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Lilly Ellen Merritt

Female 1885 - 1975  (89 years)


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  • Name Lilly Ellen Merritt  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 9 Jun 1885  Anderson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Death 27 Feb 1975  Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Her headstone reads "Chose to serve God in your hour of decision." Leatha Betts shows that she married second a BRONSON.

      https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MMG9-GQ5/p1
      Name: Lilly Ellen Carter
      Death Date: 27 Feb 1975
      Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
      Gender: Female
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      Death Age: 89 years
      Estimated Birth Date: 1886
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      Father's Name: Columbus Edmon Merritt
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      Mother's Name: Alice Howard
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      Film Number: 2243706
      Digital Film Number: 4167392
      Image Number: 2582
      Reference Number: 19582
      Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
    Person ID I1509  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Edmon Columbus Merritt,   b. 22 Jun 1854, Perry County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1934, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Alice Ann Mary Howard,   b. 20 Aug 1860, Wakulla County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1942, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 9 Mar 1876  Vernon Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F11771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Redmond Carter,   b. 31 Jul 1878, Pendleton, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1966, Pendleton, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 30 Mar 1902  Sabine Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ellen Elizabeth Bethel Carter,   b. 12 Feb 1903, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1982, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. Lily Ethur Carter,   b. 10 Jul 1907, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1990, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     3. James Edward Charles "Charlie" Carter,   b. 24 Apr 1918, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1990, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F1043  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Jun 1885 - Anderson County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Mar 1902 - Sabine Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Feb 1975 - Houston, Harris County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S607] McCary, Kay P. "Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    2. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4 Enumerated 3 May 1910 SD 2 ED 141 Sheet 10B 196-225 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    4. [S339] Betts, Leatha A--Family Researcher (jlabetts@burgoyne.com) 777 West 1000 South Woods Cross, UT 84087, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=leathaabetts).