Biography of 	MORRIS, (Capt.) Pendleton S., Frankfort, KY., then Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller June 1998

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Morris, Capt. Pendleton Stewart, vice-president Standard Oil Co. of 
Louisiana, was born in Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 31, 1858; the son of Harry 
Innis Morris, a native of Frankfort, Ky., born Jan. 1, 1810, and died in 
Nov., 1879, and Ann Eliza (Stewart) Morris, a native of Louisville, Ky.
Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Morris were married in 1838, and of 10 children born to
them the only surviving one is Pendleton Stewart Morris, the subject of 
this sketch, who spent his youth in Frankfort, Ky., attending both 
private and public schools until he had completed what corresponds to our 
present high school course at the age of 18, when, leaving school, he 
worked for a time on his father's farm  and then went into the office 
with his father, Harry Innis Morris, being for a time sheriff of his 
county.  After leaving the sheriff's office he spent 3 years in the 
office of the United States marshal in Louisville.  In 1882 he went into 
the oil business in Louisville, which he was in only 1 mouth when he went 
to Chattanooga, Tenn., with the Chess, Carley Oil Co., holding this 
position for 2-1/2 years, when he obtained a better position in the same 
line of business at Savannah, Ga., at which place he remained but a short 
time, being transferred to Brunswick, Ga., where he remained from 1884 to 
1890, going to Macon, Ga., in the employ of the Standard Oil Co. of 
Kentucky.  He held this position in Macon until May 1, 1893, when he was 
transferred to Charleston, S. C., remaining in Charleston 18 months and 
then being transferred to Memphis, Tenn., where he remained from Oct. 1, 
1894, until Sept. 1, 1897 at which latter date he was transferred to New 
Orleans.  At these various places Mr. Morris was special agent or manager.
In New Orleans he remained with the Standard Oil Co. of Kentucky until 
1909, when he resigned to accept the position of vice-president of the 
Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana, which position he holds at the present time.
He is a member of the Board of Trade, Association of Commerce, Pickwick 
club, Audubon Golf club and some of the carnival organizations.  
Mr. Morris is a member of Trinity Episcopal church.  April 28, 1886, he 
was married to Miss. Lilly Littlefield, daughter of S. C. Littlefield of 
Brunswick, Ga.  To Mr. and Mrs. Morris the following children have been 
born:  Pendleton S., Jr.;  Tunis,  Stanley S. and  Edgar T. Morris.  
Mr. Morris has been prominently identified with the militia and national 
guard organization; he was elected captain of the Brunswick Riflemen, in 
Georgia in 1888, and commissioned by Gov. Gordon.  In 1895, he was chosen 
captain of the Chickasaw Guard at Memphis, Tenn., and continued in that 
capacity for 2 years.  He came to Louisiana and was elected captain of 
the first troop of cavalry in Louisiana National Guard, and held that 
place 1 year.

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, 
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3),
p. 643.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century 
Historical Association.