In 1856 John Merritt married Caroline Harvey nee Dunlap, who had been born in Pennsylvania on October 20, 1827. Although a widow, Caroline was not yet thirty years old and some twenty one years younger than John. Caroline and John would have seven children: two boys and five girls - an exact turnabout from the five boys and two girls of John’s first marriage. Caroline and John’s first child was Lovie Viola, born in 1857. Malinda “Linnie” followed in 1859 and Ella /Eleanor Jane in 1860. Delila L. was born in 1863, Hiram Sherman in 1865, Charles Willis in 1867, and finally Cordelia in 1870. John Merritt was about sixty four years of age at the time of the birth of his last child Cordelia.
Merl Arp book, Among the first, published 1992. pg 61-63
In 1856 John Merritt married Caroline Harvey nee Dunlap, who had been born in Pennsylvania on October 20, 1827. Although a widow, Caroline was not yet thirty years old and some twenty one years younger than John. Caroline and John would have seven children: two boys and five girls - an exact turnabout from the five boys and two girls of John’s first marriage. Caroline and John’s first child was Lovie Viola, born in 1857. Malinda “Linnie” followed in 1859 and Ella /Eleanor Jane in 1860. Delila L. was born in 1863, Hiram Sherman in 1865, Charles Willis in 1867, and finally Cordelia in 1870. John Merritt was about sixty four years of age at the time of the birth of his last child Cordelia.
Merl Arp book, Among the first, published 1992. pg 61-63
Family Members
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Sylvina Louisa Dunlap Mathews
1829–1893
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Mary Jane Dunlap Mood
1831–1904
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Rachel Dunlap Axford
1834–1908
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PVT George Haines Dunlap
1836–1864
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Elizabeth Dunlap Goodin
1838–1899
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Hiram L. Dunlap
1840–1927
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Hannah Dunlap Hall
1842–1924
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John Thomas Dunlap
1844–1921
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Drusillia Dunlap Wells
1846–1918
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Cordelia L. "Delia" Dunlap Tarbox
1853–1928
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