Edward Lane Morse, 61, Albany Post road resident, died yesterday in the Butterfield Memorial hospital Cold Spring. He had been ill only a brief time.
Edward was born in Fishkill, NY on 11 Aug 1882 to Jennie O'Dell and Charles DeWitt Morse. Mr. Morse married Susan Barton in Fishkill in 1920. She died in April, 1926.
Edward was educated in the North Highland and Swartoutville schools and had resided In Fishkill the greater part of his life. He was a farmer, employed by the Richfield Farms near Fishkill.
Surviving are two brothers, Lewis Morse, New Haven, Conn. and Homer R. Morse. He is also survived by a step-son, George Dewitt Morse, Cold Spring. and two step-sisters, Mary Heady, Cold Spring. and Gertrude Pales, Cold Spring.
Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Auchmoody Funeral home Fishkill, are incomplete.
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He showed up as “Edmond” in 1900 Census.
Updtd - Relooked at this from every angle….
It really looks like Edward married his step-mother… and then listed his half-siblings as “step-children.” Maybe I need a break and some coffee… but that obit has me totally confused.
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