Morin, William Albert, 1864-1912

William Morin was born in 1827 in Maryborough, Ireland. Around the age of twenty he immigrated to America. Trained as a civil engineer, he found work with several New York railroad companies, including the Niagara Gorge Railroad, the Canadaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad, and the Lewiston Railroad.

In 1856 he moved to Minnesota, settling in Freeborn County. He quickly became one of the more influential citizens of Albert Lea. Morin served on the first city council and for a time was the County Auditor, the County Registrar of Deeds, and a County Commissioner. During the Civil War he was a United States Assessor and the United States Marshall.

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