Benjamin H. Merritt

Birth: 1867
Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 4 Nov 1893 (aged 25–26)
DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Mount Holly Cemetery

Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 52426529 View Source

Benjamin died when he made a jump and broke his leg and bled to death per my Aunt Hidee Merritt Mears.

He is the son of William Hanley Merritt & Sarah Frances "Sallie" Johnson.

He married Margaret "Maggie" Emeline Moore on 06/28/1884 in Dekalb County, Tennessee.

He is my Great Grandfather.

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Margaret Emeline Moore Goins

1867–1951 (m. 1884)

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Benjamin H. Merritt

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William Hanley Merritt

Sarah Frances "Sallie" Johnson Merritt

Margaret Emeline Moore Goins

John Richard Merritt

James Albert Merritt

William Elihu Merritt

Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie" Merritt Bartlett

Solomon Timothy Merritt

Eliza Jane "Sis" Merritt Foster

Josephine Lavena "Josie" Merritt Foster

Luther H. Merritt

Oscar Paton Merritt

William Franklin Merritt

Robert Cleveland "Cleve" Merritt

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