MERRILL BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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MERRILL, Jesse C. - b: 1853 Vermillion Co, IL
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 733
residence: Bogard Twp

Jesse C. Merrill, a leading farmer and stockman of Bogard township, is a native of 
Illinois. He was born in Vermillion County, Illinois, September 26, 1853, a son of 
William C. and Susan (Smith) Merrill. William C. Merrill, the father, was a native 
of New Hampshire and a very early settler in Illinois. He died at Rossville, 
Illinois, in 1853. He was a son of Jesse C. Merrill, a native of Ireland. Susan 
(Smith) Merrill, the mother of Jesse C. Merrill, of this sketch, was a native of 
England, and came to America with her parents, who settled in Illinois at an 
early date. William C. and Susan (Smith) Merrill were the parents of two children: 
Jesse C., the subject of this sketch, and Florence, who married J. D. Wilson and 
now resides in Denver, Colorado. After the death of William C. Merrill his widow 
married James Carter and the following children were born to that union: Mary 
Carter, Denver, Colorado; Mrs. Mattie E. Mowery, Rossville, Illinois, and J. Oscar 
Carter, Mendon, Ohio. Jesse C. Merrill was educated in the public schools of 
Vermillion County, Illinois, and the Danville Business College at Danville, 
Illinois, where he was graduated in 1876. He then engaged in farming, which he 
successfully followed in his native State, until 1912, when he came to Henry 
County, Missouri, and bought his present place in Bogard township. It is located 
about two miles west of Blairstown and is one of the valuable farms of Henry 
County. It consists of four hundred acres and was formerly known as the Quick 
farm. When Mr. Merrill came here he immediately erected a new modern residence 
which is up-to-date in every particular. It is a two story, eleven room structure, 
equipped with light, water and heat systems. The other buildings about the place, 
including the barns and garage, are thoroughly in keeping with the residence. Mr. 
Merrill is extensively engaged in stock raising and is one of the successful 
stockmen of the county. He has on his place usually about sixty head of cattle, 
thirty horses and mules and from seventy-five to one hundred hogs. The place is 
nicely located on the state highway which runs from Garden City to Blairstown. 
On February 16, 1876, Jesse C. Merrill was united in marriage with Miss Nancy J. 
Partlow, a native of Vermillion County, Illinois, and a daughter of Jesse L. and 
Rachel (Davidson) Partlow, both of whom are now deceased. They were the 
parents of the following children: Mrs. Mary E. Anderson, Frederick, Oklahoma; 
Mrs. Annie Robins, Huron, South Dakota; Nancy J., wife of Jesse C. Merrill, the 
subject of this sketch; Mrs. Lillie B. Sale, Urbana, Illinois; and Mrs. Ida Rush, 
South Wayne, Wisconsin. Two Jesse C. Merrill and wife have been born six 
children as follow: Dr. Susan R. (Merrill) Cooper, a graduate of the Cincinnati 
Medical College and now a practicing physician at Aurora, Nebraska; William and 
Lillie, twins, the former now residing at Giltner, Nebraska, and the latter at 
home with her parents, and both are graduates of the Rossville High School, 
Rossville, Illinois; John R., also a graduate of the Rossville, Illinois High School, 
is now a farmer and stockman in Big Creek township, Henry County; Mrs. Grace R. 
Ernst, McCook, Nebraska, and Hunter married Jessie May Waugh, and resided on 
the home farm until he became a private in the National Army stationed at Camp 
Funston, August 1, 1918. The Merrill family rank among the leading people of 
Henry County and Mr. Merrill is one of our substantial and progressive citizens. 
Mr. and Mrs. Merrill are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, 
he is a Republican. 

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