MORSE, JAMES M., was born Feb. 4, 1807, in Newburyport, Mass. He was married April 7, 1831, in West Newbury, to Sarah C. Sawyer, who was born there, Nov. 25, 1807. He moved, in 1831, to Vandalia, Ill., where they had three children. Mr. Morse was employed in the office of the Secretary of State, and when the State government was removed to Springfield, in July, 1839, he came with it. They had three children in Springfield; one died in infancy. Of their five children--

LYMAN C. B., born Feb. 15, 1834, in Vandalia, died Feb. 27, 1855, in Springfield.

SARAH E., born Feb. 13, 1836, in Vandalia, Ill., married June 4, 1857, in Springfield, to Joseph E. Woods. They had two children--ANNIE died in infancy. SARAH C. lives with her father. Mrs. Woods died July 9, 1860. Mr. Woods married again, and is living in Springfield, Illinois.

HARRIET M., born March 9, 1839, in Vandalia, married, Sept. 24, 1857, to William T. Church. They had three children, ALLIE and ANNIE died young. JULIA G. lives with her grandfather Morse. Mrs. Church died, Dec. 9, 1873, at Elkhart, Ill., and was buried at Oak Ridge.

ELLEN F., born Aug. 2, 1841, in Springfield, married Feb. 20, 1862, to Daniel Winters, who was born in Chambersburg, Penn., Jan. 30, 1832, and came to Springfield in 1851. They had four children--CHARLES E. and JAMES B. live with their parents. MARY C. and LILIAN M. died young. NELLIE is the babe. Mr. Winters is in business, and lives in Springfield.

CHARLES E., born Nov. 1, 1844, in Springfield, married, March 10, 1868, in Logan county, to Ellen E. Long. They have five children, JAMES H., ANNA B., CHARLES E., JOHN B. and a boy babe. Mr. Morse is engaged in farming, near Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois.

JULIETT E., born July 17, 1848, in Springfield, died in infancy.

Mrs. Sarah C. Morse died July 28, 1848, in Springfield, and James M. Morse was married in Springfield, Oct. 30, 1850, to Emma M. Holton, who was born in 1814, at Danbury, Conn. They had four children--

JAMES Wm. died, aged two years.

JAMES Wm., born Sept. 3, 1853, in Springfield, married Sept. 17, 1872, to Alice B. Schmutz, a native of Bloomington, Ill. They have two children, FLORENCE B. and ETHEL G., and reside in Springfield, Illinois.

EMMA G., born Jan. 16, 1856, in Springfield, resides with her parents.

ANNA C., born Sept. 9, 1859, in Springfield, died March 23, 1866.

James M. Morse was in the office of the Secretary of State when the office was held by A. P. Fields, Stephen A. Douglas, Lyman Trumbull and Thompson Campbell. From 1846 to 1852 Mr. Morse was Assessor and Treasurer of Sangamon county, and for fifteen years was Public Administrator of the county. He is now retired from business, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.

When the seat of government was moved from Vandalia to Springfield, James M. Morse came with A. P. Fields, Secretary of State, in whose department he was employed. They were accompanied by Levi Davis, Auditor of Public Accounts, with his clerk, Wm. S. Prentiss, now Presiding Elder in the M. E. church; John D. Whitesides, State Treasurer, and Enoch Moore, his clerk; William Walters, Public Printer, and Charles H. Lanphier, his assistant. From 1842 to 1844 Mr. Morse was engaged in rewriting the Territorial records; and during that time roomed with Enoch Moore at the State house. A friendship was thus cemented that could only end with their lives.