Llewellyn J. Morse (December 19, 1819 – October 24, 1902) was a politician and merchant of lumber and ice in Maine. He founded Morse & Co.[1] in 1851. The company was headquartered in Bangor, Maine. It became Oliver, Haight & Morse when he took on partners. Ralph W. Morse joined the firm in 1866 (he died in 1870) and L.J.'s son Walter I. Morse joined the firm in 1874.[2]
Morse was born at Parkers Head along the Kennebec River.[3] In the 1870s Morse was an alderman in Penobscot, Maine.[4] Morse served in the Maine House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875 and was a Republican.[5] His brother-in-law, Capt. Frank B. Ames, captained the ship named for Morse, the Llewellyn J. Morse (built 1877).[6] The ship later stood in for the USS Constitution in the 1926 film Old Ironsides.
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Llewellyn J Morse in the Bering Sea of Alaska
His brother-in-law became ill and upon his return home from captaining a voyage in Asia on the Llewellyn committed a murder-suicide on his sleeping wife.[7]
The Morse & Co. Office Building is a historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
History[]
During the American Civil War in 1863 he served under John L. Hodsdon.[8] Future Vice President of the United States Hannibal Hamlin served under Capt. Llewelyn J. Morse at Fort McClary in Maine.[9]
References[]
- ↑ "Bangor Historic Register". 16 March 2011. http://maineanencyclopedia.com/bangor-historic-register/.
- ↑ History of Penobscot County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. Williams, Chase & Company. 8 November 1882. p. 801. https://archive.org/details/historyofpenobsc00will_0. "L.j. morse maine."
- ↑ "New York Times Newspaper Archives, Oct 25, 1902, p. 9". 25 October 1902. https://newspaperarchive.com/new-york-times-oct-25-1902-p-9/.
- ↑ History of Penobscot County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. Williams, Chase & Company. 8 November 1882. p. 758. https://archive.org/details/historyofpenobsc00will_0. "llewellyn morse penobscot."
- ↑ Maine Legislators Biographical Database
- ↑ "Love For Sail - PORTLAND MAGAZINE". https://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2013/09/love-for-sail/.
- ↑ The New York Times, May 10, 1882, available online via Karen Stephen whose grandfather later captained the boat
- ↑ Office, Maine Adjutant-General's (8 November 1863). Annual Report. p. 2. https://archive.org/details/annualreportcom03offigoog. "L.j. morse maine."
- ↑ "The vice president shouldered a rifle in Kittery". 11 September 2014. http://maineatwar.bangordailynews.com/2014/09/11/the-vice-president-shouldered-a-rifle-in-kittery/.
External links[]
- Llewellyn J. Morse at Find a Grave
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