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     John George Glover was born on 8 May 1821 in Natchez, Adams Co., Mississippi.^6,3,1 He married first Sinah Elizabeth Melvin on 21 October 1845 in Adams Co.⁷ He married second Emily Vick Morse, daughter of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, on 8 May 1851 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^2,1 On 4 May 1867 Emily petitioned for separation and eventual divorce.^8,9 After a lengthy series of court hearings (see below), the divorce was finalized on 3 June 1869 in Orleans Parish.¹⁰ They apparently reconciled, however, as they remarried on 6 February 1879 in Orleans Parish.^3,11 He died on 22 April 1883 in New Orleans at age 61 from paralysis.^12,6,1 He was buried at Cypress Grove Cemetery (left vaults) in New Orleans.⁶
     He and Emily are listed in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, in the 1860 census¹³, and his occupation is given as planter.¹³ In the 1860 slave schedule he is listed there with three males ages 24, 22, and 20, and five females ages 20, 18, 17, 12, and 4 months, with three slave houses.¹⁴
     He may have served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. There's a J. G. Glover who enlisted as a private in the 9th Battalion, Louisiana Partisan Rangers, on 24 May 1862 in St. Helena Parish, and was listed in a 19 September 1862 muster roll. He was captured with the rest of his battalion during the siege of Port Hudson on 9 July 1863, and paroled three or four days later. He was listed as present in muster rolls to 31 October 1863.^15,16
     Based on court records, their divorce was contentious, and the proceedings lasted over two years. Emily's 4 May 1867 petition said that her husband John was a habitual drunkard and addicted to morphine and opium, and that when drunk he had been violent against her, and publicly defamed her reputation. She stated that there was a considerable community estate named Sicily Island in Catahoula Parish that was acquired mainly through her own efforts, that John was worth nothing at the time of their marriage, and that he had added or inherited nothing during their marriage. She asked for a separation, dissolution and settlement of the community property, custody of their five children, and a divorce after the required legal delay. She also asked for $250/month alimony, an injunction preventing him from disposing of their community property or contracting community debts, and that she be allowed to live with her brother H. A. Morse.⁸
     The inventory of the property in Catahoula Parish was filed on 16 May 1867. The Sicily Island plantation was appraised at $12,821.40, and contained 600 acres with 120 acres under cultivation, 75 in cotton and 45 in corn, plus a house and cabins. There was also a sawmill, and various livestock, farm equipment, and household furnishings. John was also renting property known as the Tew place, and had $996 in equipment there.¹⁷
     On 22 May 1867 John filed a motion asking to be allowed visitation with their children.¹⁸ On 7 June Emily responded, saying she had no objection to him seeing them if they want, when he is "in proper condition, and at a proper place," but that they refused to see him "of their own accord."¹⁹ On 19 August Emily was ordered to relinquish custody of the children every Saturday at 9 AM so they could be taken at John's expense to the residence of T. A. S. Doniphan, where John was to be allowed visitation until 10 PM.²⁰ Emily objected on 23 August on the grounds that Doniphan and his family were inimical to her, and that the city of New Orleans was unhealthy in summer, and proposed a different location near her for visitation.²¹
     John responded to Emily's request for alimony on 7 June 1867, asking that it be dismissed on the grounds that he had no means to pay it, and was unable to get employment. He claimed that although he owned the plantation in Catahoula Parish, it was used as collateral for loans, and that "by the action and at the instigation" of Emily, G. B. Wardlaw had possession of the property and was refusing to allow creditors to take possession, and that creditors had thus sued him for possession. He also accused Emily and Wardlaw of sabotaging a contract for rental of his sawmill that would have provided $1000/month. He said Emily had secured a large amount of their community property, had bought a large amount of clothing, and had sufficient money from their community property to support herself and the children for some time. He said "he has furnished her liberally with everything she desired, and has impoverished himself in so doing," and that what he had supplied her, "if carefully and properly administered," was sufficient for her support for more than a year.²²
     The next day, on 8 June, John responded to the rest of Emily's suit generally denying all allegations, with some qualifications. He said that if he was ever guilty of excessive drinking or use of stimulants, it was caused by Emily, "who has acted in a manner improper and unbecoming in a wife and mother," and that she does everything she can to "provoke and exasperate" him. He said he had always treated her kindly and affectionately, and if he ever did otherwise, "which he does not admit," it was caused by her excesses and abusive conduct. He claimed to have brought $4000 to the marriage, and that she brought nothing, and that he had provided all she and their children required, both necessities and luxuries, as best he could. He blamed his current condition on her reckless extravagance and wastefulness, and said that the only reason for her suit was that he was no longer able to meet her excessive demands.²³
     On 12 July 1867 the court ordered John to pay alimony of $150/month.²⁴ A writ was later issued to the sheriff of Catahoula Parish to enforce the payment of alimony, then totaling $450 for the months of June through August.²⁵ On 23 September John testified that he couldn't pay any alimony because he had no income, and he was prevented by a court order from selling any of their community property. He also claimed that Emily was then better off, making $100/month.²⁶ On 2 October John filed for bankruptcy^27,28, and the next day the court ordered that as a result all proceedings against him for payment of alimony were suspended.²⁹
     Hearings on Emily's original petition were held on 7 April 1868, with depositions by Dr. B. H. Moss, who had known John for many years³⁰, Anna T. Noelle, who lived with John and Emily from October 1866 to May 1867³¹, Louis A. Reed, a neighbor³², and Emily's mother Eliza W. Morse.³³ All confirmed that John was a habitual drunkard, and violent when drunk. On 25 April the court ruled in favor of Emily, granting the legal separation, dissolution of the community property, and custody of the children. Emily was to receive the alimony previously ordered, and John was to pay all costs of the suit.³⁴ On 13 July the court ordered that John's bankruptcy status was to have no effect on the payment of alimony.³⁵
     Additional hearings were held in January 1869 about the payment of alimony. When a notice about the hearings was delivered to John's attorneys they refused to accept it, and said that after a diligent search John could not be found.³⁶ On 23 January Emily testified that she was destitute, that her salary as a schoolteacher was insufficient and she had gone heavily into debt, and that she'd been forced to sell what little jewelry and silver she had.³⁷ The court ruled for Emily, and a writ was issued against John ordering the payment of $2785.³⁸
     On 1 May 1869, after a year had elapsed since the 25 April 1868 judgment granting the separation, Emily filed a supplemental petition for a final divorce, reserving her rights to alimony, claims for settlement of the community property, and custody of her children Lillie, Mary, Matilda, Laura, and Emma. The petition was granted on 3 June, and John was ordered to pay all costs of the suit.³⁹
     John has not been found in the 1870 census, after their divorce, but Emily and their children are listed in New Orleans, along with six additional adults, apparently boarders, including a dentist, a civil engineer, and a retired lawyer.⁴⁰
     In the 1880 census, after they remarried, he and Emily and three of their daughters are listed together in New Orleans, along with nine boarders, plus a cook and two servants.⁴¹ He was then listed as a merchant⁴¹, but as an accountant in his 1883 death record.¹²

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     Alexander Gallatin Morse was born on 26 August 1836 in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi.^3,6 He married Amanda Fitzallen Dortch, daughter of Nathaniel C. Dortch and Elizabeth Lane, on 5 June 1862 in St. Helena Parish (now Tangipahoa Parish), Louisiana.¹ He died on 19 November 1867 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, at age 31 from cholera.^6,5 He was buried at Lafayette Cemetery #1 (vault 48, side B) in New Orleans.⁷
     He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, enlisting at New Orleans on 15 April 1861 as a private in Capt. S. W. Fisk's Company (Crescent Rifles), Dreux's Battalion, Louisiana Infantry, for twelve months.⁸ The men in the five companies making up this battalion were the first to respond to Louisiana's call for volunteers. They were sent to Pensacola, Florida, to supplement the First Louisiana Regulars for about a month, then to Virginia, arriving on 30 May.⁹
     The battalion was reorganized on 11 June in Richmond, Virginia, as the First Louisiana Infantry Battalion under Lt. Col. Charles Dreux, with Capt. Fisk's Co. becoming Co. B, and were sent to Yorktown, Virginia. On 5 July a detachment of about 100 men (20 from each company) was selected to attack the Union forces near Newport News. In the Skirmish at Smith's Farm Lt. Col. Dreux was killed, the first Confederate field officer killed in the war. Whether Alexander Morse was part of this detachment or not is unknown.⁹
     The battalion remained in Virginia doing picket duty, with one minor skirmish on 5 April 1862. Except for one company, the service terms for all the men in the battalion expired that month.⁹ He was officially discharged on 15 April 1862 at Williamsburg, Virginia,⁸ and the battalion was disbanded on 1 May.⁹
     Capt. Charles Fenner of Co. A then formed a light artillery battery, and most of the men from the First Louisiana Infantry reenlisted⁹, including Alexander Morse on 7 August 1862 at Jackson, Hinds Co., Mississippi, for a two-year term. In 1864 he was hospitalized from 14 to 18 June at Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon, Georgia, with chronic diarrhea. He apparently remained with the battery longer than his original two-year commitment. His name is included among those in Fenner's Battery who surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama, on 4 May 1865. They were paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, on 10 May.^10,11

     Amanda Fitzallen Dortch was born on 5 January 1837 in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi.⁴ She married first Alexander Gallatin Morse, son of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, on 5 June 1862 in St. Helena Parish (now Tangipahoa Parish), Louisiana.¹ She married second Philo M. Goodwyn on 15 December 1870 at the home of the bride's uncle John A. Lane in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^3,5 She died on 21 February 1921 in Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, at age 84 from cardio-renal disease.⁴ She was buried at Sand Hill Cemetery in Ponchatoula.⁶
     In 1870, after her husband Alexander's death, she and their three children were living in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, along with a servant, Jane Calahan, age 14.⁷
     She's listed in New Orleans in the 1880 census with her second husband Philo, along with their three children, her three children from her first marriage, and two servants.⁸
     She's listed as a widow in 1900, living with her daughter Anna's family in Ward 7, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.⁹ She's again listed in Ward 7, Tangipahoa Parish, in 1910, but with her sons Philo and Marvin from her second marriage, and as the head of the household.¹⁰ In 1920 she's listed there with just Marvin, with Marvin as head of the household.¹¹

     Henry A. Morse was born on 25 July 1823 (based on his age at death of 12 years, 23 days).¹ He died on 17 August 1835 in Warren Co., Mississippi, at age 12 from "congestive fever."¹
     On 21 October 1830, for natural love and affection, his uncles John A. Vick and William Vick gave slaves Henry, about 26, and Anne, about 22, to him, his brother Henderson, and his sister Eliza. At the time Henry was 7, Henderson was 3, and Eliza was about 3.²

     Malvina J. Matthews married Henderson Anthony Morse, son of Henry A. Morse and Eliza White Vick, on 9 May 1854 at the home of William Matthews on the Bayou Grosse Tete in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.^1,2 They were later divorced.³
     She is listed in the Eighth Ward, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, in the 1880 census.⁴

     Alice Martha Morse was born on 2 December 1872 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^4,5,6 She married James Torrance Monroe, son of James T. Monroe and Mary E. Plumb, on 2 October 1919 in New Orleans.² She died on 22 April 1951 at home in New Orleans at age 78 from chronic myocarditis (heart inflammation).⁴ She was buried at Masonic Cemetery No. 2 in New Orleans.^5,4,3
     She and her sister Eliza are listed in the 1900 census living as roomers with the family of John Forsyth in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana,, and she was then working as a dressmaker.⁶ In 1910 she was living as a boarder with Robert F. Harrell and his family in New Orleans.⁷
     She and her husband James are listed in New Orleans in the censuses from 1920 to 1940, along with his children Elizabeth, Neva, and Lorma from his first marriage.^8,9,10 They are again listed in New Orleans in the 1950 census, at 4123 Loyola, the same house as they were living in in 1940, along with James's daughter Neva and her husband Joseph Intavia and their family, with Joseph listed as the head of the household.¹¹

     Henry Vick Morse was born on 29 July 1874 in New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana.^3,1 He married Clara Porteous Cenas, daughter of Richard Brennan Cenas and Clara Frances Ranney, on 17 January 1906 at the home of the bride's father in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.¹ He died on 15 April 1934 in Long Beach, Harrison Co., Mississippi, at age 59.^4,5 He was buried at Masonic Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.⁶
     In 1900 he was one of seven boarders living with the family of John Williams in New Orleans, Louisiana.⁷
     He and his wife Clara, and their son Richard, are listed in New Orleans in the 1910 census. Clara's widowed father Richard, and her widowed sister Pearl Miller, were then living with them.⁸ In 1920 they were living in a rooming house run by Clara's sister May Adams. Clara's sister Pearl, and an uncle Louis Jones, were also living there, along with seven roomers.⁹ They were back to living in their own home by 1930.¹⁰
     He worked for the streetcar company in New Orleans¹¹, first as a conductor⁷, and later as a clerk⁸, then as chief clerk in the commissary⁹, and finally as assistant general manager.^10,5
     According to his obituary, he and his wife Clara owned "considerable property" in Long Beach, Mississippi, and were visiting there for the weekend when he was suddenly stricken while they were out walking.⁵ However, according to his death certificate he died from "acute parititis" (actually "parotitis"), i.e, the mumps.⁴

     Eliza Vick Morse was born on 15 April 1876 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^2,3 She married her first cousin Albert Francis Boteler, son of Benjamin F. Boteler and Fanny Steubinger, on 2 May 1905 in Washington, D.C.⁴ She died on 14 April 1966 at Laurel General Hospital in Laurel, Prince George's Co., Maryland, at age 89.^2,5 She was buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Prince George's Co.^6,2
     She and her sister Alice are listed in the 1900 census living as roomers with the family of John Forsyth in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana,, and she was then working as a schoolteacher.³
     She and her husband Albert are listed in Beltsville, Prince George's Co., Maryland, in the censuses from 1910 to 1950.^7,8,9,10,11

     Ella May Morse was born on 31 May 1869 at home in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.¹ She died on 6 July 1874 at age 5 from diphtheria.^2,3 She was buried at Cypress Grove Cemetery (Vault 1484) in New Orleans.³

     Ezron Morse was born on 5 July 1870 (based on his age at death of 1 month, 17 days).¹ He died on 22 August 1870 at the home of William Frith in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from marasmus (malnutrition).¹ He was buried on 23 August 1870 at Cypress Grove Cemetery (Vault 1484) in New Orleans.³

     James Torrance Monroe was born on 2 October 1873 in Louisiana.^2,3 He married first Mattie Davis.^4,5 He married second Alice Martha Morse, daughter of Henderson Anthony Morse and Mary Josephine Stubinger, on 2 October 1919 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.¹ He died on 19 January 1957 in Orleans Parish at age 83.^6,7 He was buried at Masonic Cemetery No. 2 in New Orleans.^2,7
     He and his second wife Alice are listed in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in the censuses from 1920 to 1940, along with his children Elizabeth, Neva, and Lorma from his first marriage.^3,8,9 They are again listed in New Orleans in the 1950 census, at 4123 Loyola, the same house as they were living in in 1940, along with James's daughter Neva and her husband Joseph Intavia and their family, with Joseph listed as the head of the household.¹⁰
     He worked as an inspector in a lumber mill.^3,8

     Clara Porteous Cenas was born on 25 April 1879 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^2,1 She married Henry Vick Morse, son of Henderson Anthony Morse and Mary Josephine Stubinger, on 17 January 1906 at the home of the bride's father in Orleans Parish.¹ She died on 30 September 1963 in Orleans Parish at age 84^3,4, and was buried at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans.⁴
     She and her husband Henry, and their son Richard, are listed in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, in the 1910 census. Clara's widowed father Richard, and her widowed sister Pearl Miller, were then living with them.⁵ In 1920 they were living in a rooming house run by Clara's sister May Adams. Clara's sister Pearl, and an uncle Louis Jones, were also living there, along with seven roomers.⁶ They were back to living in their own home by 1930.⁷
     In 1940, after her husband's death, she was living in New Orleans with her son Richard and his wife Emily.⁸ She's listed in the 1950 census in New Orleans living as a boarder with Nora Reardon and her daughter Amie.⁹

     Richard Cenas Morse was born on 1 November 1906 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^1,2 He married Emily Frances Mounicou, daughter of Louis Mounicou and Floretta Madere, on 19 October 1938 in New Orleans.³ He died on 29 April 1959 at Baptist Hospital in New Orleans at age 52, after suffering a heart attack six days earlier.² He was buried at Metairie Mausoleum in New Orleans.⁴
     He graduated from Warren Easton High School in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana,, and later took night classes at Tulane University in New Orleans. He also took courses from the American Institute of Banking, and from the Graduate School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University.²
     He joined the Canal Bank and Trust Co. (later the National Bank of Commerce) in New Orleans in 1925. He worked in the commercial and savings departments, and was assistant cashier in charge of the investment department at time of his death.^2,5
     He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.²

     Emily Frances Mounicou was born on 16 August 1908 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.¹ She married Richard Cenas Morse, son of Henry Vick Morse and Clara Porteous Cenas, on 19 October 1938 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish.² She died on 11 January 1991 at age 82.³ She was buried at the Metairie Mausoleum in New Orleans.⁴

     Albert Francis Boteler was born on 15 August 1878 in Beltsville, Prince George's Co., Maryland.^3,2 He married his first cousin Eliza Vick Morse, daughter of Henderson Anthony Morse and Mary Josephine Stubinger, on 2 May 1905 in Washington, D.C.¹ He died on 3 June 1963 at the Eleven Cedars Rest Home in Beltsville at age 84 from a stroke suffered a week earlier.³ He was buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Prince George's Co.^4,3
     He sometimes went by the name Frank.⁵
     He and his wife Eliza are listed in Beltsville, Prince George's Co., Maryland, in the censuses from 1910 to 1950.^6,7,8,9,10
     He was listed as a farmer in the birth records of his first two children^11,12, but soon went into the grocery business.⁶ He was listed as a delivery clerk in 1908¹³, wagon driver in 1910⁶, and store clerk in 1920⁷, before he and his son Clifford opened their own store, Boteler & Son, in Beltsville in 1929.^14,9,10 The original store occupied the first floor of a two-story building, with two apartments on the second floor. It was a general store, selling much more than just groceries, and became a fixture in Beltsville. In addition to Clifford, Albert's son Elwood worked there as an employee, and his daughter Eunice helped out as an unpaid volunteer. They later, in 1952, moved into a new building at the same corner.¹⁴

     Clifford Elmore Boteler was born on 27 March 1906 in Beltsville, Prince George's Co., Maryland.¹ He married Eileen Blanche Rolf, daughter of Harmon Rolf and Virginia Hershman, on 24 March 1946 at the Beltsville Methodist Church in Beltsville.² They were later divorced.^3,4 He died on 30 January 1980 at the Greater Laurel Beltsville Hospital in Laurel, Prince George's Co., at age 73 from cardiac arrest.⁴ He was buried on 4 February 1980 at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Prince George's Co.^4,5
     He graduated on 7 June 1927 from the University of Maryland in College Park, Prince George's Co., with a B.S. degree in engineering⁶, and later attended Duquesne Law School in Pittsburg, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, for a time.² For a short time after graduation he worked in Pennsylvania on bridge-building projects, then in 1929 he and his father Albert opened Boteler & Son, a grocery/general store in Beltsville, Prince George's Co.^7,8
     He was drafted into the Army during World War II⁹, at age 36, entering as a private on 18 November 1942 at Baltimore, Maryland.¹⁰ He reached the rank of staff sergeant¹¹, and was discharged at the end of the war on 19 September 1945.¹²
     He returned to Boteler & Son after the war, and in 1952 they moved into a new building at the same corner.^9,13,7
     He and his wife Eileen are listed in Vansville, Prince George's Co., in the 1950 census, along with their son Clifford Jr., and a lodger, John Kraulik.¹³