Joseph Robert Morris (April 24, 1828 – December 6, 1885) was a metal worker, business owner, investor, and inventor.

Joseph Robert Morris was born on April 24, 1828, in Milton, Connecticut, now a part of Litchfield.

He attended school through the age of fourteen, when he moved to New Haven, Connecticut for an apprenticeship to a tinner.

His inventions included a furnace and a spark arrester, and he gained membership to the British Academy of Sciences.

[1] Morris supported the Union during the Civil War, and was appointed mayor of Houston under the military command of Joseph Jones Reynolds.