucy Hartshorn: An Early Southern Migration from New England:
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/HartshornConnection.pdf
and
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/Thomas-Isaac%20White.pdf
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Samuel G. Morse married Polly Kirkpatrick 4 January 1814, Madison, IL
MORSE, SAMUEL G WHITE, POLLY 1820-10-26 A 109 BOND
MORSE, SAMUEL G KIRKPATRICK, JANE 1823-05-27 A 112 BOND
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The obituary of Mrs. Morse nee White's son, the Reverend Roswell N. Morse, is courtesy of the Ancestry Tree of muskydon: McCabe Family of Old Naperville:
The Obituary of Roswell Newman Morse
"The Wenona Index" of 13 Aug 1891 Vol XXVII Number 25 Page 1 Col 6
Rev. Roswell Newman Morse was born in Bond county, Illinois, Dec 13, 1821, and died at
his home in Wenona, Tuesday morning, Aug 4, 1891, about 3:30 o'clock. He came of good parentage, his father, Samuel G. Morse, being one of the honored pioneers of this state, a man of marked ability, and was chosen as a member of the State Constitutional Convention of the great state of Illinois, and but for his vote Illinois would have been a slave state. He was also an intelligent christian and loyal methodist. Samuel G. Morse had clear and strong convictions on the great moral questions of his time. His son, R.N., profoundly respected his father's integrity and intelligent piety, and like his father was always found on the moral side of the great questions
that agitated our country and the church. When the author of this subject was about six years old his father moved from Bond county to Sangamon county and eight years later moved to Warren county, and settled in the southeast portion of the county. Here Brother Morse grew to manhood in this new and sparely settled country and was an industrious and hard working young man. About three o'clock in the morning of September 6th, 1837, at a camp meeting held in Warren county near were Berwick is now situated, he was clearly and happily converted to Almighty God, and one or two days later joined the M.E. church on probation. Barton H. Cartwright, while pastor of the old Berwick circuit, gave him license to exhort, and in 1846 he was appointed by the presiding elder on Knoxville circuit. At the close of the conference year he was received as a probationary in Rock River annual conference and appointed to preach on Peoria circuit. From there he went to Farmington circuit, and in 1849 came to Hennepin circuit. Here his labors were greatly blessed, receiving quite a number into the church. The revival at Cherry Point gave five young men to the ministry, viz: J.G. Evans, J.R. Jones, Lewis Syringer, M.C. Springer and C. Springer. During this year of his ministry Rev. Morse was joined in marriage to Miss Lucinda Jane Cowen. In 1854 he was appointed Presiding Elder of Rock Island district, where he labored four years and left the district with his health very much broken; but he continued his active relations to the ministry for several years, until he was compelled by failing health to ask for a superanuated relation to the conference. After about three years he was again made effective and served a number of charges. About thirteen years ago he was again forced to superanuate and since that time has made his home in Wenona. Brother Morse greatly loved the work of the christian ministry, was a hard and earnest student of the bible, and was a clear and powerful preacher of the gospel. In this community he had a wide circle of acquaintances and a large number of devoted friends. Four of his children preceeded him to the heavenly world, and four survive. For thirty six years he has probably not seen a well day, but in spite of broken health he has constantly been engaged in labor of some kind, until his last illness compelled him to submit. God wonderfully blessed and sustained him during his last illness, his patience being unexcelled. He was rational to the very last and died without a struggle.
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Samuel G. Morse married three times. His first and third wives were Kirkpatrick women. He and his second wife, Polly nee White, had a son born 1821 that they named Roswell Newton Morse. From Histories of Madison and Bond Count, IL, a connection between Samuel G. Morse and Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick is noted. The first located was in Brink's History of Madison County, Illinois, with the War of 1812-1814: "September 24, 1814...On being disappointed, we proceeded to elect John G. Lofton, Captain, Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1st Lieutenant, and Samuel G. Morse, 2nd Lieutenant, and intend when orders are received, to elect the balance of the officers, so as to dispose of the officers in each settlement which may join." Both served in Madison and Bond counties as sheriff. Was the Roswell Newton Morse son born 1821 the namesake of Kirkpatrick. Was Polly Kirkpatrick, first wife of S. G. Morse, a daughter of Thomas N. Kirkpatrick? For the obituary and additional material on Thomas N. Kirkpatrick, please view the family tree, "family stories," by Mikki Beach at Ancestry.
Thomas Newton Kirkpatrick memorial: Find a Grave Memorial 73286983
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