Gouverneur Morris II

Gouverneur Morris II
Born	February 9, 1813 Morrisania, Bronx, New York
Died	August 20, 1888(1888-08-20) (aged 70) Bartow-on-the-Sound, Pelham, New York
Resting place	St. Ann's Church, Bronx
Occupation	Railroad executive
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Martha Jefferson Cary
Parent(s)	Gouverneur Morris Anne Cary Randolph

Gouverneur Morris II (February 9, 1813 – August 20, 1888) was an American railroad executive and the son of founding father of the United States, Gouverneur Morris.

Gouverneur Morris was born on February 9, 1813, Morrisania, Bronx, New York. He was the son of a founding father of the United States, Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816) and his wife, Anne Cary ("Nancy") Randolph (1774–1837).

Morris was one of the major entrepreneurs of the 19th century Bronx. As Vice President of the New York and Harlem River Railroad, he built the railroad now running along Park Avenue in New York City. In 1840, he donated St. Ann's Church as a family memorial. He promoted Port Morris as a commercial port, and donated land to skilled workers in 1848, to create an ideal workingman’s village if it were called Morrisania. That is today’s Morrisania neighborhood. He spent much of the later part of his career in Vermont, as president of the Vermont Valley Railroad.

He wasn't as active in politics as his famous father, but he was a founder of the Republican Party and attended its opening convention in 1854.

He married his first cousin Martha Jefferson Cary, daughter of Wilson Jefferson Cary (1783-1823) and writer Virginia Randolph Cary (1786–1852). Together they had:

After his death on August 20, 1888 in Bartow-on-the-Sound, Pelham, New York, Morris was buried at St. Ann's Episcopal Church in the Bronx.

His grandson, Gouverneur Morris IV (1876–1953), was an author of pulp novels and short stories during the early-twentieth century. Several of his works were adapted into films, including the famous Lon Chaney film, The Penalty in 1920.

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