Samuel Finley Breese Morse

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Husband Samuel Finley Breese Morse ¹

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           Born: 27 Apr 1791 - Charleston, MA
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           Died: 2 Apr 1872 - New York City, NY
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         Father: Rev. Jedediah Morse (1761-1826) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Ann Breese (1766-1828) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Finley Breese Morse

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He was an American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age he contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of the Morse code, and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.

1 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 35.