George W. Morris

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George W. Morris

Judge of the Corporate Court of Charlottesville
Corporate Court of Buena Vista
Electoral District General Assembly
Preceded by R. T. W. Duke
Succeeded by G. Burnley Sinclair

Biographical Information

Date of birth December 13, 1857
Date of death January 30, 1908 (aged 50)
Place of birth New York City
Place of death Charlottesville City
Spouse none
Children none
Alma mater University of Virginia
Profession Judge
Religion Episcopalian

George W. Morris was Judge of the Corporate Court of Charlottesville and Corporate Court of Buena Vista until his death in 1908. Governor Claude A. Swanson, upon learning of the death of Judge Morris, appointed Judge John M. White to continue the term of court begun by the departed.

Early life and education

George Watts Morris was born in New York city on December 13, 1857. His parents were George Washington Morris and Alice Matilda Watts, of Roanoke county, Virginia. His father was a doctor and rice planter of South Carolina, who died at the early age of twenty seven years, just before George’s birth. About six years after the death of his father, his mother married Judge W. J. Robertson, the eminent lawyer of Albemarle County.

Judicial career

Death

The end came suddenly on Thursday, January 30, 1908. Judge Morris was on his way to his office about 10 o’clock when he fell on sidewalk in front of the Massie residence on Park Street and expired a few minutes afterwards. A physcian was called and the body was taken to Judge Duke’s house across the street. The interment was in Riverview Cemetery.


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