Descending from a pioneer family, his father was a businessman and a polygamist having served there as a Mormon bishop and his grandfather and great-grandfather had played a prominent role in the founding of the city.

[3] Located in 847 Calle Boza (close to the Plaza Mayor),[4] Morris' Bar served as a gathering spot for the Peruvian upper class and English-speaking foreigners.

According to Peruvian researcher Guillermo Toro-Lira, among the notable individuals who attended Morris' Bar were Elmer Faucett (founder of the Faucett Perú airline), José Lindley (founder of the Corporación José R. Lindley S.A. and Inca Kola), Alfred L. Kroeber (the cultural anthropologist), and Richard Halliburton (an adventurer and cultural ambassador to Peru).

[7] In 1942, when his body was found at the bottom of a mine shaft (only months after organizing, participating, and photographing his eldest daughter's wedding),[8] he worked for the J.P. Morgan & Co.-backed Anglo American plc in the Lucanas Province.

That date marked almost twenty months since Morris' introduction of the Pisco Sour, or a variant thereof, to Euramerican drinking culture---without Angostura bitters and egg whites, later added by bartender Mario Bruiget.