Biography of Rev. Grosvenor C. Morse



Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. 

Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912.



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REV. GROSVENOR C. MORSE was born at Acworth, N. H., April 19, 1827. Graduated from Dartmouth College and Andover 

Theological Seminary. He was married to Abby P. Barber, of Massachusetts. He arrived in Kansas October 1, 1857, and settled 

at Emporia. With the exception of two years, he labored under the direction of the Home Missionary Society. He was a member 

of the "Andover Band." He died July 13, 1871.



(Included with the article, "The Founding of the State Normal School.", page 88)