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About Simeon Morrill
- Simeon Morrill (August 11, 1793 – June 20, 1871) was an American-born businessman and politician in Ontario, Canada.
- He served as mayor of London in 1848 and from 1850 to 1851.He was born in Vermont and grew up in Maine.
- Morrill worked as a tanner in Kingston, Upper Canada and came to London in 1829, setting up a tannery there.
- His business grew to include a shoe and boot factory, but in 1868 he was forced to declare insolvency.
- Morrill was a trustee of the London Savings’ Bank, a trustee of the London Gas Company and a director of the London and Port Stanley Railway.
- He was also a founding member of the London Board of Trade.
- In 1841, he was named a justice of the peace.In 1844, Morrill was an unsuccessful candidate in a by-election for the London seat in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, losing to Lawrence Lawrason.
- He represented St Andrew's ward on London town council for a number of years and was the town's first mayor.Morrill was also active in the local temperance society.
- He was married twice: first to Margaret Andrews and later to Eleanor Beach.
- He died in London at the age of 77.
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