Edgar Co. Il Biographies - Mrs. Elizabeth Merkle


Surname: Merkle
Submitter: Tracy Smith
EMAIL: tjpblshr@phnx.uswest.net
DATE: Jun 26 2000


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From the book, "History of Edgar County, Illinois, 1879":


MRS. ELIZABETH MERKLE, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Hume; one of the early
settlers, was born in Germany, April 18, 1827; she is the widow of the late
Samuel Merkle, deceased, who was one of the prominint settlers of Edgar Co.
They were married in Ohio Dec. 21, 1850, and have had eleven children, nine
of whom are living, viz., Maggie D., Samuel, George E., Eva C., Elizabeth,
Theodore, Charles F., Frank G., and Tillie; deceased--Catherine, Barbara and
an infant. The farm of Mrs. Merkle consists of 325 acres, valued at
$10,500.