Jay Johnson Morrow
Jay Johnson Morrow (born February 20, 1870 in Fairview , Northampton County , Virginia , † April 16, 1937 ) was an American engineer and officer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers .
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Morrow was born in Virginia in 1870. He studied at the US Military Academy at West Point , from which he graduated in 1891 , and at the Engineering School of Application , from which he graduated in 1894. In 1895 he married Harriet M. Butler († 1935), the marriage remained childless. After three years as an instructor at the US Military Academy, Morrow was ordered to the Philippines in 1898 , where he served as military governor of the Zamboanga Province from 1901 to 1902. After his return to the United States, he was Engineering Commissioner of the District from 1907 to 1909 of Columbia .
From 1916 Morrow was employed as an engineer with the maintenance and repair of the Panama Canal . His activity there was interrupted by the entry of the United States into the First World War. On June 26, 1916, he was promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General . In 1919 Morrow returned to Panama and continued his engineering work.
In 1921, Morrow was appointed Governor of the Panama Canal Zone by President Warren G. Harding to replace former Governor Chester Harding . He held this office until 1924.
Morrow died on April 16, 1937. His ashes, like the ashes of his wife before, were scattered in the Río Chagres .
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| SURNAME | Morrow, Jay Johnson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | U.S. Army officer and engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fairview , Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1937 |