Charles Hosmer Morse

Charles Hosmer Morse (September 23, 1833–May 5, 1921) was founder of Fairbanks-Morse corporation, co-founder of the city of Winter Park, Florida and one of the founders and first trustees of Rollins College.^[1]

Morse was born at St. Johnsbury, Vermont.^[2] He graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1850. Shortly after graduation he joined his uncle, Zelotus Hosmer, in the Boston office of E. & T. Fairbanks, marketing platform scales. He was promoted to the New York office, and then to Chicago. He established the firm of Fairbanks, Morse & Company in 1866. In the 1880s, he became one of the earliest residents of Winter Park, Florida, and retired there permanently in 1915.

See also

• Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

Footnotes

1. ^ Winter Park Founder's Biographies
2. ^ [1]

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Date of birth	1828
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Date of death	1895
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