What is Buckner Stith Morris?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Buckner Stith Morris |image = BSMorris.jpg |birth_date = {{Birth date|1800|08|19}} |birth_place = [[Augusta, Kentucky]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|1879|12|16|1800|08|19}} |death_place = [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]] |residence = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |office = Mayor of Chicago |order= 2nd |term_start = 1838 |term_end = 1839 |predecessor = [[William Butler Ogden]] |successor = [[Benjamin Wright Raymond]] |party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] |religion = |spouse = {{marriage|Evelina Barker|1837|1847}} (her death)<br/> {{marriage|Eliza Stephenson|1850|1855}} (her death),<br/>{{marriage|M. E. Parrish|1856|1879}} (his death) |children = 3 |website = |profession = [[Lawyer]] }} '''Buckner Stith Morris''' (August 19, 1800 &ndash; December 16, 1879) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was the [[Mayor of Chicago]], [[Illinois]] from 1838 to 1839. He was a member of the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]]. He was in jail for 9 months because of war conflicts.<ref>{{cite book| last = Pucci| first = Kelly| title = Camp Douglas: Chicago's Civil War Prison| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CXjSsHbLElwC| year = 2007| publisher = Arcadia Publishing| location = Mount Pleasant, SC| isbn = 978-0-7385-5175-3| page = 85 }}</ref> Morris was born on August 19, 1800 in [[Augusta, Kentucky]]. Morris was married to Evlina Barker until her death. Then he was married to Elize Stephenson until her death. Then he was married to M. E. Parrish until his death. He had three children. Morris died on December 16, 1879 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] from an illness, aged 79. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Chicago Mayors}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Buckner Stith}} [[Category:1800 births]] [[Category:1879 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Chicago]] [[Category:Burials at Rosehill Cemetery]] [[Category:Whig Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Mayors of Chicago]] [[Category:Politicians from Kentucky]] [[Category:Lawyers from Chicago]] [[Category:Chicago City Coun