Samuel Theodore Morse, consulting engineer, with an office in Carlinville and a clientage that is indicative of his capability and high standing in the profession, was born December 26, 1872, in the city which is still his home. He was graduated from the Carlinville high school with the class of 1889 and afterward spent three years as a student in Blackburn University. He then entered the University of Illinois wherein he pursued the civil engineering course and was graduated with the class of 1896. He has since practiced his profession and his course has been characterized by continuous progress. For several years he held a responsible position with the Illinois Central Railroad and then resigned, locating in Carlinville for practice in 1904. In that year he was elected county surveyor on the republican ticket by a majority of over eight hundred. He is now a member of the Morse-Warren Engineering Company of this city with an office in the county court house and is the most widely known drainage specialist in this part of the state, having a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles which underlie his work, with all the practical phases of the business.
Extracted 18 May 2018 by Norma Hass from History of Macoupin County, Illinois: Biographical and Pictorial, by Charles A. Walker, published in 1911, Volume 2, pages 95-96.
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