his death, he was the second highest-ranking officer in the Navy after Charles Stewart. He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C., near the large family mausoleum built by his son-in-law, William Wilson Corcoran. Corcoran paid for a large, decorative headstone to be placed at the grave. Family Charles Morris was married to Harriet Bowen in February 1815. They had four sons and six daughters. His eldest son, Charles W. Morris served in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War. As a flag lieutenant under Commodore David Connor he died from wounds received in an attack on Tabasco, October 1846. Another son Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Robert Murray Morris, served as an officer in the U.S. Army from 1846 to 1873, distinguishing himself at Contreras and Chepultapec in the Mexican–American War and at Valverde and the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House the American Civil War. His youngest son, Commander George Upham Morris also served in the United States Navy from 1846 to 1874, in the Mexican–American War and in American Civil War where he commanded in its engagement with , June 8, 1862. Namesakes Ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Morris and USS Commodore Morris for him. Charles Morris Court, a street inside the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., is named after him. Charles Morris Avenue, a street inside the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, is named after him. References Bibliography Further reading 1784 births 1856 deaths United States Navy officers American military personnel of the First Barbary War American military personnel of the Quasi-War United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812 American naval historians American male non-fiction writers American military personnel of the Second Barbary War Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Woodstock, Maine Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)