Joseph Ames Morrill and Loraine Potter

Husband

Joseph Ames Morrill

Born: 15 JUN 1811^[1] at Wheelock, Vt.
Resided: ^[2] at Jackson Township, Harrison, Iowa
Resided: 1850^[3] at Wheelock, Vt.
Resided: 1880^[4] at Jackson, Iowa
Died: 16 OCT 1892^[5] at Little Sioux, Iowa
Buried: ^[6] at Soldier Valley Cemetery, Pisgah, Harrison, Iowa
Married: 30 OCT 1838^[7] at Wheelock, Caledonia, Vt.
Father: Abner Morrill
Mother: Mary Carpenter
Also m.: (2) Julia A. Everett

NOTE: Needs independent verification: the residence, death and burial of Joseph Ames Morrill rest on United States, Census, 1860 and Find a Grave Index (secondary/undetermined information) alone and have not yet been confirmed by a second source.

Wife

Loraine Potter

Born: 1817
Died: 14 MAY 1848 at Wheelock, Vt.

Children

Curtis Morrill1839

Born: 1839^[8] · Mass.

Charles G. Morrill1844

Born: 1844^[9] · Vt.

Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).
United States, Census, 1860, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LL-G28 (accessed 2026-08-31), Jackson Township, Harrison, Iowa, page 36, NARA M653 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M822-SQW). Joseph Morrell. Sex Male. Age 48. Birth Year (Estimated) 1812. Birthplace Vermont. Event Type Census. Event Date 1860. Event Place Jackson Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States. Page Number 36. NARA M653. Other People on This Record: Julia Morrell F 44 Vermont; Curtis Morrell M 20 Vermont; Charles O Morrell M 16 Vermont; Lorany Morrell F 9 Vermont; Alando Morrell M 8 Vermont; Minny Morrell F 5 Iowa; Joseph Sinclear M 60 Vermont; Sarah Sinclear F 54 Vermont.
1850 US Census, Wheelock VT, p. 282.
1880 US Census, Jackson IA, p. 2C.
Find a Grave Index, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-T6JV (accessed 2026-07-17), Entry for Joseph Ames Morrill, Soldier Valley Cemetery, Pisgah (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ9D-JL9L). Joseph Ames Morrill. Birth Date: 18 June 1811. Death Date: 16 October 1892. Event Type: Burial. Event Place: Soldier Valley Cemetery, Pisgah, Harrison, Iowa, United States. Event Place (Original): Pisgah, Harrison, Iowa, United States of America. Photograph Included: N.
Find a Grave Index, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL7-T6JV (accessed 2026-07-17), Entry for Joseph Ames Morrill, Soldier Valley Cemetery, Pisgah (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ9D-JL9L). Joseph Ames Morrill. Birth Date: 18 June 1811. Death Date: 16 October 1892. Event Type: Burial. Event Place: Soldier Valley Cemetery, Pisgah, Harrison, Iowa, United States. Event Place (Original): Pisgah, Harrison, Iowa, United States of America. Photograph Included: N.
Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF7D-NS9 (accessed 2026-07-14), Marriage index entry, Joseph A Morrill and Lorain A Potter, Wheelock (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8ML-BTX). Lorain A Potter. Event Type: Marriage. Event Date: 30 October 1838. Event Place: Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. Event Place (Original): Wheelock, Vermont, United States. Spouse: Joseph A Morrill, Husband, M.
Date and place derived from 1850 census.
Date and place derived from 1850 census.