John L. and Caroline Winslow Morse Family Plot

John Lewis Morse (1814-1864)

Caroline Winslow Morse (1814-1882)

Winslow L. Morse (1841-1917)

Adeline V. Bateman Morse (1845-1930)

Edwin Lewis Morse (1871-1937)

John Lewis Morse was born on June 20, 1814 in Dedham. His parents were Lewis Morse and Abigail (Nabby) Fisher Morse.

On November 1, 1840, John married Caroline Winslow who had been born in Brewster, Barnstable County. On October 8, 1841, the couple had a son, Winslow Lewis Morse. He was their only child.

Marriage of John Morse and Caroline Winslow

Like his own father, John Lewis Morse was a farmer. He died on February 26, 1864 of lung fever at the age of 49. His widow, Caroline, died on April 20, 1882 in Boston.

Death Notice of John L. Morse

Death Notice of Caroline Winslow Morse

Their son, Winslow Lewis Morse married Adeline V. Bateman on November 12, 1868. He was a farmer by occupation and, at one time, he had one of the largest farms in town from which he carried on a milk business and conducted a milk service to Boston.

Winslow and Adeline Morse had five children: Adeline J. Morse, Edwin Lewis Morse, Winslow L. Morse, Ida Frances Morse, and Caroline Winslow Morse.

Winslow Lewis Morse died on June 1, 1917 in Reading, Massachusetts where he had moved around 1907 to live with his daughter. He was interred, alongside his parents, in the Morse plot at Old Parish Cemetery as was his widow, Adeline Bateman Morse, who died in 1930.

Their son, Edwin Lewis Morse (1871-1937) is interred in this lot as well.

John L. & Caroline Morse Family Monument