Lewis G. Morris

Lewis Gouverneur Morris (August 19, 1808 – September 19, 1900) was an American maritime advocate and sheep and cattle breeder who was a member of the prominent Morris family of Morissania. Early life Morris was born on August 19, 1808, in Claverack, New York. He was the youngest son of Robert Richard Morris and Frances Ludlam. His elder sister, Mary Morris, was married to James Alexander Hamilton, third son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. His paternal grandparents were Richard Morris, Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court, and Sarah (née Ludlow) Morris, the sister of William Henry Ludlow. His great uncle was Gouverneur Morris Jr. and his great-great uncle was Gouverneur Morris, a Founding Father of the United States, signatory to the Articles of Confederation and U.S. Constitution who wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution and has been called the "Penman of the Constitution.". Career Morris, who inherited "Mt. Fordham", his family's estate, was a resident of Morris Heights, New York, maintained a small farm at Fordham, until it was encroached upon. He then purchased another farm in Scarsdale and on these farms bred sheep and cattle.