Robert W. Morris Robert W. Morris.---was on of the pioneers in the lumber industry of Michigan. He came to Grand Rapids from New York state in 1837. About a year later he removed to Muskegon and engaged in lumbering with Martin Ryerson. Together they built up the most extensive business in that5 line in the state, not only having large mill interest in Muskegon and large holdings of timber lands throughout the state, but extensive lumber yards in Chicago, and their own fleet of steam and sailing vessels to carry the product to their mills. After the close of the Civil War Mr. Morris retired from the firm, with what was then a comfortable fortune, and returned with his family to Grand Rapids, where he resided until his death in 1866. The old homestead on Cherry street has always been one of the finest in the city, and the grounds, twenty acres in extent, embraced what is now the Morris addition to the city of Grand Rapids, platted and covered with homes in the heart of the principal residence district. Although Mr. Morris was never an active partisan in politics, he was for six years mayor of Muskegon, and was honored with other positions of trust and responsibility. Surviving him were his wife, Sarah, nee Joslin, since deceased (1897); daughter, Jennie, since deceased (1886); son, Frank W., and daughter, Mary A., the wife of William Aldrich Tateum, a member of the Grand Rapids bar. Robert W. Morris is held in kindly memory by the older residents of western Michigan as a man of fine cha4racter, a considerate employer, and an enterprising and sterling man of business.