Maud Evelyn Veronica Morse was born on March 9, 1861 in Stuart Settlement, Wisconsin to Charles Morse and Mary St. John. She was married to Douglas Morris in the fall of 1877 in Galena, Illinois. They settled briefly in Glen Hollow, Illinois. They had thirteen daughters and two sons: Carlyle John (June 8, 1878), Mary E. (ci. Decebmer 1880), Anna (November 1886), Lela, Anna, Eva, Elizabeth “Bessie” (November 24, 1886), Laurence, Ruth, Grace, Hazel, Inez, Blanche, Nettie, Julia Estelle (February 6, 1902), and Viola F. (May 30, 1904). They also raised their oldest grandsons, Harvey and Douglas when Carl’s wife died.
By 1888 the family had relocated to Sioux City, Iowa. In the fall of 1906 they moved to a farm north of Claremont, Brown County, South Dakota. Maud passed away on June 3, 1925 in Brown County, South Dakota. She was buried at the Detroit Cemetery in Hecla, Brown County, South Dakota.