Caledonia

MORRILL, Joseph

Vermont Historical Magazine, No. XI, October 1867, p 318
(extracted from a section on the history of Danville, Caledonia County, 
Vermont)

Hon. Joseph MORRILL was born in December 1775 at Brentwood [Rockingham 
County], New Hampshire, and had he lived until the next December, would have 
been eighty-four years old. When about twenty-one years old he came to 
Danville [Caledonia County, Vermont], and a year of two afterwards became a 
resident of our village, where he has always resided. He served in the War 
of 1812, was a recruiting officer, held a captain's commission, and at one 
time was stationed on the Canada frontier near Derby Line [Orleans County, 
Vermont]. At another time he recruited a company of soldiers in this town, 
was appointed captain, and served with them several months near Lake 
Champlain. In 1822 he was elected a member of the Legislature, and also, we 
believe, represented the town another year. In 1823 and 1824 he held the 
office of County Court Judge, and subsequently, for many years, held the 
place of County Treasurer. The best years of his life were devoted to active 
business pursuits. For many years previous to his death he lived in quiet 
retirement, in the enjoyment of his religious faith, that of the Methodist 
denomination, of which church he was a constant and devoted member.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly