Charles Henry Morrill wrote an extensive autobiography. Highlights include being a Private in the Civil War; travelled by covered wagon from New Hampshire to Nebraska where he settled a homestead; he was private secretary to Governor Nance of Nebraska from 1879-1883; he was President of Stromsburg, Nebraska, Bank 1883-1890; helped the Burlington Railroad explore the country and plan the best routes for the railroad lines; friend to William "Buffalo Bill" Cody; member of the Board of Regents of Nebraska State University, 1890-1903. [7]

Charles Morrill enlisted at New London, N.H., as a Musician on 9 August 1862 at the age of 20 in Company I, 11th Infantry Regiment New Hampshire, and mustered out on 4 June 1865. [8]

[1]Charles Henry Morrill, Morrills and Reminiscences (Chicago and Lincoln: University Publishing Company, 1917), 10.

[2]1870 US Census , Marion IA, p. 299b.

[3]1880 US Census , Stromsburg NE, p. 262B.

[4]1900 US Census , Lincoln NE, p. 21.

[5]Charles Henry Morrill, Morrills and Reminiscences (Chicago and Lincoln: University Publishing Company, 1917), 135.

[6]ibid., 135.

[7]ibid.

[8]Historical Data Systems, American Civil War Soldiers (Electronic database at http://www.ancestry.com).

[9]Charles Henry Morrill, Morrills and Reminiscences (Chicago and Lincoln: University Publishing Company, 1917), back fold-out page.

[10]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (New York: Grafton Press, 1931), 199.

[11]Charles Henry Morrill, Morrills and Reminiscences (Chicago and Lincoln: University Publishing Company, 1917), back fold-out page.

[12]Smith, Morrill Kindred II [note 10], 199.

[13]Date and place derived from 1900 census.

[14]Date and place derived from 1900 census.

[15]Charles Henry Morrill, Morrills and Reminiscences (Chicago and Lincoln: University Publishing Company, 1917), back fold-out page.