Life History of Laban Morrill

The Life History of Laban Morrill, compiled by Joseph Sudweeks (available in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library, call number BX 8670 .A1a no.285)

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Laban Morrill was born 8 December 1814, in Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont, to Abner and Mary (Carpenter) Morrill.  He was a Mormon Pioneer.  He was married four times, to Esther Lorraine Brown, Permelia Handmore Drury, Lydia Davis, and Mary Elizabeth Lemmon.  He died 8 December 1900, in Junction, Piute, Utah.

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Laban Morrill Birth Record

Here is a copy of the Abner and Mary (Carpenter) Morrill family record from the Wheelock, Caledonia, Vermont, town record book:

An abstract of the record:
Children of Abner and Mary Morrill
John Carpenter Morrill born November 13th 1800
Sarah Morrill born September 12th 1804
Luther Morrill born September 4th 1806
Horatio Gates Morrill born February 12th 1808
Mary Morrill born August 4th 1809
Joseph Ames Morrill born June 15th 1811
Horace Jefferson Morrill born Nov[emb]er 6th 1812
Laban Morrill born Dec[emb]er 8th 1814
Judith Morrill born January 7th 1817
Nancy Morrill born September 2d 1818
Nathaniel C[arpenter] Morrill born February 21st 1799
     and died July 14th 1799
Mary Morrill born February 1st 1803
     and died October 30th 1806
Horace Morrill born February 12th 1808
     and died March 23d 1808

This record comes from the Family History Library film # 1004106.

This is probably the closest thing to a birth record that will be found for Laban Morrill, unless someone has a family bible floating around somewhere that the family kept.

Fun things to come!

We decided to start a blog as a place to keep family history stories, documents, stories, and whatever else we may find.  We're excited about the linking possibilities with the new Family Tree program.  Fun things to come!