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MORROW, Winiam W., representative, was born near Milton, Ind., July 15, 1843; son of William and Margaret (Hood) Morrow. He re- moved with his parents to Adams county, III., in 1845, and settled in California in 1859. He at- tended the public schools and received private instruction in special branches, was admitted to the bar in 1869, and engaged in the practice of the law. He was assistant U.S. attorney for California, 1870-74; chairman of the Republican state central committee, 1879-82; attorney for the state board of harbor commissioners, 1880-83; special council for the United States before the French and American claims commissions, 1881- 83, and before the Alabama claims commission, 1883-85; chairman of the state delegation at the Republican national convention at Chicago in 1884; Republican representative in the 49th, 50th and 5 1st congresses, 1885-91; U.S. district judge for the northern district of California* 1891-97, and on May 20, 1897, was appointed U.S. circuit judge for the 9th judicial circuit. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Wabash college in 1899, and on Jan. 9, 1902, was made a charter trustee of Carnegie Institution Washington, D.C.

MORSE, Abner, clergyman and genealogist, was born in Med way, Mass., Sept. 5, 1893; son of Abner and Mille (Leland) Morse; grandson of Ezekial and Rebecca (Cozzens) Morse; great- grandson of Henry and Sarah (Kibby) Morse, and a descendant of Capt. Joseph Morse, who settled in Bogistow, now Med way, Mass., about 1670. married Mehetable Wood, served as a cap- tain of the Bogistow company of militia, and was a representative in the general court in 1715. Abner Morse was prepared for college in Day's academy, Wrentham, Mass.; was graduated at Brown university, A.B., 1816, A.M., 1819, and at Andover Theological seminary in 1819. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry, Dec. 16, 1819; served as pastor of the Congregational church at Nantucket, Mass., 1819-22; of the Presbyterian church, Sennett, N.Y., 1827-28; lived in Hartford, Ohio, 1828-29; at Boundbrook, N.J., 1832-33. and was pastor at South Bend, Ind., where he procured the charter for a college, and became one of the professors. He left South Bend in 1841, devoted himself to the study of natural history, and to lecturing on geology and scientific subjects in different cities and settled in Sharon, Mass., where he engaged in genealogi- cal research and writing. He was married, first, Oct. 1, 1832, to Sarah Ann Voorhees of Bound- brook, N.J., and secondly. Oct. 15, 1836, to Han- nah Peck of South Bend, Ind. He was a mem- ber of the New England Historic Genealogical society, 1846-65. He is the author of Memorial of the Morses (1850); Descendants of Lawrence

and Litchfield {lS5b): Genealogy of Early Planters in Massachusetts (1855); Genealogical Megister of Sherborn, Hollister and Medway, Mass. 1855); De- scendants of Capt. John Grant (1857); Descend- ants of Several Ancient Puritans (3 vols., 1857-60); and A Genealogical Record of Several Families Bearing the Name of Cutler in the United States (1867). He died in Sharon, Mass., May 16, 1865.

MORSE, Anson Daniel, educator, was born in Cambridge, Vt., Aug. 13, 1846; son of Harmon and Elizabeth (Buck) Morse; grandson of Daniel and Delia (Northrup) Morse, and of Anson and Eunice (Whitney) Buck, and a descendant (maternally) from John Moss, born in England about 1619, who settled at New Haven, 1639. He was graduated at Amherst, A.B., 1871, A.M., 1874; taught at Williston seminary, 1872- 75; studied in Heidelberg university one year. 1875-76, and was an instructor and professor of political economy at Amherst, 1876-78, and of history, 1877-78, when he became Winkley pro- fessor of history. He received the degree of LL.D. from Union college in 1895. He was elected a member of the American Historical association, the American Academy of Political and Social Science and other organizations. He is the author of: The Political Work and Influence of Andrew Jackson (1886); The Cause of Secession (1887); Alexander Hamilton (1890); The Place of Party in the Political System (1891); The Demo- cratic Party (1891); The Republican Party (1892); Politics of John Adams (1899); The Significance of the Democratic Party in American Politics (1900); and articles published in periodicals.

MORSE, Charles Henry, organist and teacher of music, was born in Bradford, Mass., Jan. 5, 1853; son of Eben Dutch and Mary Ann (Blais- dell) Morse; grandson of Thomas and Hannah (Parker) Morse and of Henry and Mary (McCurdy) Blaisdell, and a descendant in the ninth genera- tion of Anthony Morse, Newbury, 1636. He was graduated from the Haverhill, Mass., high school in 1870, from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1873, and from the Boston University College of Music, 1876, Mus. Bac, 1877. He was married, Dec. 24, 1874, to Frances S. N., daughter of Nathaniel Niles Kimball of West Fairlee, Vt., and taught the piano and organ at the New England Conservatory of Music. 1873-77. He was professor of music and director of the College of Music at Wellesley college, Mass., 1875-84; founded the Northwestern Conservatory of Music, Minneapolis, in 1885, and was its director, 1885-91. He was organist and choir- master of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1891-99: was president of the New York State Music Teachers' association, 1894-96: vice-presi- dent of the music department of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; trustee of the New