Biographical Sketch of Alfred Merrell, Texas County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, from Earliest Times to the
Present" Published by Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889.

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Alfred Merrell (deceased) was born in North Carolina, May 26, 1818,
and was there reared to manhood and married, his union being to Miss
Margaret Canoy, who was also born in North Carolina, September 20,
1820.  They resided in their native State until 1837, then emigrated
westward, and settled in Pulaski County, MO., where they made their
home for twenty years, then coming to Texas County, where he died on
the 28th of January, 1865.  He learned the cooper's trade in early
life, but throughout his later career gave the most of his attention
to farming.  Previous to the war he had voted the Democratic ticket,
but he afterward supported the principles of the Republican party.
His wife was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and she and
Mr. Merrell became the parents of seven sons, only three of whom are
living at the present time.  The youngest, John, was born in Phelps
County, February 20, 1849, and received no educational advantages
whatever in his youth, never having learned to read or write.  He 
made his home with his mother until August 17, 1873, when he was
married to America C. Collins, a native of Texas County, born August
16, 1853, by whom he has eight children: Eleanor, Mary, Alfred, Louisa
F., John, Philip, Margaret M. and George M.  Since 1881 he has resided
on his present farm of 165 acres, where he has acquired an excellent
reputation as a farmer and stock raiser. 

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