Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Merrill, N. D. 1846 - 
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  A RELIABLE and enterprising citizen of of Ellsworth township is N. D. Merrill,
living on section 32, where he is engaged in carrying on general farming and stock
raising. He first came to Minnnesota in 1855, and after a year spent in Minneapolis,
settled in Buffalo, Wright county, where he made his home until the breaking out of
the Civil War, when, imbued with the patriotism of an American citizen, Mr. Merrill
enlisted in the Second Minnesota Battery, under the command of Captain Hotchkiss, on
January 1, 1862, and on the 21st of April following, moved forward to the seat of
war. The company was engaged for the first time at the capture of Corinth, and from
that time on made a creditable record for itself in the conflicts of Perryville,
Knob Gap, Stone River, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge and others. When the war closed
they were on detached duty in East Tennessee, where they were mustered out. His term
of service over, Mr. Merrill returned to Minnesota, where he remained until 1867,
when he removed to Montana, where he was engaged in mining for three years,
returning to Wright county, this State, from whence he came to Meeker county, in
1876, and here has made his home ever since. He is a native of Maine, born in Dover,
December 29,3 834, and is the son of True and Sally C. Merrill, both natives of
Maine, the father having been born September 7, 1806, and the mother, July 25,1805.

   True and Sally C. Merrill were married October 11, 1827, and were the parents of
the following children: E. W., born March 19, 1829; S. T., born May 25, 1831; Betsy
A., born February 14, 1833; N. D., the subject of this sketch; Julia A., born
February 2, 1837; Sarah E.,- born July 26,1839; Charles L., born May 19, 1842, and
Marinda A., born July 3, 1844.

   N. D. Morrill, our subject, was married on July 21, 1870, to Mrs. Ireland, widow
of Wesley Ireland. She was a native of Penobscot county, Me.; was married in 1860 to
Mr. Ireland, who afterward died. She came to Minnesota in 1864 with her one child,
Ellen M., and lived a widow until her marriage with Mr. Merrill. Her daughter, Ellen
M. Ireland, was born November 1, 186.1, and is now Mrs. A. G. Root, of Nebraska.


Additional Comments:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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