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Caroline Edwards |
| Father: | Mother: | |||
| Jonathan Edwards |
Sarah Stevens | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 6/13/1814 | Poland ME | 12/26/1880 | Otisfield ME |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Marcus Morse | 10/23/1831 | Otisfield ME | Phineas Morse |
Sally Edwards |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 4/14/1812 | Otisfield ME | 3/27/1878 | Otisfield ME |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
| Cyrus Morse | 2/21/1832 | Otisfield ME | 1/24/1893 | |
| Diantha Jane Morse | 11/8/1833 | Otisfield ME | 10/1889 | Otisfield ME |
| Eleanor W Morse | 9/6/1835 | Otisfield ME | 3/17/1851 | Otisfield ME |
| Sarah Edwards Morse | 11/17/1837 | Otisfield ME | 2/2/1866 | Otisfield ME |
| Franklin Edwards Morse | 7/23/1840 | Otisfield ME | 6/9/1892 | Otisfield ME |
Comments:
Family located: Otisfield ME
Occupation: Farmer
Franklin E. Morse enlisted Aug. 18, 1862 in Co. C, 17th. Me. Regt., Inf., Civil War; was wounded May 12, 1863 and honorably discharged.
Other Info:
| Census: |
1840 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Marcus Morse
1 male 1 female under 5
1 male 2 females 5-10
1 male 1 female 20-30
1850 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Marcus Morse 39 Farmer 700
Catherine 37
Cyrus 18
Diantha J 16
Eleanor 15
Sally 12
Franklin 10
1860 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Marcus Morse 48 Farmer 1000 600
Caroline 46
Sarah 22
Franklin 19
1860 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Levi Patch 78 Gentleman 300 4000 Otisfield ME Second man born in Otisfield
Cyrus H Morse 40 Farmer 2500 1000 Otisfield ME
Hester A “ 40 Wife Otisfield ME
Moses P Andrews 16 Otisfield ME
Martha E “ 13 Otisfield ME
1870 The Town of Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Morse Marcus 58 Farmer 1800 1249 ME
_____ Caroline 54 Keeping House ME
_____Franklin E 30 Farmer ME
_____ Ellen 32 ME
1870 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Morse Cyrus 38 Farmer ME
_____ Ester A 50 Keeping House ME
_____ Martha E 23 At Home ME
1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Wight Joseph P 51 Farmer ME ME ME
_____ Diantha J 46 Wife Keeping house ME ME ME
_____ Clara E 25 Daughter at home ME ME ME
_____ Caroline M 23 Daughter at home ME ME ME
Morse Caroline 66 Mother in law Widowed at home ME ME ME
1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Morse Cyrus 48 Farmer ME ME ME
_____ Hester A 60 Keeping House ME ME ME
Andrews Moses D 36 Step Son Cattle and Horse Dealer ME ME ME
_____ Sylvinia 36 Cousin Keeping House ME ME ME
_____ Edith E 10 Grand Daughter going to School ME ME ME
_____ Annie H 8 Grand Daughter ME ME ME
_____ Mabel F 6 Grand Daughter ME ME ME
1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Morse Frank E 39 Farmer ME ME VT
_____ Eliza E 42 Keeping House ME ME ME
_____ Frank 4 Son ME ME ME
1870 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Jillson David S Jr 28 Farmer 500 238 ME
_____ Flora A 23 Keeping House ME
_____ Abner G 7 at home ME
_____ Bertrand 1 at home ME
1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Jillson David C Jr 38 Farmer ME ME ME
_____ Flora A 33 Keeping house ME ME ME
_____ Elmer D 17 Son at home ME ME ME
Bertrand C 11 Son at home ME ME ME
_____ Wilfred L 8 Son ME ME ME
_____ Cora M 3 Daughter ME ME ME
_____ Neva B 1 Daughter ME ME ME
1900 Greene (Androscoggin) ME
Jillson Elmer July 1862 M 17 ME ME ME Farmer
_____ Sarah A Mar 1861 M 17 9 8 ME ME ME
_____ Merle E Son Apr 1884 S ME ME ME works in mill [card room]
_____ Daniel H Son July 1885 S ME ME ME works in mill [card room]
_____ Fernald L Son June 1886 S ME ME ME
_____ Nellie L Daughter Nov 1887 S ME ME ME
_____ James A Son Jan 1889 S ME ME ME
_____ Blanche M Daughter Nov 1890 S ME ME ME
_____ Fanny E Daughter Nov 1893 S ME ME ME
_____ Sarah L Daughter May 1898 S ME ME ME
1910 Greene (Androscoggin) ME
Jillson Elmer D 47 M 27 ME ME ME farmer general farm
_____ Sarah A 49 M 27 9 7 ME ME ME none
_____ Daniel W Son 24 S ME ME ME __ __ __
_____ James A Son 21 S ME ME ME farm laborer __ farm
_____ Blanche M Daughter 19 S ME ME ME none
_____ Sarah L Daughter 12 S ME ME ME none
1920 Greene (Androscoggin) ME
Gilson Elmer D 56 M ME ME ME Farmer General farm
_____ Sarah A 58 M ME ME ME none
_____ Albert J Son 31 M ME ME ME Farmer
_____ Muriel L Grand Daughter 4 S ME ME ME none
1930 Skowhegan (Somerset) ME
Jillson Merle E 46 M 22 ME ME ME Woollen Carder Woollen Mill
_____ Nettie H 41 M 24 ME ME ME none
_____ Dorothy R Daughter 22 S ME ME ME none
_____ William D Son 11 S ME ME ME none
_____ Mrs Sarah Mother 69 Wd 22 ME ME ME none
Davis Blanche M Sister 39 M 22 ME ME ME none
1900 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Morse Frank Dec 1876 M 3 ME ME ME Farmer
_____ Etter E July 1877 M 3 0 0 ME ME ME
_____ Elen E Mother Nov 1838 Wd ME ME ME
1910 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Morse Eliza E 72 Wd 3 3 ME ME ME none
Davis Elsworth W Son 47 S ME ME ME Edger Stave Mill
1860 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Joseph P Wight 31 Post Master 500 100 Otisfield ME
Diantha J “ 26 Otisfield ME
Clara E “ 5 Otisfield ME
Caroline M “ 3 Otisfield ME
1870 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Wight Joseph P 41 Farmer 1000 427 ME
_____ Diantha J 36 Keeping House ME
_____ Clarra E 15 At Home ME
_____ Claroline 13 At Home ME
1900 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Wight Joseph P Mar 1829 Wd ME ME ME Farmer
Wood Peter S in law Feb 1860 M 10 Canada Canada Canada Day Laborer
_____ Carrie M Daughter Feb 1857 M 10 1 1 ME ME ME
Foster [Fortier?] Georgie L G Daughter June 1882 S ME ME ME House Maid
| Military: |
Name: Franklin Morse ,
Residence: Otisfield, Maine
Enlistment Date: 18 Aug 1862
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 18 August 1862 at the age of 22. Enlisted in Company H, 17th Infantry Regiment Maine on 18 Aug 1862. Discharged for wounds Company H, 17th Infantry Regiment Maine on 11 May 1865.
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine. (MERoster) Published in 1861-1866 by Stevens & Sayward
| Cemetery: |
Caroline Edwards, Husband Marcus Morse and daughter Eleanor are buried in Forrest Edwards' Cemetery, Otisfield ME.
Franklin Morse and wife Eliza are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Otisfield ME.
| Published History/Genealogy: |
Morse, Marcus ... lived in Dunkertown, near the pond where his grandson Frank last lived, the house is now rotted down (1941)
Cyrus ... m. Mrs. Hester (Patch) Andrews, 2/23/1857
Joseph Perley Wight 3/16/1829-3/24/1905 m 5/12/1853 Diantha J (11/8/1833-10/4/1889) dau of Marcus and Caroline Morse, hung himself in his shop with a trace chain.
David C. Jillson son of David Cargill Jillson and Alice Scribner 12/23/1841-3/11/1915 m 11/1/1861 Sarah dau of Marcus and Caroline Morse. He lived south of Scribner Hill, where Wash. Edwards previously lived. He was a powerful man and cut a large amount of cordwood, at which he excelled the ordinary man.
Morse,
Franklin, son of Marcus, b. July 23, 1840, d. June 9, 1892. He married
int. Nov. 17, 1866 Eliza Ellen, dau. of Enoch and Mehitable (Swett)
Haskell, b. Nov. 12, 1837, d. Apr. 19, 1915. She was the divorced wife
of Silas E. Davis, and had two children by him; Ellsworth and Florence.
He lived on his fathers old place except for a few years he lived on
the flat north of Bell Hill, where Jack Hill now lives (1941). He enl.
Aug. 18, 1862 in Co. H. 17th Me. Regt. wounded May 12, 1863. Children;
Frank born Dec. 25, 1875, d. Nov. 24, 1918, m. Etta Edwards, Oct. 8,
1896. He died in the Insane Hospital at Augusta. Had children, Charles,
Leland, Dawson, Mattie, and Stella.
Source: History of Otisfield by William Samuel Spurr; Reprinted by
the Town of Otisfield, 2nd edition