Orrin Merritt, son of Calvin Merritt, Great Grandfather of LeRoy Merritt, was born in Concord township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, on September 27, 1831.
Orrin Merritt attended the district schools in his native state until the age of 12 years, and then spent one year in a private school at Cleveland, Ohio. He accompanied the family from Ohio to Shattuck's Grove, near Belvidere, Boone county, Illinois, where they arrived in July, 1844. They came by lakes from Cleveland to Chicago, and by teams to Shattuck's Grove, and were three weeks en route. After arriving in Shattuck's Grove Orrin entered school in Belvidere, which he attended until fifteen years old. At sixteen he worked during the winter months in the pineries chopping wood for steamboats. In the fall of 1846 he went to Cleveland, Ohio where he spent eight years learning the trade of ship carpenter, at which he worked a portion of the time as journeyman. returning to Illinois, he brought a farm near Shattuck's Grove, which he cultivated for six years. He went to Chicago, IL, and for four years was engaged in ship building, and three years in the car shops of the Illinois Central Railroad.
In 1877, he moved to Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois, and for eleven years followed contracting and building on his own. In 1888 he became the senior member of the firm of Merritt and Hadsall, contractors and builders in and around Genoa. They were the most substantial builders in the area.
Orrin Merritt attended the district schools in his native state until the age of 12 years, and then spent one year in a private school at Cleveland, Ohio. He accompanied the family from Ohio to Shattuck's Grove, near Belvidere, Boone county, Illinois, where they arrived in July, 1844. They came by lakes from Cleveland to Chicago, and by teams to Shattuck's Grove, and were three weeks en route. After arriving in Shattuck's Grove Orrin entered school in Belvidere, which he attended until fifteen years old. At sixteen he worked during the winter months in the pineries chopping wood for steamboats. In the fall of 1846 he went to Cleveland, Ohio where he spent eight years learning the trade of ship carpenter, at which he worked a portion of the time as journeyman. returning to Illinois, he brought a farm near Shattuck's Grove, which he cultivated for six years. He went to Chicago, IL, and for four years was engaged in ship building, and three years in the car shops of the Illinois Central Railroad.
In 1877, he moved to Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois, and for eleven years followed contracting and building on his own. In 1888 he became the senior member of the firm of Merritt and Hadsall, contractors and builders in and around Genoa. They were the most substantial builders in the area.
Orrin Merritt, son of Calvin Merritt, Great Grandfather of LeRoy Merritt, was born in Concord township, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, on September 27, 1831.
Orrin Merritt attended the district schools in his native state until the age of 12 years, and then spent one year in a private school at Cleveland, Ohio. He accompanied the family from Ohio to Shattuck's Grove, near Belvidere, Boone county, Illinois, where they arrived in July, 1844. They came by lakes from Cleveland to Chicago, and by teams to Shattuck's Grove, and were three weeks en route. After arriving in Shattuck's Grove Orrin entered school in Belvidere, which he attended until fifteen years old. At sixteen he worked during the winter months in the pineries chopping wood for steamboats. In the fall of 1846 he went to Cleveland, Ohio where he spent eight years learning the trade of ship carpenter, at which he worked a portion of the time as journeyman. returning to Illinois, he brought a farm near Shattuck's Grove, which he cultivated for six years. He went to Chicago, IL, and for four years was engaged in ship building, and three years in the car shops of the Illinois Central Railroad.
In 1877, he moved to Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois, and for eleven years followed contracting and building on his own. In 1888 he became the senior member of the firm of Merritt and Hadsall, contractors and builders in and around Genoa. They were the most substantial builders in the area.
Orrin Merritt attended the district schools in his native state until the age of 12 years, and then spent one year in a private school at Cleveland, Ohio. He accompanied the family from Ohio to Shattuck's Grove, near Belvidere, Boone county, Illinois, where they arrived in July, 1844. They came by lakes from Cleveland to Chicago, and by teams to Shattuck's Grove, and were three weeks en route. After arriving in Shattuck's Grove Orrin entered school in Belvidere, which he attended until fifteen years old. At sixteen he worked during the winter months in the pineries chopping wood for steamboats. In the fall of 1846 he went to Cleveland, Ohio where he spent eight years learning the trade of ship carpenter, at which he worked a portion of the time as journeyman. returning to Illinois, he brought a farm near Shattuck's Grove, which he cultivated for six years. He went to Chicago, IL, and for four years was engaged in ship building, and three years in the car shops of the Illinois Central Railroad.
In 1877, he moved to Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois, and for eleven years followed contracting and building on his own. In 1888 he became the senior member of the firm of Merritt and Hadsall, contractors and builders in and around Genoa. They were the most substantial builders in the area.
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