Kilburn Gardner Morrill and Achsah Hollingshead
Kilburn Gardner Morrill
- Born
- 18 JUL 1811[1] at Deering, N.H.
- Resided
- 1850[2] at Henniker, N.H.
- Resided
- 1860[3] at Henniker, N.H.
- Died
- 30 MAY 1880[4] at St. Clair, Mich.
- Father
- Capt. Joseph Morrill
- Mother
- Catherine Smith
Children
- Born
- 1840
- Died
- 27 APR 1912[6] · Grand Rapids Township, Kent, Mich.
Served the Union as a private in Co. C, 15th Michigan Infantry, mustering in 5 Apr 1865 and discharging 7 Jul 1865, near the war’s very end. He is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Saint Clair, Michigan, though the photographed headstone there belongs to his wife — his own grave appears to be unmarked.[7]
- Born
- 1844
- Died
- 21 JUL 1929[8] · Hillsborough, N.H.
- Married
-
Moses Colby
This 1929 New Hampshire death index names Ellen’s mother as Lucinda Tilden, conflicting with the sourced tree mother Achsah Hollingshead. The father’s name (Kilburn G. Morrill) and Ellen’s own birth year (1844) match the tree exactly, so the identity is not in doubt; a death informant misremembering or mis-stating a parent’s given/maiden name is a common and unremarkable error. Lucinda Tilden is not adopted as a correction; the discrepancy is noted here only. Ellen’s husband, Moses Colby, is named directly on this record as “Husband” but has no other corroborating record has been found; treat the marriage as single-source pending independent confirmation (e.g., a marriage record or census entry).[9]
The exact birth date (23 May 1847) comes from this death certificate’s self-reported informant data, the only record found to state more than the birth year already in the tree; it is consistent with the existing 1847 birth year and with sibling Ellen’s confirmed 1844 birth, but remains single-source pending independent corroboration (e.g., a birth or baptismal record).[12]
- Born
- 15 JUL 1855[13] · Henniker, N.H.