Person:William Merriman (5)

William E Merriman (son of Elisha Merriman and Penelope Emerson) died Nov 1895 in Union twp, Whitley, Indiana. He married Margaret Shavey.

Notes for William E Merriman:

M.H. 1897 William E. Merriman was a prominent man in his neighborhood. He was elected township trustee for a number of terms; he also served one term as county clerk, one term as county auditor, and one term as representative in the state legislature. He was called a wealthy farmer. He owned a half section of well improved land in Union Township, WhitleyCounty, Indiana. He died of Bright's disease in November 1895, at the age of seventy three years. Above information from: Cathleen Sheibley Miller Kalin ckalin5@@aol.com

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MERRIMAN, William E ~ 249 ~ 1895-Cemetery Index to Estate Packets 1838-2000 Whitley County, Indiana

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WILLIAM E. MERRIMAN came to Whitley County, Ind., from Wayne County, Ohio, in October, 1847, and purchased eighty acres of land in Washington Township. The winter following, he taught school in La Grange County, returning to Whitley County the next spring with the intention of making a permanent home. He was there united in marriage, April 6, 1851, to Miss Marguerite Shavey, a native of France, who was born August 4, 1824. He worked on his place, improving and clearing, until 1859, when he was elected County Clerk of Whitley County by the Democratic party, in which capacity he served for four years, in the meantime selling his property in Washington Township and purchasing land, of which he now owns 315 acres in Union Township, where he removed with his family in April, 1864, and where he still resides. Served as Township Trustee from April 4, 1867, to October 19, 1874. He was elected Representative of Whitley County in October, 1876, and served one term. In April, 1881, he was appointed County Auditor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William H. Rutter, in which capacity he is now acting. He was born in Wayne County, Ohio, September 19, 1822, and is a son of Elisha and Penelope (Emerson) Merriman, who were natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and parents of eight children, six yet living. Soon after the marriage of the parents they emigrated to Wayne County, Ohio, for the purpose of making a home, and located on a farm, while the country was in a very unsettled condition. Here the mother died in May, 1861, at the advanced age of sixty-eight years. Mr. Merriman, after the death of his wife, removed from Wayne County, Ohio, with his children and settled with them in Washington Township, Whitley County, where he passed away at the home of his son James, in October, 1869, aged seventy-eight years. William E. and wife have a family of five children Origen (deceased), Catherine, Penelope (deceased), James S. and Franklin. Two of the children - Catherine and James - are married, and reside in Whitley County. Mr. Merriman is a Democrat, and an honored member of the A. F. & A. M.

"Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana. Historical and Biographical" by Weston A. Goodspeed and Charles Blanchard Published by F.A. Battey & Co. in 1882