Elijah Morse, ca. 1886 (Dan Keleher Collection) |
Elijah Morse1
Elijah Morse was born on May 25, 1841 in South Bend Indiana and moved with his parents to the Boston area in 1852. During the Civil War he enlisted with the Massachusetts 4th Regiment serving in Virginia and Louisiana eventually obtaining the rank of corporal. Upon his return to Massachusetts he obtained a stove polish formula and began selling it door to door, eventually building a factory on Washington Street, known as the
Resources1
Canton Comes of Age, 1797-1997 by Canton’s Bicentennial Committee, 73-75 (call no. 974.4 C)
Canton Historical Society, “Elijah Morse Obituary,” http://www.canton.org/canton/Elijah%20A_%20Morse,%20Obituary,%20Canton,%20Mass.htm
United States Congress, “Morse, Elijah Adams (1841-1898),” http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001007
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