MRS. MARY A. MORSE

MORSE, COE

Posted By: Joni Hindman (email)
Date: 10/10/2009 at 18:07:06

MRS. MARY A. MORSE, the widow of E. K. Morse, residing on the old homestead near Morse station; was born in 1819 in Miami county, Ohio; left there at the age of nine years, and made her home at St. Joe, Indiania [sic], until she was nineteen years of age; her maiden name was Mary A. Coe; she moved with her parents to Johnson county, Iowa, and resided in Iowa City four years, and then moved to Cedar county and lived there four years, and finally settled in Graham township. She married E. K. Morse in 1840, and has resided on the same farm since. This union is blessed with seven children: one son and six daughters. Source: History of Johnson County, Iowa, 1836-1882, page 880.