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Edmund Pulaski Merritt 1820–1869 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1820

Birth Location: Newburgh, Orange Co. New York, New York, USA

Death Date: 26 March 1869

Death Location: Ionia, Ionia Co. Michigan, Michigan, USA

Father: Gideon Merritt

Mother: Mary Drake

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Edmund Pulaski Merritt was born in 1820 in Newburgh, Orange Co. New York, New York, USA, the child of Gideon Hoyt Merritt And Mary Polly Drake. Edmund Pulaski Merritt passed away in 1869 in Ionia, Ionia Co. Michigan, Michigan, USA.

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Biography

  • Edmund Pulaski Merritt was born in 1820 in Newburgh, Orange Co. New York, New York, USA, the child of Gideon Hoyt Merritt And Mary Polly Drake.
  • Edmund Pulaski Merritt passed away in 1869 in Ionia, Ionia Co. Michigan, Michigan, USA.

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Edmund Merritt's Ancestors

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Edmund Merritt
1820–1869
Birth Place: Newburgh, Orange Co. New York, New York, USA
Parents
Gideon Hoyt Merritt
1790–1865
Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, USA
Mary ("Polly") Drake
1792–1850
Ulster, Ulster, New York, United States
Grandparents
John (J) Merritt
1765–1846
Newburgh, Ulster, New York, United States
Jerusha Hoyt
1770–1846
Ulster, Ulster, New York, United States
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edmund Merritt's Timeline

2 Records

1820
1820
Birth of Edmund Pulaski Merritt in Newburgh, Orange Co. New York, New York, USA
Newburgh, Orange Co. New York, New York, USA
1869
26 March 1869
Age 49
Death of Edmund Pulaski Merritt in Ionia, Ionia Co. Michigan, Michigan, USA
Ionia, Ionia Co. Michigan, Michigan, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1820
    Event Place: Newburgh, Orange Co. New York, New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 March 1869
    Event Place: Ionia, Ionia Co. Michigan, Michigan, USA

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