[1]Vermont, Secretary of State, General index to vital records of Vermont, early to 1870 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951).

[2]1880 US Census , Brooklyn NY, p. 376C.

[3]North Star (Danville VT; Transcribed by Janice Boyko), 1/22/1853.

[4]Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 Database (Electronic Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org), 215: 391. Minnie Morrill was born to Adeline F. Dyer and is listed in her birth record as Minnie Dyer. Adeline Holbrook married a Jonathan Cain in 1863. While married to Jonathan Cain she had a relationship with George W. Dyer, 25 years her senior, who was also married. Adeline had 5 children--Henry Cain, Ella Cain, George Dyer, Frank Dyer, and Minnie Dyer. Minnie was adopted by Marshall and Aurilla Morrill.