Biography
He was the son of Richard Lewis Morris I (1805-1880) and Elizabeth Sarah Stuyvesant Fish (1810-1881) and he was born in Manhattan. His siblings include: Richard Lewis Morris; Elizabeth Stuyvesant Morris; and James Morris. His uncle was Hamilton Fish.
Stuyvesant enlisted as a private in the Union Army, Company K, 7th Infantry, New York Regiment on June 1, 1862 and he mustered out on September 5, 1862.
He married Ellen James Van Buren (1844-1929) aka Elly Van Buren, on December 10, 1868 at Saint Mark's Church in Manhattan, New York City. Ellen was the granddaughter of Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) 8th President of the United States. Together they had the following children: Elizabeth Marshall Morris (1869-1919) who married B. Woolsey Rogers; Ellen VanBuren Morris (1873-1954) who married Francis Livingston Pell I (1873-1945); Richard Lewis Morris II (1875-?) who married Carolyn Whitney Fellowes (1882-?); and Stuyvesant Fish Morris II (1877-1925). He retired in 1913, and in 1920 they were living at 16 East 30th Street in Manhattan.
He died on May 10, 1928.
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