Major Benjamin Morse
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N 41° 46.793 W 081° 00.124
17T E 499828 N 4625337
Located in the Colonel Alexander Harper Memorial Cemetery, Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM64JW
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 04/01/2009
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Benjamin Morse served in the Revolutionary War in the third regiment, with Col. Israel Putnam, in Capt. Obadiah Johnson's fifth company, on the first call for troops; was at Bunker Hill, also with the Quebec expedition.
Location type: Single Grave
Date of Birth: November 7, 1755
Date of Death: February 6, 1813
Cause of death: Died Later
Grave Marker Text:
Maj. Benjamin Morse Esq.
born Nov. 7th 1755
& died Feb. 6th 1813
in the 59th year
of his age.
To every good he sought his aid to lend,
His country's virtue's and relgion's friend,
The morn shall come, this precious dust shall rise,
And songs immortal fill the immortal skies
Ranks:
Major
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