George Clarence Morrison (1869 - 1912)

Born 13 Jun 1869 in Baltimore City, Maryland, United States

Died 16 Sep 1912 at age 43 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States

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Biography

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George Clarence Morrison was born on 13 Jun 1869 in Baltimore City, Maryland, United States.

George died on 16 Sep 1912 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, aged 43.

George married Nellie Virginia (Harrison) Rouse (born on 19 Oct 1885 in Maryland).

Obituary

Lawyer

Director of the Maryland School for the Blind

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Sources: Men of Mark in Maryland 1910, Vol II and The Trenton [NJ] True American, 17 Sep 1912

George C. Morrison attended Johns Hopkins University where he graduated in 1890 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He attended the Law School of the University of Maryland and in 1893 was admitted to the bar. The next 11 years were spent in active practice, and he was for several years professor of commercial law in the Baltimore Law School. In 1904 Mr. Morrison was made trust officer of the Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Company. He developed such remarkable aptitude for the business that in 1908 he was made first vice president of that company. In 1910 this company was merged with another large trust company under the name of the Baltimore Trust Company and Mr. Morrison was elected second vice president.

In his college days, he was prominent both in scholastic and athletic pursuits. Twice he won a Hopkins scholarship and was awarded his degree "with honorable mention." He played on the Druid Lacrosse Team when that team won the Oelrichs cup and the US championship at Brooklyn, NY; and he played on the Johns Hopkins team when it won the college championship. He was also a member of the baseball team and was a substitute on the football team. While in college he became a member of the Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities.

In 1903 Mr. Morrison was elected to the General Assembly of Maryland. Notwithstanding the fact that he was the only man before the people of Baltimore City who refused to pledge his vote in advance of his election, he received the second largest vote in his district. In that legislature he was made chairman of the Committee on Education and member of the Committee on Ways and Means in the lower house. He served on the school board of Baltimore and in other places of usefulness to the people's welfare.

Both his professional and business growth were remarkable, for though yet a young man he was called to the directorate of some very important concerns, such as the Title Guarantee and Trust Company (President), the Provident Savings Bank, the Mortgage Guarantee Company and the Georgia and Florida Railroad. He succeeded his honored father as a director of the Maryland Institute and the Maryland School for the Blind. He held membership in the Masonic fraternity, the Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins, the Baltimore Athletic and the Journalists' Clubs, and was a director of the Maryland Jockey Club.

In April, 1909, he married Nellie Virginia Harrison, whose family came from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and whose mother was of the Bitter family, which came over with the early Dutch settlers, located in Carroll County, Maryland. Of this marriage a son was born on March 23, 1910.

On September 16, 1912, Mr. Morrison committed suicide in one of the private rooms of the Baltimore Athletic Club by inhaling gas. He left a note addressed "to the public" which contained a lengthy explanation of his connection to graft and a recently passed bill legalizing track horseracing in Maryland. Contributor: KimTisha (47493469) - Posted on FindAGrave.com

Sources

• Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115549487/george-clarence-morrison: accessed 30 November 2023), memorial page for George Clarence Morrison (13 Jun 1869–16 Sep 1912), Find A Grave: Memorial #115549487, citing Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Ron Baublitz (contributor 47625136).