Abner Morse
Abner Morse was born in Randolph, Vermont on October 31, 1819. He was born to Calvin and Elivra (Moody) Morse. Abner Morse’s first wife was Julia A. Smith, whom he married on February 20, 1843. She passed away in the fall of 1844 due to over consumption. He married his second wife on November 22, 1846. He got married in Braintree, Vermont to Mary D. Randall. Abner Morse resided in Vermont for several years before moving west and relocating to River Falls, Wisconsin in 1856. He made River Falls, Wisconsin his residence from 1856-1881. Abner Morse was the father of Calvin Randall Morse who was born August 11, 1847 in Bethel, Vermont. In 1877, Abner Morse suffered a stroke and ended up paralyzed. After this stroke, he was unable to physically work. He never fully recovered from the first stroke and then he suffered a second stroke and passed away May 7, 1881.[1]
Professional History[edit]
Abner Morse started his professional career at the young age of eighteen when he became a teacher. He stayed in the occupation of a teaching for several years. After his time as a teacher, he began his professional path into journalism where he was the editor of the Green Mountain Herald for a year or more. The Green Mountain Herald was published in West Randolph, Vermont. Abner Morse moved to River Falls, Wisconsin where he kept busy with various occupations when available. During this time, he also read law books and then went on to practice law. With his legal expertise, he was able to correspond with the Prescott Journal for many years until the paper was no longer in business.[2] Another newspaper known to the residents in western Wisconsin was the The River Falls Journal. Publication began in June 1857 with brothers Lute and Horace Taylor, but the newspaper transformed when they relocated. Horace Taylor moved to Hudson, Wisconsin and Lute Taylor moved the paper to Prescott, Wisconsin in 1861, but eventually Abner Morse revived The River Falls Journal in 1872. [3] Abner’s son Calvin (C.R.) Morse became partner with him in publishing The River Falls Journal from 1872-1877. After that period, Calvin gained sole ownership due to the deterioration of his father’s health. After 1877, C.R. Morse was editor and proprietor for approximately thirty-two more years. [4] Another piece of his professional work included daily documents published in The Wisconsin Magazine of History. He was the author of several entries titled “The Abner Morse Diary: River Falls 1859-1861.” His diary entries began on April 19, 1959 and continued daily until March 17, 1861. His diary entries provided personal accounts of his experience as a settler in Wisconsin. These were daily journals on the growth of River Falls, Wisconsin, its agriculture, weather, religion, and also some observation on some town residents. His daily entries were done for a period of five years and provided the reader a first-hand experience of an early Wisconsin Settler. The diary entry from Sunday April 24, 1859 included poetry in symbolization for religious Sunday. [5] Poetry was a common element that was included on the front page of newspapers and in other forms of journalism during this era in mass communication, including The Prescott Paraclete. [6]
References[edit]
- ↑ “Chapter XXXVIII.” History of St. Croix Valley, by Easton B Augustus, I, H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909, pp. 612–613.
- ↑ “Chapter XXXVIII.” History of St. Croix Valley, by Easton B Augustus, I, H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909, pp. 612–613.
- ↑ news@riverfallsjournal.com. “Days Gone By (May 5).” River Falls Journal, 5 May 2011, www.riverfallsjournal.com/opinion/columns/1053655-days-gone-may-5.
- ↑ “Chapter XXXVIII.” History of St. Croix Valley, by Easton B Augustus, I, H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909, pp. 612–613.
- ↑ Abner Morse. “The Wisconsin Magazine of History: Volume 23, Number 1, September 1939.” Wisconsin Magazine of History, Sept. 1939, pp. 62–88, content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/wmh/id/12478/show/12407/rec/49
- ↑ Young, Charles E. “Poetry.” Prescott Paraclete, 23 Feb. 1855, access-newspaperarchive-com.ezproxy.uwrf.edu/us/wisconsin/prescott/prescott-paraclete/1855/08-24/prescott-paraclete?psb=relevance.
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