Edward Morris (businessman)
Edward Morris was President of Morris & Company, one of the three main meat-packing companies in Chicago.Biography
He was born to a Jewish family on October 1, 1866 to Sarah and Nelson Morris. His brother was diplomat Ira Nelson Morris. As president of Morris and Company, Edward Morris was involved in the decision, in 1902, to form the National Packing Co. This holding company was targeted by Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh under the Elkins Act and eventually broken up in 1912.In 1890, he married Helen Swift, daughter of Gustavus Swift. They had 4 children: Edward Morris, Jr., Nelson Swift Morris, pediatrician Ruth Morris Bakwin, and psychiatrist, Muriel Morris Gardiner Buttinger. He died on November 3, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois of kidney disease. In 1917 his widow married Francis Neilson.
