Like his father, John Adams Morrill was a lawyer. He served as Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Court. In 1901 he was appointed to revise and consolidate the public laws of Maine, entitled "Revised Statutes of 1903." He had numerous other posts, including trustee of the Auburn Public Library. [1]

Additional information available.[2]

[1]Newsletter of the Androscoggin Historical Society , February 1993.

[2]Annie Morrill Smith, Morrill Kindred in America, Volume 2 (New York: Grafton Press, 1931), 228.