Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Kenneth Irwin Merritt    
                Born: Jul-27-1929          in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  1
             Resided: 1996, 2004, 2006     in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2,3,4
             Resided: 1949                 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  1
              Father: John Wesley Merritt   (1903 - 1983) 
              Mother: Verbia Ilan Cox   (1907 - 1991) 
                Wife: Betty Louise Ford   2,3  
             Married: Oct-14-1949          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Born: Sep-18-1931          in Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  5,6,7,1,8
                Died: May-19-2006           7
              Buried:                      in Ellenboro Masonic Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  9
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  5,7,10,11,12
             Resided: 1949                 in Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 at Big Battle (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      city clerk for the town of Harrisville  5
              Father: Alvy Anderson Ford   (1891 - 1968) 
              Mother: Bertha May Stout   (1893 - 1976) 

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) Obituary of wife's sister. 
(3) Obituary of wife's brother. 
(4) Obituary of wife. 
(5) Obituary. 
(6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) Social Security Death Index. 
(8) Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) Findagrave.com. 
(10) Obituary of father. 
(11) Obituary of sister. 
(12) Obituary of brother. 







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