Sophia (Taylor Vaughn) Morrill (1848 - 1926) and Charles Valentine Morrill (1846-1932).

Newly discovered:

Quite a few back issues of The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Newspaper, have been archived at the Google News Archive, and you can search them (for free!) here: http://news.google.com.

Thanks to this source, a number of updates and new connections have been made regarding the family of Ira Ellsworth Morrill, and Effie Estella Pearce.

Only recently, great-grandson Ward contributed this photo of Charles Valentine and Sophia Morrill – 2 pioneering partiarchs of this Michigan family – along with additional photos, corrections and new data. Thank you very much for sharing, Ward!