Frank E. Morse

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Frank E. Morse

Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

Carlyle, says " History is the essence of innumerable biographies," and the annals of Morris county are formed of the lives of those who have been prominent factors in her educational, moral, political, military and business interests. For many years Frank E. MORSE, of Boonton, Morris county, New Jersey, has stood forth as a central figure in the business life of his section of the country, and to his discretion, foresight and superior ability is due the splendid success which has crowned his efforts. In addition to his many enterprises which have for their object the uplifting of mankind and the promulgation of higher standards. His paternal grandfather, Chauncey MORSE, was a member of the legislature of Connecticut, from which State the family migrated to New Jersey.

Edwin B., son of Chauncey MORSE, lived for a time in Massachusetts, and died in 1882. He was engaged in the insurance business. He married Harriet LAWRENCE, who survived him and now lives in Newark, New Jersey. They had children :

Frank E., see forward :
Grace, married Harry BOWERS;
May, censor of the Butterick Pattern Company :
Annetta, married John FISK;
Edwin ;
Bessie, married Henry C. FAULKNER.

Frank E. MORSE was born in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, March 8, 1852. He was but five years of age when his parents brought him to New Jersey, so that he has practically spent his entire life in the latter State. His education was acquired in the public schools of Newark, New Jersey, where he displayed remarkable ability as a mathematician from his earliest years. Upon the completion of his education he obtained a position as clerk in a retail store, and left this to work for the Acme Cement Company for three years, then in the office of this company for a further three years; after which he became a salesman for the same concern. In 1884 he decided that he had acquired a sufficient fund of experience to justify starting in business independently, and the successful results he has achieved have amply proven the wisdom of this decision. The Boonton Transportation & Garage Company, of which he is the president, was established in 1912, and his son is the secretary and treasurer. Mr. MORSE is a director of the Boonton National Bank ; president of the Boonton Gas Company ; and president of the Frank E. Morse Company, which handles lime and cement. He has made his home in Boonton for the greater part of the past thirty years.

Mr. MORSE married, 1883, Bertha BEATY, born in Morris county, daughter of Nathaniel BEATY, who died during the Civil War. He married Anna BALDWIN, and they had children:

Bertha, mentioned above, and
Sadie, married E.C. PEER, of Newark.

Mr. and Mrs. MORSE have had children:

Ethel;
Alberta, married O.J. OSWALD, who was educated at Lafayette College and at Leipsic, Germany, and is now professor of German in the Trenton public schools;
Frank E., died at the age of one and a half years;
Lawrence, a student in Wesleyan University, class of 1914, is manager of the glee and other musical clubs and was president of his class last year;
Anna, student at the Putnam School, Poughkeepsie, New York.

Mr. MORSE is a member of the Methodist church, and was a delegate to the general conference held in 1912; he was treasurer, and was president of the board of trustees for many years. He is a member of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, Boonton Club, F. and A. M. of Boonton, R.A. Honorable in business, loyal in citizenship, charitable in thought, kingly in action, true to every trust confided to his care, his life is the highest type of Christian manhood.

This biography was transcribed by Marlene Laing.