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<\/a>Then I found another version of Morse\u2019s obituary, published the next day in the Commercial Advertiser<\/em> (New York City, New York), 16 June 1819, page 2.<\/p>\n This obituary is even shorter than the first one, omitting the cause of death and his age, simply stating: \u201cAt Herkimer, N.Y. Daniel Morse, Esq. formerly of Brookfield, Mass.\u201d<\/p>\n Another New York City newspaper ran Morse\u2019s obituary two days later. That death notice appeared in the Spectator<\/em> (New York City, New York), 18 June 1819, page 3.<\/p>\n Three days after that, the exact same death notice was published in a newspaper from a neighboring state, The Connecticut Mirror<\/em> (Hartford, Connecticut), 21 June 1819, page 3.<\/p>\n Again, no mention of the cause of death, but his age is included: \u201cAt Herkimer N.Y. Daniel Morse, Esq. aged 60, formerly from Brookfield Ma.\u201d<\/p>\n So here we have four obituaries, and from them we have some basic genealogical facts:<\/p>\n But we don\u2019t know more about him\u2014or his family\u2014than that.<\/p>\n Digging deeper into my genealogy research with GenealogyBank, I wanted to see if there is more information about him.<\/p>\n There is.<\/p>\n I found a copy of the sermon preached at his funeral. What a terrific genealogical find this turns out to be\u2014a document packed with family history information.<\/p>\n For starters, we learn that the funeral service was held on 4 June 1819, led by Rev. Hezekiah N. Woodruff, A.M., Pastor of the churches of Herkimer and Little Falls, New York. This gives us a good clue where we might find church records about Daniel Morse and his family.<\/p>\n This 16-page funeral sermon outline pamphlet includes extensive biographical material about Morse, as well as information about his family.<\/p>\n On page 13 of the funeral sermon outline pamphlet I read that:<\/p>\n The narrative goes on to describe the final days before he died 4 June 1819.<\/p>\n Reading more, I discovered that the pamphlet also contained a lengthy extract of the funeral sermon for his wife Lois (Groat) Morse! Suddenly, the second paragraph just leapt off the page at me: Lois died just a few weeks after her husband because of a fit of her own, a \u201cparalytick\u201d one.<\/p>\n Wanting to know more, I turned to a new search in GenealogyBank, looking for her obituary.<\/p>\n I found it in the New York Columbian<\/em> (New York City, New York), 6 July 1819, page 2.<\/p>\n Now we know much more about Daniel Morse and his wife.<\/p>\n When I started searching I quickly found Daniel\u2019s death notice. It was a lucky break that GenealogyBank also had scanned in his funeral sermon.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>\n
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\nWow\u2014the actual funeral sermon?
\nYes, word for word.<\/p>\n\n
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