Edmund Needham Morrill and Caroline Jenkins Nash


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Husband Edmund Needham Morrill
Born
12 FEB 1834 at Westbrook, Maine
Resided
1900[1] at Hiawatha, Kans.
Died
14 MAR 1909[2] at San Antonio, Tex.
Father Rufus Morrill
Mother Mary Webb
Married
25 DEC 1869[3] at Brookline, Maine
Other spouses (2) 27 November 1862 to Elizabeth A. Bretton. Elizabeth A. Bretton d. September 1868
Wife Caroline Jenkins Nash
Born
1835[4] at Boston, Mass.
Father
Mother

Edmund Morrill enlisted as a Quartermaster Sergeant on 5 October 1861 in Company S, 7th Cavalry Regiment Kansas. He was promoted to Captain in 1862 and Brevet Major in 1865 just before he mustered out on 26 October 1865. Historical Data Systems, American Civil War Soldiers (Electronic database at http://www.ancestry.com), Source Medium: Book
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Additional information available.[6]



Governor Edmund Needham Morrill. Civil War Veteran, US Congressman from Kansas, 1883-91,
Governor of Kansas, 1895-97.

CHILDREN

Name Susan Burnett Morrill
Born
18 FEB 1870 at Kans.
Married 1891 to Cornelius B. Baker. Cornelius B. Baker was b. in N.Y., July 1871; d. 1926
Name Grace W. Morrill
Born
04 SEP 1872 at Kans.
Died
1904
Married 08 October 1895 to Charles Dixon. Charles Dixon was b. in Kans., 1868; d. 1906
Name Frank Nash Morrill
Born
10 NOV 1875[7] at Brown Co., Kans.
Died
08 OCT 1957 at Kans.
Married Anne Elizabeth McCoy. Anne Elizabeth McCoy was b. in Brown Co., Kans., 07 March 1888[8]

Additional information available.[9]

FOOTNOTES

[1]1900 US Census , Hiawatha KS. 1900 US Census, Source Medium: Book
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[2]Find A Grave Cemetary Records (Name: Electronic Database: FindAGrave.com;). Find A Grave Cemetary Records (Electronic Database: FindAGrave.com), Source Medium: Book
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[3]Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 Database (Name: Electronic Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org;), 218: 303.
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[4]Date and place derived from record of marriage.
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[5]Historical Data Systems, American Civil War Soldiers (Name: Electronic database at http://www.ancestry.com;).

[6]Edmund Needham Morrill attended school at Westbrook Academy and learned the trade of tanner from his father. At the age of 23, he removed to Kansas. In 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company C, Seventh Kansas Cavalry. Within a year he was promoted to Captain, and by 1865 he retired a Major. After the war he began his political career. In 1872 he was elected to the state senate. In 1882 he was elected to the U.S. Congress, serving four two-year terms before declining another, preferring instead to retire. Neverthe less at the urging of his friends, he accepted the nomination for Governor of Kansas in 1894 and served one term, being defeated for a second term in 1896.
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[7]US Passport application, January 1919
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[8]US Passport application, January 1919
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[9]Frank N. Morrill was Vice President of the Morrill and Janes Bank of Hiawatha, Kansas.
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