When Benjamin Israel Morris was born in December 1885, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, Karl Morris, was 26 and his mother, Hannah Sapelinsky, was 26. He married Ida R Levin on 8 August 1911, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. He died on 2 July 1969, in Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.