Buckner Stith Morris

Buckner Stith Morris (born: August 19, 1800 in Augusta, Georgia; died: December 16, 1879; buried in Rosehill Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1838-1839) for the Whig Party.

Morris traveled north from Georgia in 1832, marrying Evelina Barker in Kentucky. The couple arrived in Chicago in 1834 where Morris established a law practice with J. Young Scammon . By 1835, however, Morris had left Scammon and was practicing law with Edward Casey . He was elected mayor of Chicago in 1838 and went on to serve terms as a city alderman.

Following Evelina's death in 1847, he married Eliza Stephenson in 1850. Eliza died in 1855.

In 1864, the former mayor was arrested for aiding in a Confederate attempt to free prisoners of war from Camp Douglas. He, along with his confederates, were sentenced to imprisonment, but were pardoned nine months later.