Name/Title
Sarah Morrill Memorial CardEntry/Object ID
67.23.2Description
Sarah Morrill Funeral Card. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: black card stock card with gold print, "In Loving Remembrance: Sara A. Morrill, Died Oct. 26, 1901. Age 75 yrs. 7 mos. 22 days. Gone but not forgotten"; an image of Sarah Morrill is centered on the card above an 8-line poem.Context
Sarah Ann Taylor Morrill, the matriarch of the Morrill clan in Waseca County. Sarah was the mother of Sarah Jane Morrill Hawkins, Henry Morrill, James Morrill, Fred Morrill and Frank Morrill, all of whom lived in Alton Township and/or Janesville and are buried in Janesville Cemetery. Born in Vermont, Sarah Ann married Simeon Morrill in 1844 and later migrated to Wisconsin and finally settled in Minnesota.
The 1879 Waseca County plat map shows Simeon as a landowner in Alton Township, section 7.Lexicon
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Object Name
Card, MemorialCreate Date
April 3, 2024Update Date
May 11, 2025