1818-09-29 Inventor Samuel Morse (27) weds Lucretia Walker in Concord, New Hampshire
1848-08-10 American telegraph Inventor Samuel Morse (57) weds second wife, American Sarah Elizabeth Griswold in Utica, New York
Historical Events
1838-01-06 Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrate their telegraph machine in New Jersey
1838-01-11 First public demonstration of telegraph messages sent using dots and dashes at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
1840-06-20 American inventor Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
1844-05-24 Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" in the world's first telegraph message
1982-07-10 Samuel Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000