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- A Standard History of Lorain County, Ohio - Volume 2
Edited by George Frederick Wright
Charles L. Morse
The youngest son of the late Levi and Betsy Minerva (Mann) Morse, whose long and worthy lives spent in Lorain County has been previously described, Charles L. Morse has given his career primarily to business pursuits and for a number of years has been in the insurance and real estate business and the handling of surety bonds. His office is in the Ely Block.
Born at Elyria, October 3, 1861, he received his early education in the public schools of that city, and after reaching manhood spent nine years as a local merchant. At 390 Broad Street he established himself in the cigar, tobacco and restaurant business, and that street number has been the location of the restaurant ever since, being now the home of the J.R. Jones restaurant. For the past sixteen years Mr. Morse has been in the fire insurance business, having engaged in that line in 1889. He now represents twelve of the strong and reliable companies doing business at Elyria. His offices were in the old Elyria Block until it burned in 1910, since which time he has had his business headquarters in the Ely Block.
Mr. Morse is a man of quiet, retiring nature, a great lover of home and outside of business has seldom identified himself with public life. He is a member, however, of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce. October 18, 1882 he married Miss Clara M. Bassett of Eaton Township, Lorain County, and a daughter of Henry and Betsey E. (Slauter) Bassett. Further particulars concerning the late Henry Bassett will be found in succeeding paragraphs. Mrs. Morse was born in Eaton Township, but was educated in the Elyria public schools, graduating from high school in the class of 1881, about a year before her marriage. Mr. Morse when opportunity offers takes his recreation in hunting and fishing.
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