Jay Johnson Morrow (February 20, 1870 – April 16, 1937) was Chief Engineer of the United States First Army and as Deputy Chief Engineer of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I and Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1921 to 1924.

Early life and family

He was born on February 20, 1870, in Fairview, West Virginia. He was of Scots-Irish descent. He was the brother of U.S. Senator and Diplomat Dwight Morrow and uncle of Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

Military career

He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1891. He was then commissioned in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was an instructor in military engineering at the United States Military Academy from 1895 to 1896. He served as military governor of the Philippine Province of Zamboanga from 1901 to 1902. He served as Engineering Commissioner in the District of Columbia from 1907 to 1909. During World War I, he served as Chief Engineer of First Army and as Deputy Chief Engineer of the American Expeditionary Force. He was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1921 to 1924.

Personal life

Morrow married Harriet McMullen Butler on October 15, 1895. She was the daughter of Brigadier General John Gazzam Butler and Eliza Jane Miller Warnick. She was also the granddaughter of Charles Ward Warnick and Mary Ann Miller. Morrow and his wife, who died in 1935, were residents of Englewood, New Jersey.

Death and legacy

He died on April 16, 1937. His ashes were scattered over the Chagres River, which feeds into the Panama Canal.

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