Andrew H. Melrose(1) was born about
1843. He was a School Teacher in 1880 in Cabell Co., WV. He died on 13 Mar
1919 in Cabell Co., WV. He Civil War 18th Indiana Infantry.Children were: Homer Melrose, Alva Melrose , Walter Melrose, Bascom Melrose, Robert H. Melrose, Milo Melrose, Effie M. Melrose, Katherine Melrose, Sadie Melrose, Irene Melrose, Melrose.
Bascom
Melrose(1). Parents:
Andrew H. Melrose.Effie
M. Melrose(1). Parents:
Andrew H. Melrose.Homer
Melrose(1). Parents:
Andrew H. Melrose.Irene
Melrose(1). Parents:
Andrew H. Melrose.Katherine
Melrose(1). Parents:
Andrew H. Melrose.Miles
Melrose(1). Milo
Melrose(1). Parents:
Andrew H. Melrose.Robert
H. Melrose(1). Parents:
Andrew H. Melrose.Sadie
Melrose(1). Parents:
Andrew H. Melrose.Walter
Melrose(1). Parents:
Andrew H. Melrose.Elizabeth
Menifee(1) was living in 1860 in Cabell
Co., Va.(WV). Elizabeth is listed as age 86y in the 1860 Cabell County, Va.
Census living in household of Henry M. and Mary A. Chapman.Children were: Henry Menifee Chapman.
Kimberly
Mercer(1). Children were: Jeremiah Jon Freeman.
Emma
E. Merrill(1) was born in Catlettsburg,
Boyd Co., KY.She was married to Rufus B. Switzer in Jul 1887.
Angie
Merritt(1) was born on 14 Apr 1883
in Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. She died on 27 Feb 1899 in Barboursville,
Cabell Co., WV. She was buried in Barboursville Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell
Co., WV. Parents: Cassius H. Merritt and
Virginia W. Blake. Ann
Merritt(1) was born about 1807. Parents:
William Merritt and Margaret
Cooper.Children were: Agnes Catherine Dundas , Margaret Dundas, Elizabeth Ann Dundas, Frances Dundas.
Augusta
Merritt(1) was born in Sep 1855 in
Cabell Co., Va.(WV). She died in 1932. She was buried in 1932 in Barboursville
Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
OLGA BAUMGARDNER SWANN
1855 - 1932 She was also known as Olga. Parents: William Merritt and Mary M. Merritt.
She was married to William Lawrence Baumgardner on 26 Jan 1882 in Cabell Co., WV. Children were: Mary E. Baumgardner .
Bruce
Merritt(1) was born on 13 Feb 1927.
He was buried in 1998 in Maupin Cemetery, Ona, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
BRUCE MERRITT
PVT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
FEB 13 1927 JUL 26 1998 He died on 26 Jul 1998. He had Social Security Number 372-24-7703. BRUCE MERRITT
SSN 372-24-7703 Residence: 25704 Huntington, Cabell, WV
Born 13 Feb 1927 Last Benefit:
Died 26 Jul 1998 Issued: MI (Before 1951)
Parents: Unknown Merritt.
Cassius
H. Merritt(1) was born about 1858
in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). He died on 16 Aug 1926 in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV.
He was buried 18 Aug1926 in Barboursville Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell Co.,
WV. Buried beside Virginia Merritt in an unmarked grave. He was also known
as Cash. Parents: William Merritt and
Mary M. Merritt.Children were: Angie Merritt , Robert Lee Merritt.
Elizabeth
Merritt(1) was born about 1784. She
appeared on the census in 1850 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). Cabell County (West)
Virginia, 1850, An Annotated Census by Ronald Ray Turner
Family 756
Derton, Elizabeth 66 Parents: William Merritt and Margaret Cooper.
Emily
E. Merritt(1) was born about 1846.
Parents: Melchor Merritt and
Mary Rece. Emma
Blanche Merritt(1) was born on 23
Dec 1886. She died on 26 Sep 1914. She was buried in Mud River Baptist Church
Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Parents:
Joseph Merritt and Elizabeth McSorley Neal
.She was married to Pearl Benjamin Hensley in 1907 in Cabell Co., WV. Children were: Ishmael Hensley .
Fannie
Merritt(1) Parents:
Joseph A. Merritt and Edna Blake.George
Merritt(1) was born about 1782. Parents:
William Merritt and Margaret
Cooper.He was married to Lavina Turley on 2 Apr 1826 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). Children were: John Merritt.
George
Merritt(1) was born about 1852. Parents:
John Merritt and Margaret
Dundas. Harriet
F. Merritt(1) was born about 1837.
Parents: Melchor Merritt and
Mary Rece.Children were: C. Anderson.
Howard
Merritt(1) was born on 3 Jan 1915.
He was buried in 1992 in Maupin Cemetery, Ona, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
BROTHER
HOWARD MERRITT
JAN. 3, 1915
OCT. 14, 1992
(Buried side-by-side with Bruce Merritt.) He died on 14 Oct 1992. He had Social Security Number 234-07-5795. HOWARD MERRITT
SSN 234-07-5795 Residence: 25704 Huntington, Cabell, WV
Born 3 Jan 1915 Last Benefit:
Died 14 Oct 1992 Issued: NC/WV (Before 1951)
Parents: Unknown Merritt.
John
Merritt(1) was born in Feb 1827.
(2) He died on 3 Jan 1908. AGED CITIZEN
John Merritt Died at his Home in Barboursville Early This Morning
John Merritt, one of the oldest citizens of Barboursville, died at his home at that place, at an early hour this morning.
Mr. Merritt had been in feeble health for a number of years, and on Monday he received a fall, from the shock of which he did not recover.
Mr. Merritt had been married three times, but is survived only by his children, four girls and two boys.
The funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.
The Huntington Advertiser, Friday, January 3, 1908
Parents: George Merritt and Lavina Turley.
Children were: George Merritt , Virginia Merritt, Susan Merritt, John Merritt.
Children were: Sarah Merritt, Lucy Merritt, Thomas Merritt.
He was married to Susan M. Dunn in 1876.
John
Merritt(1) was born about 1789. He
was buried in 1855 in Merritt Family Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV.
Tombstone:
JOHN MERRITT
DIED
Jan. 16, 1855
AGED
66 yrs.
Footstone: J. M. He died on 16 Jan 1855 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). Parents: William Merritt and Margaret Cooper.
Children were: William Merritt.
John
Merritt(1) was born about 1857. Parents:
John Merritt and Margaret
Dundas. John
W. Merritt(1) was born in Jun 1877.
(2) Parents: Joseph
A. Merritt and Edna Blake. Joseph
Merritt(1)Children were: Emma Blanche Merritt.
Joseph
A. Merritt(1) was born in Oct 1835.
(2) He died after 1922. Parents:
Melchor Merritt and Mary Rece.He was married to Edna Blake about 1871. Children were: Fannie Merritt, John W. Merritt, W. Irvin Merritt, Lucy M. Merritt, Joseph A. Merritt Jr..
Joseph
A. Merritt Jr. (Private). Parents: Joseph A. Merritt
and Edna Blake. Lucy
Merritt(1) was born about 1866. Parents:
John Merritt and Frances
Dundas. Lucy
M. Merritt(1) was born in Sep 1882.
(2) Parents: Joseph
A. Merritt and Edna Blake.Mahala
A. Merritt(1) was born about 1832.
Parents: Melchor Merritt and
Mary Rece. Margaret
Merritt(1) was born about 1816.She was married to Octavius Church on 1 Jun 1841 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV).(66) Children were: Frederic L. Church, John W. Church, Henry L Church, George Church, Francis Church, Octavius Church.
Margaret
Merritt(1) was born about 16 Sep 1792.
She died on 8 Sep 1855. She was buried about 9 Sep 1855 in Merritt Family Cemetery,
Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Tombstone:
MARGARET
WIFE OF
WM. STRUPE.
DIED
Sept. 8, 1855
AGED
?2 Yrs. 11 Mos
& 22 Dys.
Footstone: (in ground)
Note: Previous list, read in 1989, by Carrie Eldridge states age 62y11m22d. Parents: William Merritt and Margaret Cooper.
She was married to William Franklin Strupe on 16 Feb 1817 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). (254)
Martha
J. Merritt(1) was born about 1849.
Parents: Melchor Merritt and
Mary Rece. Mary
Merritt(1) was born about 1801. She
was also known as Polly. Parents: William Merritt
and Margaret Cooper.She was married to Joseph W. Wentz on 10 Feb 1820 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV). Children were: Elizabeth Wentz, John W. Wentz, Lewis M. Wentz, William L. Wentz.
Mary
M. Merritt(1) was born about 1834.
Parents: Melchor Merritt and
Mary Rece.She was married to William Merritt on 16 Dec 1854. Children were: Augusta Merritt , Cassius H. Merritt.
Mary
M. Merritt(1) was born in Feb 1839
in Barboursville, Cabell Co., VA (WV). She died on 24 Jan 1922 in Barboursville,
Cabell Co., WV. BURNS FATAL TO MRS. THORNBURG OF BARBOURSVILLE
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Widow of Churchman, Granddaughter of Pioneer, Meets Tragic End at 84
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CLOTHING CATCHES FIRE WHILE ALONE IN HOME
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Funeral Will Take Place This Afternoon at Barboursville M.E. Church,
South
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Mrs. Mary Merritt Thornburg, 84, widow of the late U. M. Thornburg,
and a granddaughter of the man who gave the site for the first court house
at Barboursville, died at 12:15 o'clock Tuesday morning. She was the
victim of burns sustained last Monday afternoon when her clothing
caught fire from a stove beside which she was sitting in her Barboursville
home. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Thornburg had lived alone. No one
was with her when he clothing took fire and before she was found she
was burned beyond hope of relief. Her burns were so deep that, though she
was conscious in the hours that preceded her death, she did not suffer
acutely.
She was the last of the daughters of William Merritt, and her two
brothers, Theodore Merritt of Guyandotte and Phillip Merritt of West
Huntington, are now the only survivors of a family of twelve children.
She was born in Barboursville and spent her long life there. She was
privately educated. At the age of fifteen she was married to Felix
Duffin, a railroad contractor engaged then in the construction of the
Chesapeake & Ohio railway. One son, Charles Duffin, grew to manhood,
but for many years his whereabouts have been unknown. A daughter, Mary
Alice, died in infancy. After a widowhood of many years she was again married to U. M.
Thornburg, prominent farmer and churchman, now dead only a few years.
Mrs. Thornburg was active in the religious affairs of the community in
which her life was spent. She was a member of the M. E. church, South,
Barboursville, and her funeral will take place there this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock.
Six nephews will serve as bearers, as follows: Myron C. Neale, Eugene
L. Neale, Claude Filler, Marion C. Dussenberry, Frank L. Murphy, and E.
H. Berry.
Mrs. W. C. Dusenberry, Mrs. T. S. Neale and Mrs. J. C. Payne of
Huntington are nieces of the deceased.
-The Herald-Dispatch, Wednesday Morning, January 25, 1922
Note: The article of Mrs. Thornburg's death, which is dated Wed. 25 Jan
1922, states that she died at 12:15 on Tuesday morning (which would be
the 24th). Her injuries were sustained late Monday, which was the
23rd, so there is a conflict with her death falling on the 22nd as the
records shows.
H-D, 25 Jan 1922 She was buried on 25 Jan 1922 in Barboursville Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Parents: William Merritt and Deborah Baumgardner.
She was married to Felix Duffin on 29 Mar 1855 in Barboursville, Cabell Co., VA (WV). Children were: Charles Duffin, Mary Duffin.
She was married to Uriah Millard Thornburg in 1903 in Cabell Co., WV.
Melchor
Merritt(1) was born about 1804. Parents:
William Merritt and Margaret
Cooper.Children were: Mahala A. Merritt , Mary M. Merritt, Joseph A. Merritt, Harriet F. Merritt, Nancy J. Merritt, Thomas H. Merritt, Emily E. Merritt, Martha J. Merritt.
Nancy
J. Merritt(1) was born about 1839.
Parents: Melchor Merritt and
Mary Rece. Philip
M. Merritt(1) was born on 2 May 1846
in Greenbottom, Cabell Co., Va.(WV). He died on 13 Mar 1922 in Cabell Co., WV.
PHILIP M. MERRITT
Philip M. Merritt, 75, one of the surviving early residents of Cabell county one time member of the state legislature and postmaster at Barboursville, was found dead in bed yesterday morning at his hime in Westmoreland. Apoplexy was the cause of his death, physicians stated.
"Uncle Phil" Merritt, as he was popularly known, was born on the Merritt farm at Greenbottom, May 2, 1846. When a boy the family moved to Barboursville. During the greater part of his life he engaged in railroad contracting work.
He was appointed postmaster of Barboursville under the McKinley administration and at the expiration of his term of office was elected to the state legislature.
He moved with his family to Huntington eighteen years ago. He was active in republican politics.
Funeral services will be held at the Barboursville M. E. church this afternoon at two-thirty o'clock. Interment will be made in the Barboursville cemetery.
He is survived by three sons, W. H. Merritt, of this city, and Charles E. Merritt and Duffin Merritt, of New Martinsville, W. Va., and by two daughters, Mrs. Anna Siebold and Miss Blanche Merritt, of Westmoreland.
The Herald-Dispatch, Tuesday Morning, March 14, 1922
He was buried on 14 Mar 1922 in Barboursville Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV. Parents: William Merritt and Deborah Baumgardner.
Robert
Lee Merritt(1) was born on 22 Jun
1885 in Cabell Co., WV. He died on 13 Jun 1902 in Barboursville, Cabell Co.,
WV. He was buried 15/16 Jun 1902 in Barboursville Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell
Co., WV. Parents: Cassius H. Merritt and
Virginia W. Blake. Sarah
Merritt(1) was born about 1862. Parents:
John Merritt and Frances
Dundas. Susan
Merritt(1) was born about 1856. Parents:
John Merritt and Margaret
Dundas. Thomas
Merritt(1) was born about 1812. William
Merritt (b. abt. 1764) - Margaret Cooper
Author: Donald Whipker Date: 1 Sep 2002 6:45 PM GMT
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I am looking for information on the children of this couple, particularly Thomas (b. abt. 1812) who married Margaret L. Hite on July 18, 1833 in Cabell Co., Va. (WV). Thomas and Margaret may be my g-g-g-grandparents. If so, they are buried in Bartholomew Co., Indiana and have connections to Missouri. I have dates that are consistent with the above but nothing firm. Thomas and Margaret's children would be William, Thomas Jefferson Jr., Margaret L., and Benjamin Frank.
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Re: William Merritt (b. abt. 1764) - Margaret Cooper
Author: Don Whipker Date: 2 Sep 2002 10:16 PM GMT
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This is what I have.
From Daugherty Cemetery, Bartholomew Co., Indiana
Thomas J. born May 25, 1812 died January 3, 1886
Margaret L. born January 17, 1816 died January 4, 1867
From an ancestral chart of a descendant Jullian G. Piercefield, I got the maiden name of Hite.
From Bartholomew Co., Family Histories, the family came west from Virginia in the 1850's and was in Missouri at some point then came to Indiana. Whether in Indiana prior to this and then returned is unclear . Son William born in Virginia in 1838 and died in Missouri in September 1916 fought for the confederacy. Son Thomas Jefferson Jr. born in Virginia on August 26, 1842, lived in Andrew Co., Missouri and came to Indiana. Died on November 15, 1916 in Indiana. Married Tilitha J. Hart in Andrew Co., Missouri on February 18, 1869. Married also to Mollie Charity Dotson. Daughter, Margaret L. (my line) born in Virginia on January 17, 1845 and died in Indiana on May 19,1928 married Conrade Wagner in Indiana. Son Benjamin F. born in 1857 and died in November 1912.
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northa m.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.cabell&m=3029.1.2 Parents: William Merritt and Margaret Cooper.
He was married to Martaret L. Hite on 18 Jul 1833 in Cabell Co., Va.(WV).
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