Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Merritt, John December 4, 1839 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Centre Township
p. 354

John Merritt, a representative of one of the oldest families in the township, 
was born Dec. 4, 1839. His father, Ephraim Merritt was born in Belmont County, 
Ohio, Nov. 10, 1798. His mother, Margaret Merritt, was born in New York, Sept. 
18, 1800. They were married Oct. 16, 1821, and in the spring of 1822 moved to 
Wayne County, Ind., and settled on the farm now owned by Charles Jackson, 
where the wife died in August, 1865. In 1869 Ephraim Merritt moved to Mercer 
County, Ill., and subsequently to Centerville, Iowa, where he died Ju1y 19, 
1881. There was a family of ten children---William T., Moses, Eliza A., James 
Y., Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, Nancy M., John, Aaron J. James Y. served three years 
in the war of the Rebellion, as Captain of Company K, One Hundred and Second 
Illinois Infantry. Aaron J. was a member of Company I, Thirty-sixth Indiana 
Infantry, and died while in the service. John Merritt was reared on the farm 
and has always followed that vocation. He owns seventy-five acres of excellent 
land adjoining the old homestead. He was married when twenty-four years of age 
to Eliza J., daughter of Joseph and Sarah King. They have had five children---
Sadie K., Della A., Eliza A., Alice D. and Nora. Alice and Nora died in 
infancy. Mrs. Merritt is a member of the Christian church.

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