. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. veral others. Late in 1844 l^ entered the employmentof Mr. Edwin A. Stevens, when he settled in Hoboken, where he passed the restof his life. In September, 1853, he married Georgina INIorton, daughter of GeorgeW. Morton, of Hoboken and New York. During the Civil War, in 1862, he had command of the Naugatuck, avessel fitted out by Mr. E. A. Stevens to assist in opposing the rebel ram Merri-mac, and remain
. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. veral others. Late in 1844 l^ entered the employmentof Mr. Edwin A. Stevens, when he settled in Hoboken, where he passed the restof his life. In September, 1853, he married Georgina INIorton, daughter of GeorgeW. Morton, of Hoboken and New York. During the Civil War, in 1862, he had command of the Naugatuck, avessel fitted out by Mr. E. A. Stevens to assist in opposing the rebel ram Merri-mac, and remained with her until the bursting of her 100-pound Parrott gun puther out of commission.— a singular coincidence when noted in connection withthe disaster on the Princeton. mentioned above. In 1868 he was appointed one of the executors of Mr. E. A. Stevenss will,and was chiefly occupied with the management of that estate, which included threeferries between New York and Hoboken and large amounts of real estate. As aTrustee of the Institute he confined his attention chiefly to the management of itsfinancial affairs. He died September 2. 1885. at his seaside residence at Sea-bright, N. HENRY MORTON, , , Trustee, 1885-IQ02(For biography of President Morton see page 165.) RY Morton THE PERMANENT TRUSTEES ANDREW CARNEGIE Trustee, i8pi-
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