Oscar F. Morrill was an inventor. He holds patents no. 18,465 and 20,289 for improvements to a "vapor burner" for lamps, issued in 1857 and 1858, as well as subsequent refinements filed in later years. He also holds patent no. 15,143 which uses the vapor burner to head a handheld clothing iron (1856), and 40,703 and 55,340 which both use the vapor burner to heat a cooking stove (1863). He holds patent no. 60,223 for a faucet used for drawing oil (1866), and numerous other patents.

[1]Date and place derived from 1850 census.

[2]1850 US Census , Croydon NH, p. 117.

[3]Vital Records of Goffstown, NH . "Both of Deering"

[4]Date and place derived from record of death.

[5]Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 Database (Electronic Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org), 120: 140.

[6]Date and place derived from record of death.

[7]1850 US Census , Croydon NH, p. 117.

[8]Mass. Vital Records 1841-1910 (electronic library) [note 5], 276: 330.

[9]New Hampshire, Registrar of Vital Statistics, [New Hampshire] Index to marriages, early to 1900 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975-6).

[10]Date and place derived from 1850 census.

[11]NEHGS Register , 81: 151.

[12]ibid., 81: 151.

[13]Mass. Vital Records 1841-1910 (electronic library) [note 5], 120: 140.