Union Veteran. Served in Company I, 7th Kansas Calvary.

He was FATHER to
two children:
(1) DAUGHTER - Susie (Morrill) Johnston
(a.k.a.: 'SAMMY LANE') buried nearby
(2) SON - Oscar Morrill buried nearby

He was GRANDFATHER to
four grandsons:
(1) - Carl Johnston buried Branson, Mo.
(2) - Clyde Johnston buried nearby
(3) - Edmund Morrill
(4) - Alfred Morrill

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He was a farmer;

In his latter years, Morrill was
the Post Master of a tiny, one-room
Post Office serving the community
of Notch, Mo.
(The actual building was located at
the corner of his front lawn.)
The photos at the right show him at
different ages, all images taken at
the vintage Post Office building.

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The beloved man was known to many
as 'Uncle Ike.' However, all his
family - regardless of
'how they were related' -
endearingly refered to him as
simply: 'Grandpa Morrill.'

As the years passed, he aged
into a magnificent looking man.
A mane of white hair with a
tangle of beard, Moses
(in the Bible) must have surely
looked like him! Levi Morrill
used several walking-sticks as
he became progressivly more
bent-over with age. One of the
homemade canes is actually a
crooked tree limb with twisted
vines coiling it's length. He
liked this one best as he thought
it looked like himself -
'bent and twisted from time n' care!'

Levi Morrill maintained a simplicity
in his life. A vintage wicker chair
- known to change shape with the
humidity and seasons, was his
favorite seat, even though the old
chair was only worthy of a bonfire.
When a window was broken in the
front of the Post Office, its'
temporary repair was a board or a
wad-of-rags. He was a 'make-do'
kind of fella! Years later, a piece
of glass was finally installed.

The gentleman, Levi Morrill was
more than just the 'fleeting fame
from a book.' He was a Godly man,
respected by those who came to his
Post Office, greatly enjoyed by his
neighbors and beloved by his kith.

Harold Bell Wright stayed with the
Morrill family for a period of time.
The part-time- preacher/writer was
not well and believed the Ozarks
plateau and it's fresh-country-air,
healthy atmosphere, helped with his
maladies. Wright wrote a novel in
1907 called: 'The Shepherd of the Hills.'
Many Ozarks people's characteristics
resembled the figures in the book.
Levi Morrill was touched by fame
through this writing...

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**MEMORIAL WORDS**

"It is a wise man who knows the Lord..."

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This biography is
humbly presented by
Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas

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