b: Wayne Co IL; d: of Mt Carmel; s/of Elijah Merritt* & Della Gerrish Cannon*; m: Nellie Mae Smith*; res: 1940 Mt Carmel; ch: Patricia J ( ca 1936 IL m: ? Slunder res: Princeton) & Barbara J* (29 Nov 1938 Mt Carmel m: Enos White) & Shirley E (21 Aug 1940 Mt Carmel-24 Feb 2012 m: 28 May 1960 Larry Sherman buried Allendale Cem) & infant son. (obits of Chuck & Shirley & Barbara)
MERRITT, Della (Garris) Cannon Hendricks 1 Jun 1895 - 7 Apr 1944 ()
b: Wayne Co IL; d: Mt Carmel; d/of Charles Garris (11 Oct 1850 IN-6 Aug 1922 Golden Gate Wayne Co IL) & Mary Cook (16 Jul 1855-10 Apr 1927) both buried Thomas Hill Cem Wayne Co IL; m1: George Cannon (Aug 1878 IL); divorced; m2: 23 Apr 1918 Princeton IN Rufus Hendricks (5 Nov 1888 Pike Co IN- 17 Nov 1918 buried Sand Hill Cem); m3: Elijah Merritt*; ch: Earl Howard Cannon* (1909)
MERRITT, Elijah 15 Mar 1882 - 4 Dec 1956 ()
b: IL; d: Wabash; s/of Lafayette Winston Merritt (Dec 1950 IL-3 Dec 1912 Wayne Co IL) & Alice Cravens (Mar 1951 IL-3 Jun 1936 Wayne Co IL); m1: M Luzela Brock (ca 1889 IL-May 1914); m2: by 14 Apr 1919 Mt Carmel Della Garris*; res: 1900 Golden Gate - Wayne Co IL 1910 Leech - Wayne Co IL 1920-30 & 1942 Mt Carmel; ch: Mabel (18 Apr 1906 Wayne Co IL-May 1983 Fairfield - Wayne Co IL m: 1928 Robley Ewing) & Charles Marvin* (4 Jul 1911 Wayne Co IL).
MERRITT, Elizabeth Charlotte 19 Dec 1889 - Feb 1972 ()
d: of Mt. Carmel
MERRITT, Infant - 1937 ()
MERRITT, Irene H - 1975 ()
MERRITT, Irene Hazel 13 Jan 1919 - 1975 ()
age 56; b: IL; d/of Harley L Miskell (18 Mar 1895 IN-14 Apr 1968 buried Oaklawn Cem) & Myrtle Rose Fortnor (Jul 1894 IL-after 1940); m: Marvin Merritt
MERRITT, Nellie Mae (Smith) 10 Jul 1919 - Nov 1982 ()
b: Mt Carmel; d: Owensville - Gibson Co IN; d/of Joseph Smith & Martha Case*; m: Charles Marvin Merritt* (obit)
