When Burton Morrill was born in 1863, in Iowa, United States, his father, Gideon Lewis Morriel, was 30 and his mother, Mary I Oviatt, was 26. He married Eva Adell Foster on 28 July 1883, in Alden, Hardin, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Buckeye, Hardin, Iowa, United States in 1885 and St. Aubert Township, Callaway, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 April 1938, in Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States, at the age of 75.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English (Yorkshire): variant of Morrell .
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