S. H. MERRITT

MERRITT, ERRINGTON

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/19/2009 at 11:56:45

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

S. H. MERRITT, farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Seymour; born in Jefferson Co., Ohio in 1817; removed to what was at that time Morgan Co., Ill. in 1836; there engaged at Tailoring at Winchester, since county seat of Scott Co., until July of the same year, and went to Springfield, Ill.; there was engaged in the same business until 1841; came to the Territory of Iowa, Van Buren Co. Then married Miss Emily Errington in 1845, a resident of Jefferson Co.; her father, Joel E., was the first minister of the M.E. Church, who removed his family to this Territory; they came from Fulton Co., Ill., in 1839; he died at Bloomfield, Davis Co., in 1851; her mother died in Van Buren Co., in 1877, being over 90 years of age. After coming to Van Buren Co., Mr. Merritt continued his trade for seven years; then engaged in farming by renting until 1854; then purchased a farm in Jefferson Co., which he occupied until 1859, when he came to this county, where he now owns 320 acres of land, valued at $20 per acre. They have four children - Mary M., John J., George N. and William S. Republican; members of the M.E. Church. Has held the office of Township Trustee and school offices.