Arthur C. Morse, sales manager of the Crocker-Wheeler Company of New York, engaged in the building of motors and generators, with offices at No. 129 Church street, New Haven, was born in Norwood, Massachusetts, July 27, 1876, and is a son of Herbert Francis and Cora Clayton (Carr) Morse, who were also natives of the Old Bay state. The father was born at Norwood and after living there for a long period engaged in the furniture business in Boston as the head of the Morse, Haley & Boyden Furniture Company. He remained in Boston until 1883, when death called him to the home beyond. His widow survives and is now living in Summit, New Jersey. They were the parents of two children, the younger being Lillian E., also a resident of Summit.
     In his boyhood Arthur C. Morse attended the Roxbury Latin school from which he was graduated with the class of 1895. His college course was pursued at Amherst. where he took up academic work and won the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899. In that year he entered the employ of the Western Electric Company of New York city, cpntinuing with that corporation for a decade. He started in the humble capacity of messenger and rose to the position of sales engineer. He next entered the New Bedford Copper Company as New York sales manager, continuing in that position for three years or until 1913, when he became connected with the Crocker-Wheeler Company of New York. He came to New Haven as sales manager and has since remained in that position, controlling the interests of the company at this point.
     On the 2d of June, 1917, at Summit, New Jersey, Mr. Morse was united in marriage to Miss Isabella Elizabeth Neely. He has been quite active in public and semi-public affairs here, having been appointed a member of the committee of public health and sanitation of the chamber of commerce. He belongs to the Quinnipiac Club and is a master mason, belonging to the Overlook Lodge at Summit, New Jersey. He is likewise a member of the Masonic Club and of the Rotary Club of New Haven in which he was chairman of organization, and la now vice president. He belongs to the Calvary Baptist church. He stands very high in business circles throughout the city and ranks with the best known young men of New Haven. He has advanced step by step through his own efforts, developing his power through exercise, and each year has found him more able to solve important business problems than the year before.