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 MORSE. MORSE. 427 the public good, simply, are at issue, party lines fail to hedge him in or control his action. Mr. Morse has been chairman of the Sharon school board; was a member of the House of Representatives in 1870, '83 and '84, serving on important committees ; was chairman of the committee on probate and chancery 1S84 ; has been a member of the Democratic state central committee; is now, and has been for ten years, chairman of the Norfolk county Democratic committee ; was a presidential elector in 1884, and a can- didate for same in 1888 ; was a delegate to the national Democratic convention at Cin- cinnati in 1880, which nominated General Hancock for president ; was a candidate for Congress in the 2d district against John D. Long in 1S86 ; carried Norfolk county by 233 majority, and was defeated in the dis- trict by only 1,822 votes. He has been justice of the peace since 1864, when he was first appointed by Governor Andrew. i BUSHROD MORSE. Mr. Morse taught school in his early manhood for several years, thus earning money wherewith to meet his expenses while pursuing his preparatory studies. He is now devoted to the legal profession, an incessant worker, a good lawyer, a man of strict integrity and unflinching determina- tion. While in the Legislature he always supported and ably advocated the passage of all measures calculated to advance the best interests of the working classes, and his addresses on the subject of tariff reform have attracted attention and been published in the leading newspapers of the country. Mr. Morse was married in Windsor, Nova Scotia, September 29, 1 87 1, to Gertie S., daughter of James and Sarah A. (Loomer) Gertridge, who died in Boston, February 5, 1870. MORSE, CHARLES D., son of Leonard and Remember (Meacham) Morse, was born in Woodstock, Windham county, Conn., November 1, 1827. His education was limited to the meagre advantages offered in the public schools of his native town. In 1S50 he came to Millbury, and in 1852 entered into partnership with T. S. Fullam, under the firm name of Fullam, Morse & Co., for the manufacture of sashes, blinds and doors, and ornamental house-furnish- ings. In 1854 the firm was changed to Armsby & Morse, and in 187 1, Mr. Morse having purchased the interest of his part- ner, to C. D. Morse & Co., which has re- mained to the present time. Mr. Morse was married in Worcester, October 27, 1864, to Anna E., daughter of Fitzroy and Frances G. (Blake) Willard. Of this union were four children : Frances Y, Charles H., Anna L., and Mary L. Morse. Mr. Morse was elected a director in the Millbury National Bank in 1863, and in 1879 was made president, which office he now holds. He is president of the Mill- bury Electric Company, also vice-president of the Millbury Savings Bank and of the Worcester Mechanics' Exchange. He has held all the prominent town offices, includ- ing that of assessor and selectman. Mr. Morse was a member of the House of Rep- resentatives in 1873. MORSE, Charles Francis, son of Lyman and Lydia (Brigham) Morse, was born in Framingham, Middlesex county, January 16, 1S32. He was educated in the common schools. His commencement in business was as book-seller, stationer, and dealer in fancy- goods and patent medicines. This busi- ness he continued from 1857 to '60, in Marlborough. At the outbreak of the civil war Mr. Morse enlisted in company F, 13th Massa- chusetts volunteers, and as 2d and 1st lieutenant, served from July 16, 1861, to August 30, 1862. He was captain and