Levi Morrill and Jennie ____

1. Find A Grave Cemetary Records (Electronic Database: FindAGrave.com).
2. Historical Data Systems, American Civil War Soldiers (Electronic database at http://www.ancestry.com).
3. Ethel Morrell McCollister, Boston Transcript Newspaper (July 1936 through May 1937), July 29, 1936. See also Harold Bell Wright, The Shepherd of the Hills (New York: A.L. Burt, 1907). This book has been described as Wright’s most notable book, and Wright has been described as the best selling American author of the early 20th century. The fictional character “Uncle Ike” was based on the real life of Levi Morrill. The book made Levi Morrill into a local celebrity. There are many postcard photographs of Levi Morrill in existence, and after the book he was known as “Uncle Ike” for the remainder of his life.