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Jerome Merritt 1832 – 1878 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Oct 1832

Birth Location: Chautauque, , New York, USA

Death Date: 5 Oct 1878

Death Location: , , Wisconsin, USA

Father: Lewis Merritt

Mother: Hepzibeth Jewett

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Jerome Merritt was born in 1832 in Chautauque, , New York, USA, the child of Lewis Howell Merritt and Hepzibeth Hephizabel Jewett. Jerome Merritt passed away in 1878 in , , Wisconsin, USA.

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Biography

  • Jerome Merritt was born in 1832 in Chautauque, , New York, USA, the child of Lewis Howell Merritt and Hepzibeth Hephizabel Jewett.
  • Jerome Merritt passed away in 1878 in , , Wisconsin, USA.

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Jerome Merritt's Ancestors

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Jerome Merritt
1832 – 1878
Birth Place: Chautauque, , New York, USA
Parents
Lewis Howell Merritt
1809 – 1880
Tabor, Onondaga, New York, USA
Hepzibeth (Hephizabel) Jewett
1812 – 1906
Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Merrit
1787 – 1870
, , Connecticut, USA
Polly (Jane) Wright
1786 – 1833
Forestville, Chautauqua, New York, USA
Samuel Jewett
1780 – 1822
Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Hepzibah Andrus
1781 – 1878
Pennsylvania
Great-Grandparents
Enoch Jewett
1739 – 1813
Mary Moore
1744 – 1746
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Reuben Moore
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Jerome Merritt's Timeline

2 Records

1832
3 Oct 1832
Birth of Jerome Merritt in Chautauque, , New York, USA
Chautauque, , New York, USA
1878
5 Oct 1878
Age 46
Death of Jerome Merritt in , , Wisconsin, USA
, , Wisconsin, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Oct 1832
    Event Place: Chautauque, , New York, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1878
    Event Place: , , Wisconsin, USA

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