Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Merriam, Lauren 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 31, 2016, 10:43 am Ionia Sentinel, 10 May 1883 Lauren Merriam, for several years a prominent business man of this city, died last week at Warner, Brown county, Dakota, where he went early this spring. Mr. Merriam was the business associate of C.A. Preston for eleven years, in the dry goods trade in Ionia, and afterwards in lumbering at Edmore. He was postmaster of the last named town for one term, and was highly esteemed by all with whom he was acquainted. He had been sick for several days with lung fever, of which he died. The remains will be brought to Ionia for burial. ------------ B.F. Flint arrived on Saturday from Dakota with the remains of Lauren Merriam. The funeral was held in the afternoon from the Disciples church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/merriam33423nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb