Edward Forrest Merrill

1867 - 1933  (66 years)

• Name	Edward Forrest Merrill  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 Apr 1867	Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Apr 1933	Independence, Inyo County, California   [2]
  Notes	(Research):I'm looking for information on my g-g-g-grandfather, Almanzer MERRILL. Not sure as to exact birth date or location. He married Lucinda MCLEMORE abt. 1853. Had one son that I know of Edward Forest MERRILL. b. 4-8-1867 in ILL d. 4-16-1933 in CA. Any information on Almanzer would be very much appreciated. This guys got me stumped. Thanks in advance. http://genforum.genealogy.com/merrill/messages/168.html The Family Search Ancestral File shows that he married Katherine Ann LAKE on 17 Mar 1891, and that they were the parents of Frank, Clarence, Lillian, Almanzer Edward, and Fred Elwyn MERRILL.
  Person ID	I38366	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Noah Almanza Merrill,   b. 11 Jun 1831, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Lucinda McLemore,   b. Nov 1835, Illinois d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	13 Aug 1853	Whiteside County, Illinois   [3, 4]
  	Since Edward Forest was b. IL, we looked in the IL 1860 census for Almanzer. We found what we believe to be him in Mt Morecy, Whiteside Co IL: A. H., 30, b. OH; Lucinda, 25; Frank W, 5, both b. IL. The History of Whiteside Co IL gives the family of Noah and Amanda Lewis as: Almamza, 1831 june 11; Seth R, 1832 Dec. 19; Zelemma 1835 Oct. 24; Nelson B 1838 Nov. 6. The 1850 census in Whiteside Co IL gives this family group [minus Noah who was in the CA gold rush at the time] plus Noah' s mother, Zulema (Flower) Merrill, 80, b. CT nearby. The lineage of Almanzer (8) is Noah (7,6), Icabod (5), Noah (4), Isaac (3), John (2), Nathaniel (1).
  Family ID	F11717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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