Person:Thomas Merriman (4)

Name	Thomas Merriman
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	14 Sep 1820
Marriage	14 Oct 1852	to Martha Moore
Death`^?`	9 May 1906
Burial`^?`		Early Baptis Church, Washington Twp., Whitley Co., IN

  THOMAS MERRIMAN was born in Wayne County, Ohio, September 14, 1820. His parents were Elijah and Mary Merriman, and were born in in Pennsylvania, June 23, 1788, and August 21, 1792, respectively, and

were married in that State. In 1816, they moved to Ohio, where the father died April 22, 1834, and the mother March 8, 1870. They were the parents of eleven children. October 14, 1852, our subject, Thomas Merriman, was married in Wayne County, Ohio, to Martha Moore, born in Beaver County, Penn., August 18, 1835. She was the daughter of Andrew and Mary Moore, and the younger of two children. Our subject left Wayne County about the year 1852, and came to this township, bought an eighty-acre farm in Section 26, located thereon, and has lived there ever since. He had a family of six children-Mary A., Huldah, Eliza, James W., Thomas J. and Martha A. Of these, there are only two, Huldah and Martha A., living. Mr. Merriman has been quite successful in life, and is a consistent member of the Baptist Church.

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