Person:Rufus Merriam (3)

Name^[2]	Rufus Merriam
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]	19 Aug 1780	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	4 Feb 1808	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesto Polly Thompson (add)
Death^[1]	23 Aug 1851	Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
[1].

Deaths registered in the Town of Orange County of Franklin for the year, 1851.
No.: 17
Date of Death: Aug 23 [1851]
Name: Rufus Merriam
Age: 70 [birth about 1781]
Place of Death: Orange
Sex: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Birth: New Salem
Parents: Jesse Merriam
Cause: Palsy
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Pope, Charles Henry. Merriam Genealogy in England and America: Including the "Genealogical Memoranda" of Charles Pierce Merriam, the Collections of James Sheldon Merriam, etc. (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1906)
p. 142, 234.

Rufus Merriam [#201], s/o Jesse Merriam [#201] and Deborah Pratt, b. New Salem 19 Aug 1780 [note: birth record not found, basis not known], d. Orange 23 Aug 1851, m. 4 Feb 1808 Polly Thompson.
Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
line 6.