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MORGAN, JOHN HILL
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Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 30, 1870; s. James Lancaster and Alice (Hlli) Morgan; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. M., grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1893; LL.B., cum laude, 1896; m. Richmond, Va., Nov. 10, 1903, Lella A. Myers. Mem. law firm MeKecn, Brewster & Morgan; mem. State Assembly, 1900-1903; in session of 1902 was chm'n Com. on Taxation; 1903, chm'n Com. on Judiciary; mem. Com. on Rules and deputy leader of Rep. majority. Mem. Kings Co. Rep, Gen. Com. since 1897. Mem. Ass'n Bar Clty of N. Y., Soc. Colonlal Wars, trustee and sec. Brooklyn Public Li- brary, Children's Aid Soc., trustce Brooklyn Bar Ass'n. Clubs: University, Hamilton. Residence: 14 Monroe place, Brooklyn. Addresscs: 166 Montague St., Brooklyn, and 20 Exchange piace, N. Y. City.
MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT
Business; b. N. Y. City, 1867; s. John Pierpont and Frances Louisa (Tracy) Morgan; grad. Harvard, 1SS9; in. 1890, Jane Norton Grew; children: Junius Spencer, Jane Norton, Frances Tracy, Henry Sturgis. After graduation, became connected as mem. with Arm Drexel, Morgan & Co., now J. P. Morgan & Co., N. Y. City. Since death of father, 1913, head of J. P. Morgan & Co. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Officer or dir. in many corp'us. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union, Uni- versity, Racquet alld Tennis, The Brook, Century Ass'n, N. Y. Yacht, Harvard. Residence: 231 Madison Av. Address: 23 Wall St., N. Y. City.
MORGAN, LANCASTER
Chemieal eng'r; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 27, 1867; s. James L. and Alice M. (Hiii) Morgan; grad. Colum- bia Univ. Sch. of Mines, Ph.B., 1888; m. Utica, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1892, Letitia Goodwin; children: James Lan- caster, b. July 24, 1893; IIelen Ridgely, b. May 26, 1896. Mem. firm James L. Morgan & Co. until 1809; mg'r mfg dep't Gen. Chem. Co., 1903; treas. Gen. Chem. Co. since 1913; ass't treas. Nichols Chem. Co., Ltd .; dir. Gen. Chem. Co., Baker & Adamson Chem. Co., Va. Mining Co. Republican; mem. St. Thomas' Episcopal
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Ch. Mem. Alumni Ass'n, Sch. of Mines, Psi Upsilon fraternity, Soc. of Colonial Wars, Soc. of Mayflower Descendants. Club: University. Residence: 180 W. 59th St. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
MORGAN, MAUD
Harplst; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 22, 1864; d. George Washbourne Morgan, organist, and Eleanor Morgan; ed. in N. Y. City schs. and pupil in music of her father, Alfred Toulmin, and Chevalier Charles Oberthur, harp- ist to the Queen of the Belgians. First appeared as solo harpist, as a child, in a concert given by Ole Bull in N. Y. City in 1875; has appeared in concerts ali over U. S., and has been harpist in Grace Ch., N. Y. City, since 1895. Former conductor of Lenox Choral Soc. Address: 13 Livingston place, N. Y. City.
MORGAN, WILLIAM OSGOOD
Lawyer; b. Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 19, 1879; s. Henry T. and Sarah Adams (Osgood) Morgan; grad. Corneil Univ., B.S., 1900; Columbia Univ., L.L.B., 1902; m. Pitts- field, Mass., Sept. 1, 1904, Jessic A. Clapp; children: Ruth Clapp, b. May 14, 1905; William Osgood, Jr., b. Jan. 27, 1909. . Democrat; Congregationalist. Mem. Kappa Alpha Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Phi Delta Phi, Cornell University, Down Town Ass'n (N. Y. City), Montclair Athletic. Residence: 232 Orange Road, Montclair, N. J. Address: 111 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
MORGENTHAU, HENRY
Diplomat, lawyer; b. Mannheim, Germany, April 26, 1856; s. Lazarus and Babette (Guggenheim) Morgen- thau; ed. Coll. City of N. Y .; grad. Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1877; m. May 10. 1883, Josephine Sykes. Mem. firm of Lachman, Morgenthau & Goldsmith, attorneys- at-law, 1879-1899; pres. Central Realty Bond & Trust Co., 1899-1905; pres. Henry Morgenthau Co. since 1905. Pres. Free Synagogue and of Bronx House (settlc- ment house); dir. of various other inst'ns; chm'n Finance Com. Dem. Nat. Party during campaign of 1912; appt'd by Pres. Woodrow Wilson, Sept. 5. 1913, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenlpoten- tiary to Turkey. Clubs: Lotos, Harmonie, Eagle Nest, Century. Country, Manhattan, Economic and Uptown. Residence: 30 W. 72d St., N. Y. City. Address: U. S. Embassy, Constantinople, Turkey.
MORITZ, ALBERT
Commander U. S. N., retired; consulting eng'r; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 8. 1860; s. Mayer and Caroline (Frank) Moritz; ed. N. Y. City public schs .; grad. Grammar Sch. 59; Coll. City of N. Y., 1875-1877; appt'd by competitive examination, cadet eng'r to U. S. Naval Acad., Sept. 13, 1877; grad. 1881; comm'd ass't eng'r, July 1, 1883; passed ass't eng'r, July 13, 1894; licut., March 3, 1899; lieut .- commd'r, March 27, 1903; retired as commd'r, at own request. June 30, 1905; m. N. Y. City. Dec. 14, 1892, Henrietta Goodman; children: Mel- ville, b. Sept. 2, 1898; Fanny Caroline, b. Aug. 23, 1903. Served on U. S. S. Enterprise, cruise around the world, 1882-1883; Juniata, 1886-1889; Yorktown, Baltimore, Monterey, in various waters, 1893-1896; in Chinese waters during China-Japanese War; chief eng'r
Saturn, Brooklyn, Topeka, Newark, Yosemite and Brutus, 1898-1901; in Carlbbean Sea during Spanish- Am. War; with Capt. McCalla's squadron during cable- cutting engagement at Clenfuegos; in Philippine Is- lands during Insurrection; attached to Newark when Capt. McCalla received surrender of Northern Luzon Provinces; assisted in rescue of Lieut. J. C. Gilmore and a small force of infantry, beleaguered in City of Vlgan, Nov .- Dec., 1899; erected first ice plant in Guam, Sept .- Oct., 1900; wrecked in typhoon while on Yo- semite, off Guam, Nov. 13-16, 1900, receiving commen- datory letter from Navy Dep't for gallant conduct; chief eng'r flagships Kearsarge and Alabama, . 1903- 1905; served at varlous shore stations as inspector of machinery, ordnance, etc., 1889-1893, 1896-1898, 1901- 1903. Mem. Am. Soc. of Naval Eng'rs, Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs, Mil. Order of the Cara- baos, Naval and Mll. Order of the Spanish-Am. War, Am. Soc. of Mech. Eng'rs, Nat. Geog. Soc .; mem. Navy Athletic Ass'n, U. S. Naval Acad. Alumni Ass'n of N. Y .; mem. Charter Oak Lodge, 249, F. and A. M., Scottish Rite Mason, 32°, Noble of the Mystic Shrine, Mecca Temple. Now engaged in business as consult- ing eng'r, insp. of machinery and eng'ring material and purchasing agent. Author: Hints on the In- spection of Steel, etc. Recreations: Outdoor sports, amateur gardening. Clubs: Terrace (Brooklyn), Ma- chinery (N. Y.). Residence: 723 E. 18th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MORRIS, ALFRED HENNEN
Capitalist; b. Wilmington, Del., 1864; s. John A. and Cora (Hennen) Morris; grad. Harvard, 1885; m. 1889,
Jessie Harding, of Philadelphia; children: Cora H., John A. Was joint owner, with brother, Dave licnnen Morris, of Morris Park; also owner of race horses; dir. New Orleans, Fort Jackson & Grand Isle R'y. Was comm'r of education, N. Y. City. Owns the yachts Gardenia and Jasmine. Clubs: Metropolitan, Manhattan, Country, N. Y. Yacht, Automobile of Amer- Ica, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht. Residence: 925
Park Av. Address: 68 Broad St., N. Y. City.
MORRIS, BENJAMIN WISTAR
Architect; b. Portland, Oregon, Oct. 25, 1870; s. Rt. Rev. B. Wistar and Hannah (Rodney) Morris; grad. Columbia Univ., Ph.B., 1894; Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., M.A. (hon.), 1906; in. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 13, 1901, Alice Fenwick Goodwin; children: Mary Wistar, b. Nov. 27, 1901; Benjamin Wistar, Jr., b. March 18, 1904. Architect of the 1879 Dormitory, Princeton Univ., and Patton Hall, same; Ætna Ins. Co.'s Home Office, State Bank, Colt Gallery, Junius Spencer Morgan Memorial, Hartford, Conn .; Wells Fargo Bld'g, Port- land, Oregon; Conn. State Armory and Arsenal, Hart- ford, Conn. Mem. Soc. of Beaux Arts Architects, Am. Inst. of Architects, Architectural League of N. Y., Psi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: University, Columbia Univ., Bedford Golf and Tennis. Address: "Haux- hurst," Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
MORRIS, DAVE HENNEN
Lawyer; b. New Orleans, La., April 24, 1872; s. John A. and Cora (Hennen) Morris; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., magna cum laude, 1896; N. Y. Law Sch., LL. B., 1901; grad. Columbia Univ., A.M., 1909; m. N. Y. City, June 19, 1895, Alice Vanderbilt Shepard; children: Dave Hennen, Jr., b. 1900; Louise, b. 1901; Marion Lawrence, b. 1903; Ralph Noel, b. . 1904; Emlly Ham- mond, b. 1907; Alice Vanderbilt, b. Nov. 12, 1911. V .- p. St. Louis Southwestern R'y; scc. and treas. Van Nest Land & Improvement Co .; dir. Mutual Trust Co. of Westchester. Democrat. Pres. N. Y. Med. Coll. and Hosp. for Women, 1897-1898. Recreations: Automo- biling, yachting, thoroughbred racing. Clubs: Metro- politan, N. Y. Yacht, University, Riding, Automobile of America (pres. 1905-1906). Address: 68 Broad St., N. Y. City.
MORRIS, EDGAR COIT
Prof. English, Syracuse Univ .; b. Palermo, Oswego Co., N. Y., Nov. 5, 1864; s. Edgar F. and Augustina Caroline (Coit) Morris; grad. Hamilton Coli., A.B. (with highest honors), 1889; Harvard Univ., A.M., 1894; m. Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1904, Jennie Bell Rose. Prof. English literature, Syracuse Univ. Travelled on European Continent, 1906; engaged in study and re- search In British Museuni and Bodlien Library, 1906- 1907. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Modern Language Ass'n of America, English Ass'n of London, Delta Upsilon fraternity. Recreations: Golf, boating. Clubs: University (Syracuse), Onondaga Golf and Country. Address: 108 Walnut Place, Syracuse, N. Y.
MORRIS, EFFINGHAM BUCKLEY
Lawyer; b. Philadelphia, Aug. 23, 1856; s. Israel Wistar and Annie M. (Buckley) Morris; grad. Univ. of Pa., A.B., 1875; A.M., 1878; LL.B., 1878; m. 1879, Ellen Douglas Burroughs; children: Effinghamn B., Jr., Mrs. George Clymer Brooke, Mrs. Stacy B. Lloyd, Mrs. John Frederic Byers. Pres. since 1887 Girard Trust Co .; dir. Pa. R. R., Philadelphia Nat. Bank, Fourth St. Nat. Bank. Franklin Nat. Bank, Philadelphia Savings Fund Soc., United Gas Improvement Co .; clim'n Cambria Steel Co., l'a. Steel Co., and connected with other corp'ns. Clubs: Philadelphia, Rittenhouse, Union League, University, Racquet. Residence: "Ty'n-y-Coed," Ardmore P. O., Pa. Address: 1606 Morris Bld'g and Girard Trust Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
MORRIS, HENRY LEWIS
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, 1845; s. Henry and Mary N. (Spencer) Morris; grad. Columbla Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1868; m. Anna Rutherford Russell; children: Eleanor R. McCormick, Lewis Spencer Morris. Ad- mitted to bar 1868 and since then engared in practice of law. Episcopalian; warden St. Bartholomew's Ch., N. Y. Clty; trustee B'd of Missions. Mem. B'd Trustees, estate and property of Diocesan Conv. of N. Y .; trustee. and v .- p. Honie for Old Men and Aged Couples, and Am. Church Inst. for Scamen. Clubs: Metropolitan (gov. and treas. ), Lawyers. Down Town. Church. Resi- dence: 12 W. 53d St. Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
MORRIS, NEWBOLD
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 12, 1868; s. Augustus Newbold and Eleanor Colford (Jones) Morris; grad Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1891, Law Sch. and Sch. of
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Polit. Science; m. April 9, 1896, Helen S. Kingsland; children: Augustus Newbold, b. Feb. 2, 1902; George L. K., b. Nov. 14, 1905; Stephanus Van Cortlandt, b. Oct. 18, 1909. Admitted to N. Y. bar June, 1892. Capt. U. S. V., 1898; mem. Rep. Co. Com .; v .- p. Republican State Conv., 1908. Comm'r State Training Sch., 1908- 1911. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Hist. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., Acad. of Polit. Science, Am. Museum of Natural History, Naval and Military Order Spanish-Am. War, Zool. Soc., A.A.A.S., Pilgrims Soc., Delta Phi fraternity, Alliance Fran- çaise, Met. Museum of Art, Mil. Service Inst .; mg'r House for Incurables, Fordham; vestryman Trinity Ch., Lenox; mem. Diocesan B'd of Missions, Diocese of Western' Mass .; trustee Teachers' Coll. of Columbia Univ .; dir. N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary. Clubs: Met- ropolitan (gov.), Riding, City, Republican, Turf and Field, Lenox, Fencers, Faculty (Columbia Univ.). Resi- dence: "Brookhurst," Lenox, Mass., and 115 E. 73d St., N. Y. City.
MORRIS, RAY
Banker; b. New Haven, Conn., June 4, 1878; s. Luzon B. and Eugenia L. (Tuttle) Morris; grad. Yale, A.B. 1901, A.M. 1903; m. Ridgefield, Conn., Oct. 4, 1906, Katharine Grinnell; children: Virginia, b. Sept. 24, 1907; Grinnell, b. Jan. 5. 1910. Mg'r editor Railway Age Gazette, 1903-1910. Mem. firm White, Weld & Co. Independent Republican. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Int. Navigation Congresses, Am. Economic Ass'n. Clubs: University, Piping Rock, Yale. Address: 535 Park Av., N. Y. City.
MORRIS, ROBERT CLARK
Lawyer; b. in Conn., 1869; s. Dwight and Grace Josephine (Clark) Morris; grad. Yale, LL.B. 1890 * (class sec.), M.L. 1892, D.C.L. 1893; m. June 24, 1890, Alice A. Parmelee. Admitted to Conn. bar 1890; studied continental jurisprudence in Europe, 1890- 1891; located in practise in N. Y. City since 1894; senior mem. law firm of Morris & Plante. Consul for U. S. before U. S. and Venezuelan Claims Comm'n 1903. Lecturer on French law 1895-1904, and 1904-1912 lec- turer on internat, arbitration and procedure in law dep't Yale Univ. Author: International Arbitration and Procedure. Declined appm'ts as U. S. dist. judge and justice Supreme Court of N. Y. Republican; pres. Republican County Com., N. Y. County, 1901-1903. Car- ried N. Y. Co. for entire ticket opposed to Tammany Hall 1901, the only time this has been accomplished since Greater N. Y. City consolidation. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Internat. Law Ass'n, Am. Soc. of Internat. Law, Japan Soc., China Soc., Modern Ilistoric Records Ass'n, Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Mil. Order Loyal Legion (by in- heritance), Order of Cincinnati, Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Union League, Metropolitan, Republican (pres. 1909), Yale, Tuxedo, Lakewood Country, Graduates (New Haven). Residence: 767 Fifth Av. Address: 27 Pine St., N. Y. City.
MORRIS, ROBERT SYLVESTER
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Oct., 1854; s. Robert S. and Helen Dodge (Cocks) Morris; grad. Princeton Univ., A.M., 1874; Columbia Univ., M.D., 1877; m. Hinsdale, Ill., 1894, Bertha Thayer; children: Robert Thayer, Gertrude Helen, James Buchanan. After graduation studied abroad, visiting the hosps. of London and Paris; returned 1879 to N. Y. City, where has since been in continuous practice. Independent in politics. Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., State Med. Soc., Lenox Med. and Surg. Soc., Med. Ass'n of Greater N. Y., Sons of the Revolution. Address: 149 W. 88th St., N. Y. City.
MORRIS, ROBERT TUTTLE
Physician; b. Seymour, Conn., May 14, 1857; ed. Cornell Univ., biological course, class of 1880; honor- ary A.M., Centre Coll. of Ky .; grad. Med. Dep't, Co- Iumbia, 1882; m .. June 4, 1898, Mrs. Aimee Reynaud Mazergue. Engaged in practise of medicine from 1882; prof. surgery, N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. and Hosp., and visiting surgeon to same. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Am. Ass'n Obstetricians and Gynecol- ogist; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n and N. Y. State and Co. Med. Socs. Author of books and monographs on surg. topics. Mem. Sons of Revolution, Am. Geog. Soc., Linnæan Soc., Natural History. Clubs: Metropolitan, Cornell University, Alpha Delta Phi. Address: 616 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
MORRIS, STUYVESANT FISH
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 3, 1843; s. Richard Lewis and Elizabeth S. (Fish) Morris; ed. Anthon Grammar Sch .; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1863; A.M., 1866; Coll. Phys. and Surgs., M.D., 1867; m. Dec. 10, 1868, Ellen J. Van Buren; children: Elizabeth Mar-
shall (Mrs. B. Woolsey Rogers), Ellen Van Buren, 2d, 1. Livingston Pell, Richard Lewis, Stuyvesant F., 2d, Elizabeth 1. (Wynkoop. Served with the 7th Reg't, N. Y. S. M., 1862-1863; acting med. cadet, 1864; acting ass't surgeon, U. S. A., 1866; house surgeon, N. Y. Hosp .; attending surgeon, N. Y. Hosp .; attending phy- sician and surgcon to various dispensaries; sanitary insp. for B'd of Health, 1872-1885. Democrat; Episco- palian. Was inem. N. Y. Acad. of Medicine; mem. N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., Century Ass'n, Delta Psi frater- nity; mg'r House of Refuge, Midnight Mission, St. Nicholas Soc .; trustee B'd of Charity Org'n for several years. Address: 16 E. 30th St., N. Y. City.
MORRIS, WILLIAM TORREY
Lawyer, pres. lighting and mf'g corp'ns; b. Rush- ville, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1853; s. Daniel and Lucy (Torrey) Morris; ed. Penn Yan Acad., Cornell Univ., 1869-1873; B.S., 1873; unmarried. Practised law in N. Y. and Penn Yan until 1898, since devoted principal atten- tion to gas, electric and other mfg corp'ns; pres. and treas. United States Gas & Electric Co., Penn Yan Gas Light Co. (Penn Yan, N. Y.), Owego Gas Light Co. (Owego, N. Y.); Morris Drug Co. (Albany, N. Y.). Rochester Shoe Mfg Co. (Penn Yan, N. Y.); treas. Venor Shoe Co. (Rochester, N. Y.); dir. Central N. Y. Gas & Electric Co., Empire Coke Co. (Geneva, N. Y.). Trustee Keuka Coll. Republican; mem. Chi P'hi fra- ternity. Recreations: Yachting and automobiling. Clubs: University, Cornell University (N. Y. City). Town, and Gown, Country (Ithaca, N. Y.), Country. Canadasaga Country (Geneva, N. Y.), Keuka Yacht, Penn Yan (Penn Yan, N. Y.). Address: Penn Yan, N. Y.
MORRISON, CHARLES E.
Civil eng'r; b. N. Y., 1877; s. Frederick and Mary A. (Wilder) Morrison; grad. Columbia Univ., C.E., 1901; Ph.D., 1907 (elected to hon. Soc. Sigma Xi, fellow cng'ring, 1905); m. N. Y. City, 1908, Marv Dalton White; children: Charles E., Jr., b. 1909; Mary Van Dusen, b. 1911. Mem. instructing staff, Dep't Civil Eng'ring, 1905-1910; associated with W. S. Barstow & Co., N. Y. City, eng'rs, mg'rs and financiers, since 1910. Traveled through Europe, 1905-1907. Author: Highway Engineering; joint author (with O. L. Brodic), High Masonry Dam Design, and numerous technical articles; contb'r to New Internat. Encyclo- pædia, and editor in charge civil eng'ring subjects. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Soc. Sigma Xi., Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Club: Columbia Uni- versity. Residence: Great Neck, L. I. Address: 50 Pine St., N. Y. City.
MORRISON, CHARLES KING
Att'y counsellor-at-law; b. N. Y. City; s. George Austin and Lucy Ann (King) Morrison; ed. Cutler's Sch. and private tutors; Harvard Univ., A.B., 1891; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LI,.B., 1894. Engaged in practise of profession since graduation; admitted to N. Y. State Bar. Counsel for Manhattan Elevated R. R .; mem. firm of Morrison & Morrison, and Eliot Norton. Mem. Sons of Revolution, St. Andrews Soc. Clubs: Metropolitan, Westchester Country. Residence: 12 Fifth Av. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
MORRISON, DAVID MITCHELL
Chm'n B'd of Dirs. Washington Trust Co .; b. N. Y. City, 1841; s. James M. Morrison (pres. Manhattan Company's Bank); ed. private schs. and Coil. City of N. Y., class 1860. Served with 17th N. Y. Reg't in Civil War in 1863; m. 1877, Abby, d. Capt. Nathaniel Putnam, of Brooklyn; children: Natalie, Lilian (Mrs. Wm. J. Tingue, Jr.), Putnam Mitchell, Abby P. Was with banking house of Drexel, Winthrop & Co., 1863- 1864; established, 1864, with brother-in-law, A. E. Putnam, firm of Morrison & Putnam. continuing until 1884, when retired from active business. Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, St. Andrew's Soc .; life mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc. Clubs: Union League, Merchants, Metropolitan, Chi. Psi. Residence: 20 E. 49th St. Address: 253 Broadway, N. Y. City.
MORRISON, GEORGE AUSTIN
Capitalist; b. Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland, Nov. 30, 1832; s. Alexander and Christian (Lyle) Mor- rison; ed. Fordoun and Aberdeen, Scotland; m. N. Y. City, May 26, 1863, Lucy Anne King; children: George Austin, Jr .; Charles King. Mem, wholesale dry goods firm of Cochran & Co., 1868; mcm. wholesale dry goods firm of Morrison, llerriman & Co., 1869-1SS9; pres. Am. Cotton Oil Co., 1895-1912, and chm'n b'd dirs. Ain. Cotton Oil Co .; v .- p. Washington Trust Co .; trustee N. Y. Life Ins. Co., Greenwich Savings Bank; dir. Atlas Portland Coment Co. Republican; Episco- palian. Mem. St. George's Soc .; life mem. and ex-pres. St. Andrew's Soc. of State of N. Y .; life mem. N. Y.
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Hist. Soc .; mem. Chamber of Commerce, Nat. Acad. Design, Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Nat. History, Holland Lodge, F. and A. M. Clubs: Century, Metropolitan, Lawyers. Address: 151 Central Park W., N. Y. City.
MORRISON, GEORGE AUSTIN, JR.
Lawyer, author; b. N. Y. City, March 26, 1864; s. George Austin and Lucy Anne (King) Morrison; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B. (honor in philosophy), 1887; Co- lumbia Sch., Polit. Science, M.A., 1888; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1889; m. April 9, 1912, Magdalen Worden. Author: King Family of Rhode Island; The King Families in England; Laurent de Camp and His De- scendants; The Clark Families of Rhode Island; The Memorial History of St. Andrew's Soc .; The King Heraldry. Trustee N. Y. Geneal. and Blog. Soc .; mem. and pres. St. Andrew's Soc .; mem. St. George's Soc., St. Nicholas Soc., Sons of Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars, N. Y. Geneal. Soc. Clubs: Lawyers, Metropoli- tan. Residence: 151 Central Park W. Address: 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
MORROW, DWIGHT WHITNEY
Lawyer; b. Huntington, W. Va., Jan. 11, 1873; s. James E. and Clara (Johnson) Morrow; grad. Am- herst Coll., A.B., 1895; Columbia Law Sch. LL.B., 1899; m. Cleveland, Ohio, June 16, 1903, Elizabeth Reeve Cutter; children: Elizabeth, b. 1904; Anne, b. 1906; Dwight W., Jr., b. 1908. Engaged in practise of law as mem. of firm of Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: University, Rail- road, City, Englewood Country. Residence: Engle- wood, N. J. Address: 62 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
MORROW, SAMUEL ROSEBURGH
Physician and surgeon; b. Albany, N. Y., May 6, 1849; s. Rev. Samuel Frame Morrow, D.D., and Mary Roseburgh; grad. Albany (N. Y.) Acad., 1866; Yale Coll., A.B., 1870, A.M., 1874; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Co- lumbia), M.D., 1878; m. Albany, N. Y., May 8, 1889, Elizabeth Gwynne Hutchins, of Albany, N. Y .; one son. Taught one year in Russell Mil. Inst. at Ncw Haven, Conn .; In Hopkins Grammar Sch., New Haven, Conn., 1869-1873; Greek in Yale Coll., 1873-1876. House surgeon Bellevue Hosp., N. Y. City, 1877-1879; spent one year in European study, 1879-1880. Has been professor (first of anatomy, later of practice of sur- gery), Albany Med. Coll. (Med. Dep't of Union Univ.), since 1886. Visiting surgeon to the Albany, Child's, St. Peter's and Incurables' Hospitals of Albany, N. Y., since 1881. Republican (independent) ; Presbyterian. Mem. Albany County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Acad. of Medicine. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fra- ternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: Auranla, Camera, Medical Whist, University (all of Albany, N. Y). Ad- dress: 48 Lancaster St., Albany, N. Y.
MORSCHAUSER, JOSEPH
Jurist; b. Ilyde Park, Dutchess County, N. Y., March 30, 1863; s. Joseph and Henrietta (Rottman) Mor- schauser; ed. in common schools and by private tutor; m. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1889, Katherine W. Bauer. Admitted to bar of N. Y. State, 1884, and en- gaged in practice of law at Poughkeepsie. Justice of the peace, 1886-1892; also civil service comm'r, Poughkeepsie, 1889-1890; recorder of Poughkeepsie, 1899-1900; city judge, 1902-1906; elected Nov., 1906,. justice of the Supreme Court of N. Y. for the 9th Dist. for term explring Dec. 31, 1920. Republican; Catholic. Address: Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
MORSE, ALBERT T.
Merchant; b. March 16, 1852; s. Chas. P. and Persis (Thorndike) Morse; ed. Worcester, Mass. Engaged for years as merchant In crude rubber; head of firm of A. T. Morse & Co .; dir. Am. Hard Rubber Co .; has traveled in S. America and Europe. Clubs: New York, Down Town, Apawamls. Legal residence: Charlestown, N. H .; town residence: 154 W. 57th St. Address: 35 S. William St., N. Y. Clty.
MORSE, DANIEL PARMELEE
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Manufacturer; b. Malone, N. Y., April 6, 1852; s. Northrop and Julia I. (Parmelee) Morse; ed. common sch. and Franklin Acad., Malone, N. Y .; m. Hacken- sack, N. J., Dec. 4, 1878, Adclia Z. Terhune; children: Raymond Parmelce, b. 1881; Henry New, b. 1883; Mar- jory, b. 1886; Daniel Parmelce, Jr., b. 1893. Pres. Morse & Rogers, large wholesale shoe mf'rs of N. Y. City; pres. Edwin C. Burt Co., mfrs women's shoes, Brook- lyn; Nat. Shoe Wholesalers' Ass'n; for 25 years leading figure in N. Y. wholesale shoe industry. Dir. W. Ii. McElwain Co., Boston, Mass .; Irving Nat. Bank; mem. Advisory B'd Brooklyn Banking Dep't Title Guarantee & Trust Co .; mem. Advisory B'd Aetna branch Broad- way Trust Co. Republican. Men. N. Y. Chamber of
Commerce, B'd of Trade and Transportation, MIf'rs' Ass'n, Brooklyn League, Morse Soc., N. E. Soc. Rec- rcations: Golf, travel, motoring, yachting, fishing. Clubs: Union League, Merchants Ass'n (dir. and 1st v .- p.), Arkwright, Lincoln, Hamilton (Brooklyn), Nas- sau Country, Huntington Country, St. Augustine Golf (St. Augustine, Fla.), Northport Yacht. Residence (summer): Northport, L. I. (winter) : Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: Duane & Hudson Sts., N. Y. City.
MORSE, EDWIN WILSON
Editor; b. Natick, Massachusetts, Mar. 29, 1855; 6. Major Edwin C. and Mary A. (Wilson) Morse; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad. and Harvard Coll., grad., A.B., 1878, and elected to Phi Beta Kappa Soc .; m. Spring- field, Mass., Sept. 14, 1881, Florence L. Stone. On be- ing graduated was on staff of N. Y. Tribune for sev- eral years; then became N. Y. corr. Boston Evening Transcript; April, 1887, entered service of Charles Scribner's Sons, as editor The Book Buyer, and later became editor in book dep't of the house; when busi- ness incorporated, Feb., 1904, elected a dir. and sec. of corp'n; resigned and retired from active business, F'cb., 1910. Published: Causes and Effects in American History: The Story of the Origin and Development of the Nation, Sept., 1912. Recreations: Yachting, pool, bridge. Clubs: University, Century, Barnard, Nan- tucket Yacht. Address: Nantucket, Mass.
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