Rash's Surname Index
Notes for George Calvert MORRIS
George Calvert Morris, eldest and only surviving son of Thomas Willing and Caroline Maria (Calvert) Morris, was born in Philadelphia, October 16, 1828. He was educated at St. James Hall, an educational institution near Hagerstown, Maryland. He read law with Henry Williams Esq., and was admitted to Philadelphia bar, May 31, 1851; he received degree of Bachelor of Laws at University of Pennsylvania, July 6, 1852, and practiced his profession until failing health compelled him to relinquish it. He died of consumption at his home, 1600 Locust street, April 29, 1882, and is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. He was deeply interested in church work, was vestryman of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church from April, 1870, until his death; served for some years on the standing committee of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. He was a manager of Christ Church Hospital, and a director of Philadelphia Contributionship from 1871. He married at St. Peter's Church, July 15, 1856, Elizabeth, born April 24, 1833, died October 13, 1890, daughter of Hartman and Ellen (Lyle) Kuhn, of Philadelphia.
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