Early life
Morris was born on June 3, 1838 to William Henry Morris (1810–1896) and Hannah Cornell Newbold (1816–1842). His paternal grandparents were Helen (née Van Cortlandt family, Van Cortlandt) Morris (1768–1812) and James Morris (sheriff), James Morris (1764–1827), New York City Sheriff, High Sheriff of New York. His grandfather was a son of Lewis Morris (1726–1798), signor of the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence, from the prominent Colonial-era List of United States political families (M)#The Morris of Morrisania and New Jersey, Morris family of the Morrisania section of the Bronx.Career
Morris graduated from Columbia College, Columbia University, Columbia College in 1860, and later, Columbia Law School. He was considered a "man of leisure," but worked nevertheless. He was a manager of the St Barnabas Hospital (Bronx), Home for Incurables at Fordham, Bronx, Fordham, a director of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Zoological Society, and a vice-president of the Plaza Bank. While he did not hold office, he was considered an Independent Democratic party (United States), Democrat.Society life
In 1892, Morris and his wife were both included in Ward McAllister's "The Four Hundred (1892), Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in ''The New York Times''. He was a governor, and one of the founders, of the Metropolitan Club (New York City), Metropolitan Club, a member of the Union Club of the City of New York, Union Club of New York, member of the New York Young Republican Club, president of the Seaman-Drake Arch, Suburban Riding and Driving Club, president of the Ridgefield Club, a director of the Coney Island Jockey Club, a director of the National Horse Show Association, a member of the Riding Club, the Automobile Club, and the Delta Phi fraternity.Personal life
On December 10, 1862, Morris was married to Eleanor Colford Jones (1841–1906), daughter of General James I. Jones (1786–1858) and Elizabeth (1817–1874), the older sister of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1830–1908), also known as "The Mrs. Astor," Mrs. Charles Suydam, and Mrs. John Treat Irving. Her father's country home became Jones's Wood. They had three sons and two daughters. His wife died at their home, 19 East 64th Street, in April 1906, and Morris died shortly thereafter on September 1, 1906, at his country home in Ridgefield, Connecticut.Descendants
Through his son Augustus, he was the grandfather of Newbold Morris, Augustus Newbold Morris (1902–1966), who was a lawyer, president of the New York City Council, and two-time candidate for mayor of New York City, George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905–1975), a painter who married Suzy Frelinghuysen, and Stephanus "Stephen" Van Cortlandt Morris (1909–1984), a diplomat.References
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