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fifths of the residuary estate, followed by his wife Ada with $ 80,000 and one part, Jessie's two children with one part of the residuary estate each, and Morse's son Roy with $ 60,000. In addition to his wife and descendants, Morse's sister Mary and a former employee named
Kirsten Jensen received $ 5,000 each. Morse also gave $ 500 to St. Clement's Episcopal Church in his native town.
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At the time of his death, Morse's fortune was estimated at $ 40,000,000, but his executors valued his estate at a relatively modest $ 1,645,953 net. Morse's 2,199 shares in his old company, Morse Dry Dock and Repair, were deemed worthless due to a pending $ 586,000 damages suit against the company by
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After World War I, Morse became involved in a protracted legal dispute with his son, Edward P. Morse Jr., who had worked as a superintendent in his father's company during the war. Morse Jr. sued the company for two percent of its total wartime profits, a sum amounting to about $ 300,000, to which he
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Morse Jr. was eventually disinherited by his father. In May 1935, Morse Jr.'s case against his father's company was finally concluded when the
Brooklyn Supreme Court ruled that the company owed him the sum of $ 540,283. Eighteen months later however, the Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company admitted to
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After his retirement, Morse returned to his native Nova Scotia where he began building a $ 250,000 mansion at Deep Brook, not far from his
Clementsport birthplace. On August 26, 1930, while overseeing construction of the building, Morse suffered a heart attack and died before the arrival of medical
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November 8, 1878, shortly before leaving his hometown of Clementsport, Nova Scotia, to begin his Brooklyn career. The marriage produced three children: Jessie Elizabeth (1879–unknown), Edward Phinley Jr. (1882–1948) and Roy Bertram (1886–1953). Both sons
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In 1929, Morse masterminded the merger of six New York ship repair yards, including his own, into a new $ 20,000,000 entity named United Dry Docks, Inc. – the largest company of its type in the world. Morse was named president of the new company before being appointed chairman of the board. After
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Morse was survived by his wife Ada, his three children, Edward P. Jr., Roy and Jessie, and eight grandchildren. Apart from Edward P. Jr., all were beneficiaries of Morse's will, including Jr.'s own children. The primary beneficiary of Morse's will was his daughter Jessie, with $ 150,000 plus two
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Bethlehem Brooklyn 56th Street. The yard closed in 1963 after 63 years of operation. In total, Morse's various companies and their successors contributed their services to the New York waterfront for some 78 years.
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having overcharged the government and private clients during the war by $ 5,403,520, and since Morse Jr. had been a partner of the firm at the time, his award from the May 1935 case was consequently struck down.
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357:"Edward P. Morse, Dry Dock Head, Dies"
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