Ben Baily MERRITT

1859 - 1946  (~ 87 years)

• Name	Ben Baily MERRITT
  Birth	CA 1859  [1]
  	Age in death record calculates to a birth date of Dec 8 1860, and age in 1910 Census would also put it in about 1860 or 1861. But he appeared in the 1860 Census, age 3, and was age 11 in the 1870 Census.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Ritchie Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870	McKim District, Pleasants Co, WV
  Census	1880	Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Census	1910	Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV
  Death	18 May 1946	Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV   [2]
  Person ID	I61710	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	John MERRITT,   b. 4 Aug 1813, Rockbridge Co, VA d. 24 Apr 1893, Tyler Co, WV (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Eliza TATE,   b. CA 1817   bur. Oak Grove Cemetery, Buck Run (Stanley), CR 74/9 at 56/4, Ritchie Co, WV
  Family ID	F42339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arthelwa BONER,   b. CA 1872
  Marriage	1888	Ritchie Co, WV   [3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. John MERRITT,   b. 27 Apr 1901, Ritchie Co, WV d. 19 Dec 1976 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F25638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S53] 1870 Census, Pleasants County, WV. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S2197] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District).