Rash's Surname Index
Notes for James Cheston MORRIS
MORRIS, James Cheston, physician, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 28, 1831; son of Dr. Caspar and Anne (Chesten) Morris; grandson of Israel Wistar and Mary (Hollingsworth) Morris, and a descendant through Capt. Samuel, Samuel and Anthony, Jr., of Anthony Morris, who came from London to the Jerseys in 1681, removed thence about the time of Penn's advent to [p.468] Philadelphia, and whose brew house is represented on a map of the city in 1703. He was a Quaker minister and prominent in public affairs. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1851, A.M. and M.D., 1854; practised medicine in Philadelphia; was physician to the Foster home for children, 1856-60; to the Moyamensing house of industry, 1855-59, and to the hospital of the P. E. church, 1857-72. He served as acting assistant-surgeon in the U.S. army, 1862-63, in the army hospitals in Philadelphia and at Gettysburg. He was an examiner and lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, 1855-63; was elected a fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1856, a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1854, of the Franklin Institute in 1870, of the American Philosophical society in 1883, of various medical associations, of the American Public Health association, and of the Pennsylvania Horticultural society. He was twice married: first in 1854 to Hannah Ann, daughter of Isaac Tyson, Jr., of Baltimore, Md., who died in 1867; and secondly in 1870 to Mary E. Stuart, daughter of Laurence Johnson of Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of a translation from the German of Prof. C. G. Lehmann's Manual of Chemical Physiology (1856); and of The Milk Supply of Large Cities (1884); The Water Supply of Philadelphia; Annals of Hygiene; Report of the Philadelphia Water Department, and many articles on sanitary, biological, medical and literary subjects.
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