Bio: Morrill, David P. (1881)

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Surnames: Morrill, Morrison, McGrath, Tabor, Harlow, Pound

----Source: History of Northern Wis. (Wood County, Wis.) 1881, pages 1205-1206

DAVID P. MORRILL, proprietor of tannery, Grand Rapids. Was born in Canaan, Essex Co., Vt., March 22, 1818. His father, Moses Morrill, was a farmer, and for eighteen years represented his constituents in the Vermont Assembly. He also held the office of County Judge several years. His mother, Mary Morrison Morrill, is still living at Sauk Prairie at the advanced age of ninety-eight. David P. Morrill learned the trade, of tanner and currier in Woburn, Mass., and in 1844 came to Wis., and engaged in the mercantile business at Sauk Prairie, which business he continued for about five years, then bought a farm, which he carried on until 1861, when he moved to Grand Rapids, and bought an interest in the tannery of J. McGrath; remained in company with him about two years, then bought him out, and has since run the tannery himself. Mr. Morrill was married to Miss Emeline C. Tabor, just before he moved West. She died about three months after, in July, 1844. He was afterward married to Miss Sarah Pound, of Sauk Prairie, in 1846. She died in August, 1854, leaving two children, one of whom is still living. Mr. M. married Miss Lydia Harlow, of Concord, Me., Feb. 4, 1856. Five children bless this marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Morrill are members of the Congregational Church.