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     Annie Elizabeth Hicks was born on 23 June 1885 at home in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.¹ She married Morris J. Perrin, son of Jules Perrin and Frances Wagner, about 1903.^2,3,4,5 She died on 29 January 1988 at Seventh Ward General Hospital in Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, at age 102.⁴ She was buried at Mitchell Cemetery in Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish.⁴
     She and her husband Morris are listed in Ward 7 of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, in the censuses from 1910 to 1930.^2,6,7 She continued to live there after her husband's death, and is listed there in the 1940 and 1950 censuses.^8,9

     James Alexander Hicks was born on 19 October 1886 in Paris, Henry Co., Tennessee.^5,2,4 He married Julia Marie Daussin, daughter of Gustave Daussin and Arsene Soniat, on 18 June 1913 at a Catholic church in Madisonville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.^6,7,2 He died on 27 October 1958 at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas, at age 72 from a heart attack.⁴ He was buried on 29 October 1958 at Holy Cross Cemetery in Jonesboro.⁴
     He moved with his parents to Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, about 1888, at age two.²
     At some point before 1917 he lost his left leg, but how is unknown. (His World War I draft registration has the notation "1 leg off," and his World War II registration has "artificial left leg.")^5,8
     He began working for a local newspaper in Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, in 1907. He then joined a paper in Connersville, Fayette Co., Indiana, where he learned to operate linotype machines. He soon moved back to Louisiana, working for the New Orleans Item in New Orleans, Orleans Parish. He didn't like the big city, however, and in 1911 moved to Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas, joining The Sun as the paper's only linotype operator.⁹ He remained there the rest of his career, and until about 1945 was also head machinist. He retired on 11 February 1958 after suffering a minor stroke.²
     He and his wife Julia are listed at 706 Jefferson in Jonesboro in the censuses from 1920 to 1950. Julia's sister Emily was living with them in 1920, and in 1950 they had a lodger, Frederica Schneider.^10,11,12,13

     Morris J. Perrin was born about 1871 in Louisiana, probably in February. (His obituary says he was born on 15 February 1872 in Ponchatoula (Tangipahoa Parish). His death certificate has a birth date of 15 February 1870, and says he was born in Madisonville (St. Tammany Parish). His age as listed in the 1910-1930 censuses implies a birth year of about 1871.)^1,2 He married Annie Elizabeth Hicks, daughter of William Edwin Hicks and Anna Salter Morse, about 1903.^3,1,4,2 He died on 11 September 1932 at home in Ponchatoula from heart and kidney failure, while listening to election speeches on the radio.^1,2 He was buried at Mitchell Cemetery in Ponchatoula.¹
     He and his wife Annie are listed in Ward 7 of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, in the censuses from 1910 to 1930^3,5,6, where he was a farmer.^3,5,6

     Julia Marie Daussin was born on 5 April 1892 in Madisonville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.⁴ She married James Alexander Hicks, son of William Edwin Hicks and Anna Salter Morse, on 18 June 1913 at a Catholic church in Madisonville.^5,2,3 She died on 15 April 1989 in Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, at age 97.⁶ She was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas.⁶
     She and her husband James are listed at 706 Jefferson in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas, in the censuses from 1920 to 1950. Julia's sister Emily was living with them in 1920, and in 1950 they had a lodger, Frederica Schneider.^7,8,9,10 She moved to Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, in 1972.⁶

     Edward John Morse was born in 1895, probably on either 14 July or 14 November, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. (His birth record and his World War II draft registration say 14 July 1895 (five months after his parents' marriage), and the 1900 census says December 1895; all other records found online say 14 November 1895.)^{1,3,4,5,6,2,7} He married Louise Catherine Ostermayer on 13 March 1920 in Galveston Co., Texas.⁸ He died on 3 May 1963 at the Texas Confederate Home for Men in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, from pneumonia.² He was buried at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Galveston Co.^9,2
     He was studying as an apprentice plumber in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in 1910¹⁰, but apparently gave up plumbing and was working as a chauffeur when he registered for the World War I draft in 1917.⁶ He then went into the hardware business, working as a store clerk in 1920¹¹, salesman in 1930¹², and sales manager in 1940.¹³
     He and his wife Louise are listed in Galveston in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^12,13 They moved to La Marque, Galveston Co., about ten miles northwest of Galveston, sometime between 1947 and 1949¹⁴, and are listed in Galveston Co. in the 1950 census.¹⁵

     Lillian Anna Morse was born on 12 August 1897 at the home of Michael McAdam in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^1,3 She married Glen Otis Credice Bryant, son of William H. Bryant and Edith M. Clawson, on 29 March 1919 in Galveston Co., Texas.² She died on 11 November 1958 in Vallejo, Solano Co., California, at age 61.^3,4 She was buried on 14 November 1958 at Golden Gate National Cemetery (Sect. S, Site 1868) in San Bruno, San Mateo Co., California.⁵
     She and her husband Glen are listed in Kern Co., California, in the 1920 census⁶, in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California, in 1930⁷, and in Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo Co., California, in 1940.⁸ They moved to Vallejo, Solano Co., California, about 1943^3,9, and are listed there at 1209 Maple Ave. in the 1950 census.¹⁰

     Joseph Alexander L. Morse was born on 14 December 1898 at home in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^1,3 He married Evelyn Mae Strickhausen, daughter of William Strickhausen and Annie Schutte, on 16 June 1926 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.^2,4 He died on 1 March 1988 at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston at age 89.³ He was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Galveston.³
     He is listed with his parents in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in the 1920 census, and was then working as a plumber in the gas business.⁵
     He is listed in Galveston with his wife Evelyn in the censuses from 1930 to 1950. Evelyn's widowed father William Strickhausen was living with them in 1930, and in 1940 they had two lodgers, Burdick Baxter and his wife Violet.^6,7,8 Joseph was working as an assistant storeroom keeper for a gas business in 1930, and as a janitor at a medical college (probably the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston) in 1940. He was apparently also working toward some sort of degree. He's listed as an anatomical technician at the medical college in the 1950 census, and his obituary describes him as a "retired mortician with the Pathology Department at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston."³
     He may have developed breast cancer at some point. His 1942 World War II draft registration has the note "Amputation of left breast."⁹

     Eugene Thomas Morse was born on 15 December 1901 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.¹ He married Catherine Lillian Berleth, daughter of Charles A. Berleth and Rose McKenna, on 10 April 1937 in Galveston Co.² He died on 31 May 1953 at St. Mary's Infirmary in Galveston at age 51 from a heart attack.¹ He was buried on 2 June 1953 at Old Catholic Cemetery in Galveston.¹
     He is listed with his parents in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in the 1920 and 1930 censuses, working as a hardware store clerk in 1920, and grocery clerk in 1930.^3,4
     He's listed in Galveston with his wife Catherine and their children in 1940 and 1950.^5,6 He was then working in the ship/marine supply business, as a chief clerk in 1940, and warehouse man in 1950. He was a shipping clerk with Flood and Calvert, marine equipment suppliers in Galveston, at the time of his death in 1953.¹

     Arthur Robert Morse was born on 9 March 1904 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.^3,2,1 He married Mary Catherine Frances, daughter of Harris C. Frances and Claudia B. Thomason, on 22 May 1937 in Maury Co., Tennessee.⁴ He died on 18 July 1981 at age 77.^5,6 He was buried at Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski, Giles Co., Tennessee.⁵
     In July 1921, when he was 17, his father filed suit against him in county court in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, for lunacy. A few days later, although the court had found that he was "not of sound mind," he was released from custody when his father withdrew the suit.^7,8 The same sequence of events occurred about a year later, in May 1922.⁹
     On 29 December 1921 he was stabbed near his home in Galveston by Michael Feigle, age 15, who was arrested. He suffered a deep wound near his kidney, and was in serious condition the next day at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, but survived.¹⁰
     He may have served briefly in the Army Air Service. A December 1923 news article says that his mother reported that he was then stationed with the air service at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas.¹¹ However, in the 1930 census he's listed as not being a veteran of the U.S. military.¹²
     He worked for a time as a merchant seaman. He was enumerated on 1 April 1930 in the Merchant Seamen Schedule as an ordinary seaman on the S.S. Eldena, docked in Galveston. He gave the address of his next of kin as 1016 Ave. B in Galveston.¹³ He's also listed that same month in the April 1930 census living with his parents at that same address, and working as a house painter.¹² On 8 August 1934, in Galveston, he applied for a seaman's protection certificate (the equivalent of a passport for merchant seamen), and reported that he last served on the Chester Vallay [sic].¹⁴
     He and his wife Mary are listed in the 1940 census in Galveston, as renters in the home of Arthur's brother Walter and his family.¹⁵ He was then working as a painter, but when he registered for the World War II draft in 1942 he was working for the Pan American Refining Corporation in Texas City, Galveston Co.² He and Mary are listed in 1950 in Giles Co., Tennessee. Mary's brother F. Butler Francis was living with them.¹⁶ Arthur was again listed as a painter.

     Katherine Theresa Morse was born on 7 February 1906 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.³ (Although her birth certificate lists her birth date as 7 February, and was filed on 10 February, Social Security records, her obituary, and her cemetery marker all say 12 February.)^2,4,5 She married first Jack Otto Siegert, son of Benholt Herman Siegert and Anna E. Garling, on 17 October 1927 in Galveston Co.¹ She married second Reginald Scott Fidler, son of Charlie Fidler and Nanie Hambright, between 1970 and 1988.^4,6 She died on 18 December 1990 at age 84.⁴ She was buried on 22 December 1990 at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Galveston Co.^4,5
     She and her first husband Jack are listed in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in the censuses from 1930 to 1950.^7,8,9 Together they owned and operated Broadway Builders Supply Co. in Galveston for many years.⁴

     Ethel Pearl Morse was born on 21 April 1908 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.¹ She married William Henry Bahnsen, son of Bahne Bahnsen and Johanna Caroline Meisler, on 29 September 1928 at the First Methodist Church in Galveston.^4,2 She died on 16 June 1985 at Mainland Center Hospital in Texas City, Galveston Co., at age 77.⁵ She was buried on 19 June 1985 at Hayes Grace Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Galveston Co.^6,5
     She and her husband William are listed in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in the censuses from 1930 to 1950.^7,8,9

     Walter Samuel Morse was born on 19 June 1911 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.^1,3,4 (His birth date is from a delayed birth certificate filed by his mother in 1930, and is consistent with his birth date in other documents. It should be noted, though, that there's another delayed birth certificate filed by Louise Ahl (date unknown), that lists his birth date, apparently erroneously, as 27 June 1910.)⁵ He married first Hazel Victoria Carlson, daughter of Axel W. Carlson and Estelle Moses, on 16 September 1930 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Galveston.^6,7 He married second Linnie Mary Reeves, daughter of Willie Reeves and Laura Gray, on 11 December 1937 in Harris Co., Texas.^8,9 He married third Ruby Lorene Hinson on 23 March 1945 in Galveston Co.^10,11 He died on 13 July 1979 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bryan, Brazos Co., Texas, at age 68 from a heart attack.² He was buried on 16 July 1979 at Grace Memorial Park (Garden of Devotion, lot 48, space 10) in Hitchcock, Galveston Co.^2,12,13
     On 10 February 1930 he applied in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, for a seaman's protection certificate (the equivalent of a passport for merchant seamen), saying that he'd be working as a deckboy on the Steadfast.³ About two months later, in April 1930, he was enumerated in the census living with his parents in Galveston and working as a house painter.¹⁴ He later worked for twenty years as a painter with the American Oil Company refinery in Texas City, Galveston Co.¹²
     He's listed in the 1940 census in Galveston Co. with his second wife Linnie, along with his son Walter Jr. from his first marriage, and her son Aubrey Tucker from her first marriage.⁹
     In 1950 he's listed with his third wife Ruby in Texas City, along with her son Dean Duncan from her first marriage.¹¹

     Louise Catherine Ostermayer was born on 3 July 1903 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas.^2,3 She married Edward John Morse, son of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, on 13 March 1920 in Galveston Co., Texas.¹ She died on 3 January 1998 in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, at age 94.² She was buried on 9 January 1998 at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Galveston Co.²
     She and her husband Edward are listed in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^4,5 They moved to La Marque, Galveston Co., about ten miles northwest of Galveston, sometime between 1947 and 1949⁶, and are listed in Galveston Co. in the 1950 census.⁷
     She was working as a typist for a cotton company in 1940.⁵ By 1947 she had joined the U.S. Corps of Engineers District Office in Galveston as a records analyst. She became records administrator by 1952, and retired as librarian after 30 years service.^8,2

     Glen Otis Credice Bryant was born on 31 July 1897 in Montpelier, Blackford Co., Indiana.⁶ He married first Lillian Anna Morse, daughter of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, on 29 March 1919 in Galveston Co., Texas.¹ He married second Rose Marie Maloof between 1958 and 1964 (see below). He drowned, possibly after a heart attack, on 2 August 1964 at Clear Lake in Lake Co., California, at age 67, while trying to free his boat's anchor about forty feet off shore.^2,7 He was buried on 6 August 1964 at Golden Gate National Cemetery (Sect. S, Site 1867) in San Bruno, San Mateo Co., California.⁸
     The identification of Glen Bryant's second wife as Rose Maloof is based on the following evidence. First, Glen's obituary names a surviving wife Rose Marie.² Second, the 1962 city directory for Vallejo, California, lists Glen O. C. Bryant, a rigger at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, with a wife Rose M., living at 1209 Maple Ave., and the 1966 directory lists Rose M. Bryant as the widow of Glen O. at the same address.⁹ Rose Mazzoni Bryant's obituary lists her at the same address, and names sons Daniel, Donald, and Fred.¹⁰ Finally, Daniel A. Mazzoni married Rose M. Maloof on 25 September 1921.¹¹ Daniel died in 1945, and his obituary names his wife Rose, and sons Donald, Freddie, and Daniel Mazzoni, the same names as in Rose's obituary.¹² Taken together this shows that Rose Marie Maloof married first Daniel Mazzoni, and second Glen O. C. Bryant.
     He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I, enlisting on 23 July 1917.⁴ He was stationed at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, Solano Co., California, from July 1917 to October 1917¹³, then briefly at Quantico, Virginia,¹⁴, and finally in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, from November 1917 to March 1919.¹⁵ He received his formal honorable discharge on 29 March 1919, his wedding day.⁴
     He and his first wife Lillian are listed in Kern Co., California, in the 1920 census¹⁶, in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California, in 1930¹⁷, and in Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo Co., California, in 1940.¹⁸ During that time he was listed in the census as working in the oil industry, as a tool dresser in 1920, rotary man in 1930, and derrick man in 1940.
     He and Lillian moved to Vallejo about 1943^19,2, and are listed there at 1209 Maple Ave. in the 1950 census.²⁰ He was then working as a rigger at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo.

     Evelyn Mae Strickhausen was born on 6 June 1902 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.² She married Joseph Alexander L. Morse, son of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, on 16 June 1926 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Galveston.^1,6 She died on 3 November 1973 at the University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital in Galveston at age 71 from a heart attack, with kidney failure as a contributing factor.² She was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Galveston.^7,8
     She and her husband Joseph are listed in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in the censuses from 1930 to 1950. Evelyn's widowed father William Strickhausen was living with them in 1930, and in 1940 they had two lodgers, Burdick Baxter and his wife Violet.^9,10,11

     Catherine Lillian Berleth was born on 11 September 1905 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.² She married Eugene Thomas Morse, son of Eugene Parham Morse and Catherine Theresa McAdam, on 10 April 1937 in Galveston Co.¹ She died on 29 May 1978 at the Friendswood Nursing Home in Friendswood, Galveston Co., at age 72.² She was buried at Old Catholic Cemetery in Galveston.²
     She and her husband Eugene and their children are listed in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, in the 1940 and 1950 censuses.^3,4