Joy Morton

(1855-1934) lived at Nebraska City. Manufacturer and a son of Arbor Day founder J. Sterling Morton, he purchased in 1885 a salt business in Chicago, renamed it the Morton Salt Company, and served as its president for almost 50 years, during which time it became the leading such firm in the nation, and is now a division of Morton International, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals and salt; founded the Morton Arboretum at Lisle, Illinois in 1921, a foundation that promoted scientific research in horticulture and agriculture. Consult National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol 17 (1927) 168-169 and Chicago Tribune obituary, May 10, 1934, p. 3 and International Directory of Company Histories, Vol 9 (St. James Press, 1994) 358-359. See also Who Was Who in America, Vol 1 (1942) 872.

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