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Morse, Frederick N.

MILITARY SERVICE

Age: 19, credited to Whitingham, VT
Unit(s): 16th VT INF
Service: enl 9/3/62, m/i 10/23/62, Pvt, Co. F, 16th VT INF, wdd, Gettysburg, 7/3/63, m/o 8/10/63

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VITALS

Birth: 1843, Whitingham, VT
Death: 11/25/1911

Burial: Sadawga Cemetery, Whitingham, VT
Marker/Plot: Not recorded
Gravestone photographer: Tom Boudreau
Findagrave Memorial #: 80682153

MORE INFORMATION

Alias?: None noted
Pension?: Yes, 8/9/1890, VT; widow Mary E., 1/3/1912, VT
Portrait?: Unknown
College?: Not Found
Veterans Home?: Not Found
(If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war)

Remarks: None

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BURIAL:

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Sadawga Cemetery, Whitingham, VT

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Obituary

Fred Morse

A well known resident died Saturday morning at his home in Whitingham in the 68th year of his age. His death was caused by Locomotor Ataxia from which he has suffered for over a year. His condition was known to be serious yet death came unexpected. Mr. Morse was born in Whitingham and lived here nearly all of his life. He was a veteran of the Civil war and belonged to Co. F, 16th Vt. regiment. He was a quiet, home loving man, kind neighbor, and very devoted to his family, which consists of his wife, Mrs. Mary (Upton) Morse, and five sons, Fred Wallace Morse Jr., of Lake Pleasant, Mass., Wallace Morse of North Adams, Mass., Guy Morse of Waterbury, Conn., John and Carl, residents of this town. He also leaves two brothers, Frank and Charles, located here, and one sister, Mrs. Cora Johnson of South Hadley Falls, Mass.

The funeral was from the house Monday at 1 o'clock, Rev. Contois officiating, burial was in Sadawga Cemetery.

Source: Deerfield Valley Times, Dec. 1, 1911
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.