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John MERRITT

John MERRITT

Male 1813 - 1893  (79 years)


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  • Name John MERRITT
    Birth 4 Aug 1813  Rockbridge Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  McKim District, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 4] 
    Death 24 Apr 1893  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Oak Grove Cemetery, Buck Run (Stanley), CR 74/9 at 56/4, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I101742  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2017

    Family Eliza TATE,   b. CA 1817   bur. Oak Grove Cemetery, Buck Run (Stanley), CR 74/9 at 56/4, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
      John Merritt, 66, farmer; wife Eliza A. (?), 63, medical condition lung disease, cannot read/write; son James, 34, single, farm laborer; dau Nancy, 37, single; son Jacob, 32, single, farm laborer; son Stephan, 23, single, farm laborer; son Benjamin, 21, single, farm laborer; son George C, 18, single, farm laborer; dau Susan, 16.
    Children 
     1. Eveline R. MERRITT,   b. CA 1835
    >2. William N. MERRITT,   b. Sep 1836
    >3. Henry MERRITT,   b. CA 1837, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1920, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years)
     4. Nancy J. MERRITT,   b. CA 1840
    +5. Tamberlain MERRITT,   b. Mar 1842, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1912, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years)
     6. James MERRITT,   b. 10 Feb 1846   d. 30 Aug 1929, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     7. Jacob W. MERRITT,   b. CA 1847   d. 25 Nov 1922, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
    >8. Lucy MERRITT,   b. May 1848   d. 30 Dec 1920, Rutherford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
     9. Mary Frances MERRITT,   b. 22 May 1852   d. 25 Feb 1939, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +10. John E. MERRITT,   b. CA 1853, Gilmer Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1933, Sistersville, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 80 years)
    +11. Stephen Thomas MERRITT,   b. 12 Apr 1857   d. 16 Dec 1929, Lima, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +12. Ben Baily MERRITT,   b. CA 1859   d. 18 May 1946, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years)
    +13. Crofton George MERRITT,   b. Jan 1862, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1934 (Age ~ 71 years)
    +14. Sarah Susan MERRITT,   b. 6 Jul 1863, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1946, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F42339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S53] 1870 Census, Pleasants County, WV.

    4. [S2147] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).