John Morrill (October 26, 1826 – November 13, 1907) was an American farmer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
In 1855, he settled in the town of Springfield, in Jackson County, Wisconsin, where he purchased 160 acres of government land and established a farm.
[1] During the last year of the American Civil War, he volunteered for service in the Union Army and was enrolled as a private in the 48th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.
At that time, the regiment was assembled and assigned to guard mail and other government material through Indian territory in central and western Kansas.
[4] John Morrill died of paralysis on November 13, 1907, at his home in Taylor, Wisconsin, where he had been confined due to illness for several years.