Biographical Sketch of William Meritt - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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William Meritt, the subject of the following sketch, was born in West
Virginia, Cabell County, October 29, 1837.  He is the son of Thomas J.
and Margaret L. (Hite) Meritt, both natives of West Virigina.  The
father was born on May 25, 1812, the mother on January 16, 1818.  They
had five sons and three daughters.  William was the second child, and
when he was seventeen years old they removed from their native State to
Missouri, where they lived until 1860.  Then they went to Indiana where
they resided until the death of the husband, January 3, 1886; the wife
died in January, 1887.  William was reared on a farm, and educated in
the country schools of West Virginia and Missouri.  He enlisted in the
Confederate army in 1861, and served until the close of the war, after
which he remained in Louisiana nearly three years.  While in that State,
on December 25, 1865, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Ann 
Daniels, daughter of Greenberry and Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Daniels.
She was born in Clarke County, Ala., April 11, 1839.  They have two
daughters and one son born as follows:  Charles Henry, born February 26,
1867; Maggie Lee, born November 8, 1869; and Sarah Francis, February 6,
1871.  Mr. Meritt removed to Indiana, April 13, 1867, but in the fall
of 1871 he returned to Missouri, and although he began business life
with very little capital, he is now a prosperous farmer of Andrew 
County.  He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and
in politics is Democratic.