Augustus Newbold Morris

Augustus Newbold Morris or A. N. Morris (June 3, 1838 – September 1, 1906) was a prominent American during the Gilded Age in New York City.[1]

For his grandson, see Newbold Morris.
Augustus Newbold Morris
Born(1838-06-03)June 3, 1838
Morrisania, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 1, 1906(1906-09-01) (aged 0)
Ridgefield, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma materColumbia College
Columbia Law School
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1862; died 1906)​
Children5
Parent(s)William Henry Morris
Hannah Cornell Newbold
RelativesGeorge Morris (grandson)
Newbold Morris (grandson)

Early life

Morris was born on June 3, 1838.[2] He was the son of William Henry Morris (1810–1896)[1] and Hannah Cornell Newbold (1816–1842). His brothers were James Staats Morris (1836–1875) and William H. Morris Jr. (1840–1882), both of whom died unmarried.[2] After his mother's early death in 1842, his father remarried to Caroline Halsted (1827–1848).[3] They did not have any children, however, his father had two daughters (his half-sisters) with his third wife, Ella Birckhead (1830–1881). They were: Augusta McEvers Morris (1851–1911),[4] who married Frederic J. De Peyster (1839–1905), and Juliet Birckhead Morris (1853–1908),[5] who married Philip Livingston (b. 1861)[6] in 1890.[7] His father was the sixth proprietor of Morissania, the family estate in what later became the Bronx.[6]

His paternal grandparents were Helen (née Van Cortlandt) Morris (1768–1812) and James Morris (1764–1827), High Sheriff of New York. His grandfather was a son, making Augustus a direct descendant of,[8] Lewis Morris (1726–1798), signor of the Declaration of Independence, from the prominent Colonial-era Morris family of the Morrisania section of the Bronx.[9] His maternal grandparents were Thomas Newbold (1773-1815) and Catherine Augusta LeRoy (1790-1835).[3]

Career

Morris graduated from Columbia College in 1860, and later, Columbia Law School.[1]

Morris was considered a "man of leisure,"[1] but worked nevertheless. He was a manager of the Home for Incurables at Fordham, a director of the Zoological Society, and a vice-president of the Plaza Bank.[1]

While he did not hold office, he was considered an Independent Democrat.[1]

Society life

In 1892, Morris and his wife were both included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[10]

He was a governor, and one of the founders, of the Metropolitan Club, a member of the Union Club of New York, member of The New York Young Republican Club, president of the 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.[1][11]

Personal life
The 1885 Morris Residence in Ridgefield, Connecticut, designed by Charles Alling Gifford.

On December 10, 1862, Morris was married to Eleanor Colford Jones (1841–1906).[12] She was the daughter of General James I. Jones (1786–1858) and Elizabeth (née Schermerhorn) Jones (1817–1874), the older sister of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1830–1908), also known as "The Mrs. Astor,"[13] Mrs. Charles Suydam, and Mrs. John Treat Irving.[12] Her father's country home became Jones's Wood.[12] Together, they were the parents of:[14]

  • Eleanor Colford Morris (1863–1863), who died young.[2]
  • Augustus Newbold Morris (1868–1928)[15] who married Helen Schermerhorn Kingsland (1876–1956), granddaughter of New York City Mayor Ambrose Kingsland.[16]
  • Eva Van Cortlandt Morris (1869–1947),[17] who married Emile McDougall Hawkes (1862–1929),[18] an international lawyer, on June 4, 1908. They divorced in 1922.[19][20] She left her estate, valued at $2,790,065, to her three nephews, Morris' only grandchildren.[21]
  • William Henry Morris (1871–1871), who also died young.[2]
  • Lewis Morris (1873–1875), who also died young.[2]

His wife died at their home, 19 East 64th Street, in April 1906,[12] and Morris died shortly thereafter on September 1, 1906, at his country home in Ridgefield, Connecticut.[1]

Descendants

Through his son Augustus,[14] he was the grandfather of 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,[22] George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905–1975),[23] a painter who married Suzy Frelinghuysen,[24] and Stephanus "Stephen" Van Cortlandt Morris (1909–1984),[15][9] a diplomat.[25]

References
  1. "A. Newbold Morris Dead. He Was A Descendant of Noted Family Which Owned Morrisania". The New York Times. 3 September 1906. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. Moffat, R. Burnham (1904). The Barclays of New York: Who They Are And Who They Are Not, -- And Some Other Barclays. R. G. Cooke. p. 145. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1409. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. "DIED. De Peyster". The New York Times. 6 April 1911. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  5. "Mrs. Philip Livingston". The New York Times. 17 September 1908. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  6. "OBITUARY RECORD. | William H. Morris". The New York Times. 13 February 1896. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  7. "THE WEDDING SEASON.; THE MARRIAGE OF MISS MORRIS AND MR. PHILIP LIVINGSTON LIVINGSTON". The New York Times. 17 April 1890. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  8. "The Commercial and Financial Chronicle". National News Service, Incorporated. 1906: 542. Retrieved 15 October 2017. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. Huberdeau, Jennifer (July 21, 2016). "The Cottager | Brookhurst: Modern art finds a home on former estate's property". The Berkshire Eagle. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. McAllister, Ward (16 February 1892). "THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  11. Phi, Delta (1907). Delta Phi catalogue [of the members of the fraternity] 1827-1907. Mason-Henry Press. p. 167. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  12. "Mrs. Eleanor Colford Morris". The New York Times. 27 April 1906. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  13. The American Historical Magazine. Publishing Society of New York. 1908. pp. 674–675. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  14. Americana: (American Historical Magazine). American Historical Company, Incorporated. 1906. pp. 433–434. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  15. "NEWBOLD MORRIS DIES IN HIS SLEEP; President of Metropolitan Club, Trustee of Columbia and Lawyer. WITH PERSHING IN THE WAR Lieutenant Colonel on General Staff --Family One of Most Illustrious in United States". The New York Times. December 21, 1928. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  16. "MRS. MORRIS, MOTHER OF NEWBOLD MORRIS". The New York Times. 13 April 1956. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  17. "MRS. EVA M. HAWKES". The New York Times. 6 December 1947. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  18. "DIED. Hawkes". The New York Times. 24 March 1929. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  19. "FRENCH HERE MOURN M'DOUGALL HAWKES.; Bishop Lloyd and Rev. J. D. Farris Hold Ceremonies for French Institute's Founder". The New York Times. 26 March 1929. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  20. "DIVORCES E. McD. HAWKES.; Wife of New York Lawyer Got Paris Decree Last October". The New York Times. 2 April 1923. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  21. "MORRIS SHARES IN ESTATE; Aunt Wills Bulk of $2,790,065 Fortune to 3 Nephews". The New York Times. 9 August 1950. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  22. Morris, Augustus Newbold (19 April 1960). "Ivy Leaguer in Park Job". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  23. "GEORGE L. K. MORRIS ENGAGED TO MARRY; Son of Mrs. Newbold Morris Affianced to Miss Estelle Condit Frelinghuysen DESCENDANT OF SIGNER His Fiancee is Member of Noted New Jersey Family, Daughter of Late Insurance Leader". The New York Times. January 17, 1935. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  24. "George L. K. Morris Is Dead; Abstract Artist and Sculptor". The New York Times. 27 June 1975. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  25. "Stephen V. Morris, 74, Dead; U.S. Diplomat for 25 Years". The New York Times. 29 February 1984. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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