Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Street, Merritt May 24, 1891
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The Tallapoosa New Era
At his residence in Clay County, Ala., he breathed his last on the morning of 
May 24th. He was born in Halifax County, Va., on the 22nd. day of April 1824, 
and his father moved to Alabama when young Street was about 13 years of age. 
After his majority he educated himself and began a business which he continued 
to be day of his death, accumulating a large fortune. He was married to Miss 
Martha Dunn. His wife and two sons, Jabez and Robert, Survive him. Mr. Street 
was a citizen of exalted type, ever living peaceably with all men, and keeping 
the law of his country with scrupulous exactness. He was merciful to the poor, 
and his vast fortune is today mostly in their hands. He was correct on all the 
great moral questions of the day, and though not a member of any church, claimed 
a hope in Christ, and doctrinally was a Baptist. His death will prove a great 
affliction to his county, and his departure will be mourned by many friends in 
Alabama and various other sections of the Union. Jno. P. Shaffer.

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