"Rev. H. W. Morse was born in Kinsman, Ohio, January 24, 1822; converted when less then ten years old, was baptized by Rev. Ransom Dunn at seventeen, and joined the Freewill Baptist church; was married to Malvina Pringle, March 30, 1842; they have had five children, four of them still living [1886] and members of the Fostoria church, with their wives, and five grand children. They removed to Pierpont, Ohio in 1844.
In 1855, he removed to Richmond, OH, and was persuaded to join the "regular" baptist church, by which he was licensed in 1859. But he found that his views on gospel doctrines were not acceptable to them, and wrote a letter to the church outlining his differences, stating his reason for leaving.
He then united with the Pierpont (OH) church, and was licensed by the Ashtabula Quarterly Meeting in 1861, and was ordained Aug. 17, 1862, and held three short pastorates, which he was soon obliged to relinquish due to failing health. He moved to Illinois in 1864, and in 1870 came to Kansas, where he has since lived, the pioneer Freewill Baptist preacher in the region. He organized the Adams Peak church, now Fostoria, and those at Prairie Ridge and Irving, and was the leading spirit in organizing the Blue Valley quartely meeting. He has assisted in ordaining seven men; was pastor of the Adams Peak/Fostoria church for ten years, and has baptized sixty or more since he came to Kansas. He had assisted in organizing five churches and one quarterly meeting before he left Ohio.
With the true apostolic spirit, he says: --"I have become very nearly superannuated, but it is hard to keep still."
--from "Four Years of Cooperation," by Rev. A.D. William, D.D., pub. 1886.
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