Son of Frederick & Diana Lyford Morrill
Iowa State Census, 1895: Edwin was 37, b. Maine, residing in Greene, Iowa; b. abt 1858
Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees (accuracy not guaranteed)
Edwin Morrill
Birth: 22 Jan 1844 - Sebec, Piscataquis, ME
Death: Nov 1932 - Greene, IA
Father: Frederick Hall Morrill (1818-1891)
Mother: Diana Spaulding Lyford (1818-1909)
Spouse: Adelaide Cass (1844-1913)
Married: 1867
Children: Estella L. (1869-), Herbert (1872-), Annie Adelaide (1873-1967)
Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees on Edwin's mother: (accuracy not guaranteed)
Diana Spaulding Lyford
Birth: 4 Feb 1818 - Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine
Death: 26 Oct 1909Wadena, Minnesota
Father: James Gilman Lyford (1794-1868)
Mother: Huldah Hubbard Spalding (1795-1848)
Spouse: Frederic Morrill (1818-1891), Married 1843
Children: Edwin (1844-1932), Emma Maria (1845-1900), Melinda (1849-1850), Minnie A (1852-___), Frederick (1854-1894), Greenleaf L (1857-1865), William H S (1859-1895), Estelle V (1862-1865)
1850 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Frederick Morrill (31), Diana Morrill (31); Edwin Morrill (6), Emma M Morrill (4), Malinda Morrill (0); Hiram Cochran (15)
1860 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Frederic Morrill (42), Dianna S Morrill (42); Edwin Morrill (16), Emma M Morrill (14), Malinda Morrill (8), Fred Morrill (6), Greenleaf L Morrill (2), William H S Morrill (5/12).
1870 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Fredrick Morrill (52), Diana Morrill (52); Melinda Morrill (18), Fredrick Morrill (16), Wm H S Morrill (10).
Rank: Musician
Unit: ME 12 Inf G
Civil War
Also served ME 6 Inf
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Edwin Morrill has many important claims to respect and honor among his fellow citizens, for he is not only one of the prominent and substantial men of Butler County, but he is also one of the early settlers in Iowa and one of the few surviving veterans of the Civil War men to whom the country owes a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid. He is now living retired in Greene, having won rest and leisure during forty-three years of close identification with agricultural interests of the locality.
He was born in Piscataquis County, Maine, January 22, 1844, and is a son of Frederick Morrill, also a native of that locality. Frederick Morrill grew to manhood there, afterward following farming for a number of years. He later worked in a woolen mill for some time but in 1873 moved to Iowa, where he joined his son. He purchased a farm near Greene and continued active in its development until his death, which occurred in 1891, when he was seventy-eight years of age. His wife who was Dianna S. Lyford, a native of the same locality in Maine, survived him some years, dying at the home of her daughter in Minnesota in 1910. In the family there were ten children: Edwin of this review; Emma M., the deceased wife of H. L. Douglas; Minnie A., now the wife of H. L. Douglas, of Wadena, Minnesota; Frederick, Jr., deceased; William H. S., a resident of Wyndmere, North Dakota; and five younger children, all of whom died in infancy.
Edwin Morrill was reared in his native county, acquiring his education in the public schools. In 1862, when a young man of eighteen, he joined Company B, Twentieth Maine Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Civil War. Soon after its organization his regiment was sent south, where it joined McClellan's army. It was engaged in the Battle of Antietam and afterward participated in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, being present at General Lee's surrender in 1865. Mr. Morrill was wounded at Gettysburg, being shot in the left leg below the knee, and he was afterward in a hospital for four months. He later rejoined his regiment at Rappahannock and nine days before the close of the war was again wounded, being shot in the nose. He participated in the grand review at Washington. He was mustered out with his honorable discharge at Portland, Maine, and with a creditable military record returned home.
He afterward worked in a woolen mill for five years but in 1870 moved to Iowa, locating first in Floyd county, where he rented land. He afterward purchased a quarter section of improved property, to which he later added one hundred and sixty acres adjoining. Upon this he erected a good residence and convenient barns and outbuildings and he continued active in the operation of the property until 1895. In that year he moved to Greene, where he purchased the comfortable residence in which he now resides. He was formerly a stockholder and director in the Merchants National Bank, of which he served as vice president for a number of years, and he was one of the promoters of the Greene Electric Light & Power Company. His name can always be found among the leaders in the support of any progressive public movement and his cooperation in community affairs is ready and hearty.
On Thanksgiving day, 1866, Mr. Morrill married Miss Addie A. Cass, who was born and reared in Piscataquis County, Maine. Mrs. Morrill died November 26, 1913. They became the parents of three children: Estella, the wife of G. W. Brunner, a business man and postmaster at Whittemore, Iowa; Herbert E., a resident of Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he is an engineer on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad; and Anna, the wife of Fred Kivell, of Greene.
Mr. Morrill attends the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a liberal supporter, and of which Mrs. Morrill was also a faithful attendant.
Fraternally Mr. Morrill is a blue lodge Mason and he is connected also with Greene Post, No. 200, G. A. R., of which he has served as commander. In June, 1913, he attended the reunion of the surviving participants of the battle of Gettysburg and received a knife, fork, spoon and metal plate as a souvenir of that memorable occasion. Mr. Morrill gives his political allegiance to the Republican party and has held various positions of trust and responsibility, having served as township trustee of Pleasant Grove township, Floyd County. Since moving into Greene he has been elected mayor on two different occasions, his administrations being characterized by a great deal of progressive work for the benefit of the city. His interests are thoroughly identified with those of Butler County and of Greene and during many years his work has won him the high place which he now occupies among progressive and representative citizens.
(contributed by James Tomlinson - source: "History of Butler County")
Additional note from [email protected]:
Edwin Morrill enlisted as a private in Company B of the 20th Maine Regiment on July 19, 1862 in his native Sebec. His father Frederic was his recruiting officer. He was wounded through the calf during the unit's famous battle on Little Round Top at Gettysburg. His cousin Walter Morrill was captain of the company and was awarded a Medal of Honor while leading his company in battle.
Iowa State Census, 1895: Edwin was 37, b. Maine, residing in Greene, Iowa; b. abt 1858
Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees (accuracy not guaranteed)
Edwin Morrill
Birth: 22 Jan 1844 - Sebec, Piscataquis, ME
Death: Nov 1932 - Greene, IA
Father: Frederick Hall Morrill (1818-1891)
Mother: Diana Spaulding Lyford (1818-1909)
Spouse: Adelaide Cass (1844-1913)
Married: 1867
Children: Estella L. (1869-), Herbert (1872-), Annie Adelaide (1873-1967)
Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees on Edwin's mother: (accuracy not guaranteed)
Diana Spaulding Lyford
Birth: 4 Feb 1818 - Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine
Death: 26 Oct 1909Wadena, Minnesota
Father: James Gilman Lyford (1794-1868)
Mother: Huldah Hubbard Spalding (1795-1848)
Spouse: Frederic Morrill (1818-1891), Married 1843
Children: Edwin (1844-1932), Emma Maria (1845-1900), Melinda (1849-1850), Minnie A (1852-___), Frederick (1854-1894), Greenleaf L (1857-1865), William H S (1859-1895), Estelle V (1862-1865)
1850 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Frederick Morrill (31), Diana Morrill (31); Edwin Morrill (6), Emma M Morrill (4), Malinda Morrill (0); Hiram Cochran (15)
1860 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Frederic Morrill (42), Dianna S Morrill (42); Edwin Morrill (16), Emma M Morrill (14), Malinda Morrill (8), Fred Morrill (6), Greenleaf L Morrill (2), William H S Morrill (5/12).
1870 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Fredrick Morrill (52), Diana Morrill (52); Melinda Morrill (18), Fredrick Morrill (16), Wm H S Morrill (10).
Rank: Musician
Unit: ME 12 Inf G
Civil War
Also served ME 6 Inf
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Edwin Morrill has many important claims to respect and honor among his fellow citizens, for he is not only one of the prominent and substantial men of Butler County, but he is also one of the early settlers in Iowa and one of the few surviving veterans of the Civil War men to whom the country owes a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid. He is now living retired in Greene, having won rest and leisure during forty-three years of close identification with agricultural interests of the locality.
He was born in Piscataquis County, Maine, January 22, 1844, and is a son of Frederick Morrill, also a native of that locality. Frederick Morrill grew to manhood there, afterward following farming for a number of years. He later worked in a woolen mill for some time but in 1873 moved to Iowa, where he joined his son. He purchased a farm near Greene and continued active in its development until his death, which occurred in 1891, when he was seventy-eight years of age. His wife who was Dianna S. Lyford, a native of the same locality in Maine, survived him some years, dying at the home of her daughter in Minnesota in 1910. In the family there were ten children: Edwin of this review; Emma M., the deceased wife of H. L. Douglas; Minnie A., now the wife of H. L. Douglas, of Wadena, Minnesota; Frederick, Jr., deceased; William H. S., a resident of Wyndmere, North Dakota; and five younger children, all of whom died in infancy.
Edwin Morrill was reared in his native county, acquiring his education in the public schools. In 1862, when a young man of eighteen, he joined Company B, Twentieth Maine Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Civil War. Soon after its organization his regiment was sent south, where it joined McClellan's army. It was engaged in the Battle of Antietam and afterward participated in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, being present at General Lee's surrender in 1865. Mr. Morrill was wounded at Gettysburg, being shot in the left leg below the knee, and he was afterward in a hospital for four months. He later rejoined his regiment at Rappahannock and nine days before the close of the war was again wounded, being shot in the nose. He participated in the grand review at Washington. He was mustered out with his honorable discharge at Portland, Maine, and with a creditable military record returned home.
He afterward worked in a woolen mill for five years but in 1870 moved to Iowa, locating first in Floyd county, where he rented land. He afterward purchased a quarter section of improved property, to which he later added one hundred and sixty acres adjoining. Upon this he erected a good residence and convenient barns and outbuildings and he continued active in the operation of the property until 1895. In that year he moved to Greene, where he purchased the comfortable residence in which he now resides. He was formerly a stockholder and director in the Merchants National Bank, of which he served as vice president for a number of years, and he was one of the promoters of the Greene Electric Light & Power Company. His name can always be found among the leaders in the support of any progressive public movement and his cooperation in community affairs is ready and hearty.
On Thanksgiving day, 1866, Mr. Morrill married Miss Addie A. Cass, who was born and reared in Piscataquis County, Maine. Mrs. Morrill died November 26, 1913. They became the parents of three children: Estella, the wife of G. W. Brunner, a business man and postmaster at Whittemore, Iowa; Herbert E., a resident of Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he is an engineer on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad; and Anna, the wife of Fred Kivell, of Greene.
Mr. Morrill attends the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a liberal supporter, and of which Mrs. Morrill was also a faithful attendant.
Fraternally Mr. Morrill is a blue lodge Mason and he is connected also with Greene Post, No. 200, G. A. R., of which he has served as commander. In June, 1913, he attended the reunion of the surviving participants of the battle of Gettysburg and received a knife, fork, spoon and metal plate as a souvenir of that memorable occasion. Mr. Morrill gives his political allegiance to the Republican party and has held various positions of trust and responsibility, having served as township trustee of Pleasant Grove township, Floyd County. Since moving into Greene he has been elected mayor on two different occasions, his administrations being characterized by a great deal of progressive work for the benefit of the city. His interests are thoroughly identified with those of Butler County and of Greene and during many years his work has won him the high place which he now occupies among progressive and representative citizens.
(contributed by James Tomlinson - source: "History of Butler County")
Additional note from [email protected]:
Edwin Morrill enlisted as a private in Company B of the 20th Maine Regiment on July 19, 1862 in his native Sebec. His father Frederic was his recruiting officer. He was wounded through the calf during the unit's famous battle on Little Round Top at Gettysburg. His cousin Walter Morrill was captain of the company and was awarded a Medal of Honor while leading his company in battle.
Son of Frederick & Diana Lyford Morrill
Iowa State Census, 1895: Edwin was 37, b. Maine, residing in Greene, Iowa; b. abt 1858
Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees (accuracy not guaranteed)
Edwin Morrill
Birth: 22 Jan 1844 - Sebec, Piscataquis, ME
Death: Nov 1932 - Greene, IA
Father: Frederick Hall Morrill (1818-1891)
Mother: Diana Spaulding Lyford (1818-1909)
Spouse: Adelaide Cass (1844-1913)
Married: 1867
Children: Estella L. (1869-), Herbert (1872-), Annie Adelaide (1873-1967)
Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees on Edwin's mother: (accuracy not guaranteed)
Diana Spaulding Lyford
Birth: 4 Feb 1818 - Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine
Death: 26 Oct 1909Wadena, Minnesota
Father: James Gilman Lyford (1794-1868)
Mother: Huldah Hubbard Spalding (1795-1848)
Spouse: Frederic Morrill (1818-1891), Married 1843
Children: Edwin (1844-1932), Emma Maria (1845-1900), Melinda (1849-1850), Minnie A (1852-___), Frederick (1854-1894), Greenleaf L (1857-1865), William H S (1859-1895), Estelle V (1862-1865)
1850 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Frederick Morrill (31), Diana Morrill (31); Edwin Morrill (6), Emma M Morrill (4), Malinda Morrill (0); Hiram Cochran (15)
1860 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Frederic Morrill (42), Dianna S Morrill (42); Edwin Morrill (16), Emma M Morrill (14), Malinda Morrill (8), Fred Morrill (6), Greenleaf L Morrill (2), William H S Morrill (5/12).
1870 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Fredrick Morrill (52), Diana Morrill (52); Melinda Morrill (18), Fredrick Morrill (16), Wm H S Morrill (10).
Rank: Musician
Unit: ME 12 Inf G
Civil War
Also served ME 6 Inf
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Edwin Morrill has many important claims to respect and honor among his fellow citizens, for he is not only one of the prominent and substantial men of Butler County, but he is also one of the early settlers in Iowa and one of the few surviving veterans of the Civil War men to whom the country owes a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid. He is now living retired in Greene, having won rest and leisure during forty-three years of close identification with agricultural interests of the locality.
He was born in Piscataquis County, Maine, January 22, 1844, and is a son of Frederick Morrill, also a native of that locality. Frederick Morrill grew to manhood there, afterward following farming for a number of years. He later worked in a woolen mill for some time but in 1873 moved to Iowa, where he joined his son. He purchased a farm near Greene and continued active in its development until his death, which occurred in 1891, when he was seventy-eight years of age. His wife who was Dianna S. Lyford, a native of the same locality in Maine, survived him some years, dying at the home of her daughter in Minnesota in 1910. In the family there were ten children: Edwin of this review; Emma M., the deceased wife of H. L. Douglas; Minnie A., now the wife of H. L. Douglas, of Wadena, Minnesota; Frederick, Jr., deceased; William H. S., a resident of Wyndmere, North Dakota; and five younger children, all of whom died in infancy.
Edwin Morrill was reared in his native county, acquiring his education in the public schools. In 1862, when a young man of eighteen, he joined Company B, Twentieth Maine Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Civil War. Soon after its organization his regiment was sent south, where it joined McClellan's army. It was engaged in the Battle of Antietam and afterward participated in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, being present at General Lee's surrender in 1865. Mr. Morrill was wounded at Gettysburg, being shot in the left leg below the knee, and he was afterward in a hospital for four months. He later rejoined his regiment at Rappahannock and nine days before the close of the war was again wounded, being shot in the nose. He participated in the grand review at Washington. He was mustered out with his honorable discharge at Portland, Maine, and with a creditable military record returned home.
He afterward worked in a woolen mill for five years but in 1870 moved to Iowa, locating first in Floyd county, where he rented land. He afterward purchased a quarter section of improved property, to which he later added one hundred and sixty acres adjoining. Upon this he erected a good residence and convenient barns and outbuildings and he continued active in the operation of the property until 1895. In that year he moved to Greene, where he purchased the comfortable residence in which he now resides. He was formerly a stockholder and director in the Merchants National Bank, of which he served as vice president for a number of years, and he was one of the promoters of the Greene Electric Light & Power Company. His name can always be found among the leaders in the support of any progressive public movement and his cooperation in community affairs is ready and hearty.
On Thanksgiving day, 1866, Mr. Morrill married Miss Addie A. Cass, who was born and reared in Piscataquis County, Maine. Mrs. Morrill died November 26, 1913. They became the parents of three children: Estella, the wife of G. W. Brunner, a business man and postmaster at Whittemore, Iowa; Herbert E., a resident of Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he is an engineer on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad; and Anna, the wife of Fred Kivell, of Greene.
Mr. Morrill attends the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a liberal supporter, and of which Mrs. Morrill was also a faithful attendant.
Fraternally Mr. Morrill is a blue lodge Mason and he is connected also with Greene Post, No. 200, G. A. R., of which he has served as commander. In June, 1913, he attended the reunion of the surviving participants of the battle of Gettysburg and received a knife, fork, spoon and metal plate as a souvenir of that memorable occasion. Mr. Morrill gives his political allegiance to the Republican party and has held various positions of trust and responsibility, having served as township trustee of Pleasant Grove township, Floyd County. Since moving into Greene he has been elected mayor on two different occasions, his administrations being characterized by a great deal of progressive work for the benefit of the city. His interests are thoroughly identified with those of Butler County and of Greene and during many years his work has won him the high place which he now occupies among progressive and representative citizens.
(contributed by James Tomlinson - source: "History of Butler County")
Additional note from [email protected]:
Edwin Morrill enlisted as a private in Company B of the 20th Maine Regiment on July 19, 1862 in his native Sebec. His father Frederic was his recruiting officer. He was wounded through the calf during the unit's famous battle on Little Round Top at Gettysburg. His cousin Walter Morrill was captain of the company and was awarded a Medal of Honor while leading his company in battle.
Iowa State Census, 1895: Edwin was 37, b. Maine, residing in Greene, Iowa; b. abt 1858
Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees (accuracy not guaranteed)
Edwin Morrill
Birth: 22 Jan 1844 - Sebec, Piscataquis, ME
Death: Nov 1932 - Greene, IA
Father: Frederick Hall Morrill (1818-1891)
Mother: Diana Spaulding Lyford (1818-1909)
Spouse: Adelaide Cass (1844-1913)
Married: 1867
Children: Estella L. (1869-), Herbert (1872-), Annie Adelaide (1873-1967)
Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees on Edwin's mother: (accuracy not guaranteed)
Diana Spaulding Lyford
Birth: 4 Feb 1818 - Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine
Death: 26 Oct 1909Wadena, Minnesota
Father: James Gilman Lyford (1794-1868)
Mother: Huldah Hubbard Spalding (1795-1848)
Spouse: Frederic Morrill (1818-1891), Married 1843
Children: Edwin (1844-1932), Emma Maria (1845-1900), Melinda (1849-1850), Minnie A (1852-___), Frederick (1854-1894), Greenleaf L (1857-1865), William H S (1859-1895), Estelle V (1862-1865)
1850 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Frederick Morrill (31), Diana Morrill (31); Edwin Morrill (6), Emma M Morrill (4), Malinda Morrill (0); Hiram Cochran (15)
1860 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Frederic Morrill (42), Dianna S Morrill (42); Edwin Morrill (16), Emma M Morrill (14), Malinda Morrill (8), Fred Morrill (6), Greenleaf L Morrill (2), William H S Morrill (5/12).
1870 United States Federal Census - Home in 1850: Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine. Household: Fredrick Morrill (52), Diana Morrill (52); Melinda Morrill (18), Fredrick Morrill (16), Wm H S Morrill (10).
Rank: Musician
Unit: ME 12 Inf G
Civil War
Also served ME 6 Inf
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Edwin Morrill has many important claims to respect and honor among his fellow citizens, for he is not only one of the prominent and substantial men of Butler County, but he is also one of the early settlers in Iowa and one of the few surviving veterans of the Civil War men to whom the country owes a debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid. He is now living retired in Greene, having won rest and leisure during forty-three years of close identification with agricultural interests of the locality.
He was born in Piscataquis County, Maine, January 22, 1844, and is a son of Frederick Morrill, also a native of that locality. Frederick Morrill grew to manhood there, afterward following farming for a number of years. He later worked in a woolen mill for some time but in 1873 moved to Iowa, where he joined his son. He purchased a farm near Greene and continued active in its development until his death, which occurred in 1891, when he was seventy-eight years of age. His wife who was Dianna S. Lyford, a native of the same locality in Maine, survived him some years, dying at the home of her daughter in Minnesota in 1910. In the family there were ten children: Edwin of this review; Emma M., the deceased wife of H. L. Douglas; Minnie A., now the wife of H. L. Douglas, of Wadena, Minnesota; Frederick, Jr., deceased; William H. S., a resident of Wyndmere, North Dakota; and five younger children, all of whom died in infancy.
Edwin Morrill was reared in his native county, acquiring his education in the public schools. In 1862, when a young man of eighteen, he joined Company B, Twentieth Maine Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Civil War. Soon after its organization his regiment was sent south, where it joined McClellan's army. It was engaged in the Battle of Antietam and afterward participated in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, being present at General Lee's surrender in 1865. Mr. Morrill was wounded at Gettysburg, being shot in the left leg below the knee, and he was afterward in a hospital for four months. He later rejoined his regiment at Rappahannock and nine days before the close of the war was again wounded, being shot in the nose. He participated in the grand review at Washington. He was mustered out with his honorable discharge at Portland, Maine, and with a creditable military record returned home.
He afterward worked in a woolen mill for five years but in 1870 moved to Iowa, locating first in Floyd county, where he rented land. He afterward purchased a quarter section of improved property, to which he later added one hundred and sixty acres adjoining. Upon this he erected a good residence and convenient barns and outbuildings and he continued active in the operation of the property until 1895. In that year he moved to Greene, where he purchased the comfortable residence in which he now resides. He was formerly a stockholder and director in the Merchants National Bank, of which he served as vice president for a number of years, and he was one of the promoters of the Greene Electric Light & Power Company. His name can always be found among the leaders in the support of any progressive public movement and his cooperation in community affairs is ready and hearty.
On Thanksgiving day, 1866, Mr. Morrill married Miss Addie A. Cass, who was born and reared in Piscataquis County, Maine. Mrs. Morrill died November 26, 1913. They became the parents of three children: Estella, the wife of G. W. Brunner, a business man and postmaster at Whittemore, Iowa; Herbert E., a resident of Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he is an engineer on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad; and Anna, the wife of Fred Kivell, of Greene.
Mr. Morrill attends the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a liberal supporter, and of which Mrs. Morrill was also a faithful attendant.
Fraternally Mr. Morrill is a blue lodge Mason and he is connected also with Greene Post, No. 200, G. A. R., of which he has served as commander. In June, 1913, he attended the reunion of the surviving participants of the battle of Gettysburg and received a knife, fork, spoon and metal plate as a souvenir of that memorable occasion. Mr. Morrill gives his political allegiance to the Republican party and has held various positions of trust and responsibility, having served as township trustee of Pleasant Grove township, Floyd County. Since moving into Greene he has been elected mayor on two different occasions, his administrations being characterized by a great deal of progressive work for the benefit of the city. His interests are thoroughly identified with those of Butler County and of Greene and during many years his work has won him the high place which he now occupies among progressive and representative citizens.
(contributed by James Tomlinson - source: "History of Butler County")
Additional note from [email protected]:
Edwin Morrill enlisted as a private in Company B of the 20th Maine Regiment on July 19, 1862 in his native Sebec. His father Frederic was his recruiting officer. He was wounded through the calf during the unit's famous battle on Little Round Top at Gettysburg. His cousin Walter Morrill was captain of the company and was awarded a Medal of Honor while leading his company in battle.
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