Buckner Stith Morris
2nd Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Whig
Elected:
March 6, 1838
Defeated William Jones (Democrat)
Term of office:
1838-1839
Birth:
August 19, 1800
Augusta, KY
Personal:
1827 - Admitted to the bar
1832 - Married Miss Evilina Barker of Mason Co., KY
1839 - Elected alderman of Sixth Ward
1847 - First wife died leaving two daughters
1848 - Became a Mason and eventually reached the highest degree attainable in America
1850 - Married Miss Eliza A. Stephenson
1855 - Second wife died leaving one son.
1856 - Married Mrs. M. E. Parrish, sister of his two business partners
Death:
December 16, 1879
Chicago, IL
Gravesite:
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago
Sources:
Andreas, A. T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884-86.
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Visitors Guide to Historic Rosehill. Chicago: Rosehill Cemetery & Mausoleum, 1987.