Elizabeth Alexandra Morton Breese Tilton
Born to Colonel Alexander and Mary (Barber) Morton. She was very involved in the Southampton community. Her first marriage was to Sydney S. Breese on July 20, 1907. They divorced in 1919. She married Newell W. Tilton on March 29, 1921.
In 1954 she donated 187 acres on Long Island to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is known as the Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge and is situated along a three-mile peninsula known as Jessup’s Neck. In 1957 she donated an additional 20 acres to The Nature Conservancy for the Wolf Swamp Preserve.
Born to Colonel Alexander and Mary (Barber) Morton. She was very involved in the Southampton community. Her first marriage was to Sydney S. Breese on July 20, 1907. They divorced in 1919. She married Newell W. Tilton on March 29, 1921.
In 1954 she donated 187 acres on Long Island to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is known as the Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge and is situated along a three-mile peninsula known as Jessup’s Neck. In 1957 she donated an additional 20 acres to The Nature Conservancy for the Wolf Swamp Preserve.
Elizabeth Alexandra Morton Breese Tilton
Born to Colonel Alexander and Mary (Barber) Morton. She was very involved in the Southampton community. Her first marriage was to Sydney S. Breese on July 20, 1907. They divorced in 1919. She married Newell W. Tilton on March 29, 1921.
In 1954 she donated 187 acres on Long Island to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is known as the Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge and is situated along a three-mile peninsula known as Jessup’s Neck. In 1957 she donated an additional 20 acres to The Nature Conservancy for the Wolf Swamp Preserve.
Born to Colonel Alexander and Mary (Barber) Morton. She was very involved in the Southampton community. Her first marriage was to Sydney S. Breese on July 20, 1907. They divorced in 1919. She married Newell W. Tilton on March 29, 1921.
In 1954 she donated 187 acres on Long Island to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is known as the Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge and is situated along a three-mile peninsula known as Jessup’s Neck. In 1957 she donated an additional 20 acres to The Nature Conservancy for the Wolf Swamp Preserve.
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