Jedidiah Morse
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Jedidiah Morse was an American geographer and preacher whose textbooks became a staple for students in the United States. He was the father of the telegraphy pioneer and painter Samuel Morse, and his
Portrait by son Samuel Morse, c.1810–11. Yale University Art Gallery
Morse's gravestone at the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven.
Sidney Edwards Morse
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Sidney Edwards Morse was an American inventor, geographer and journalist. Morse was the brother of telegraphy pioneer and painter Samuel F. B. Morse.
Jedidiah Morse
…his wife had a family of several children, including their first child Samuel F. B. Morse, the future painter and telegraphy pioneer. Other sons were Sidney Edwards Morse, who also published a geography text, and Richard Cary Morse (1795–1868), who assisted his father in his geographical work and founded with brother…
Sidney Edwards Morse
Morse and Samuel Breese, Texas, 1844