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John Foster Merritt 1926–1998 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 February 1926

Birth Location: Wortham Lime, Texas

Death Date: 12 Jan 1998

Death Location: Puerto Rico, USA

Father: John Sr

Mother: Essie Allon

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Jean Meritt

John Foster Merritt was born in 1926 in Wortham Lime, Texas, the child of John Foster Meritt Sr And Essie M Allon. John Foster Merritt married Dorothy Jean Standley, and had children including Jean Lynn Meritt. John Foster Merritt passed away in 1998 in Puerto Rico, USA.

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Biography

  • John Foster Merritt was born in 1926 in Wortham Lime, Texas, the child of John Foster Meritt Sr And Essie M Allon.
  • John Foster Merritt married Dorothy Jean Standley, and had children including Jean Lynn Meritt.
  • John Foster Merritt passed away in 1998 in Puerto Rico, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Merritt's Ancestors

Self
John Merritt
1926–1998
Birth Place: Wortham Lime, Texas
Parents
John Foster Meritt Sr
1889–1938
Starville, Texas
Essie (M) Allon
1901–1996
Dequeen, Arkansas
Grandparents
Silas (Foster) Merritt
1842–1919
Wilson County, Tennessee, USA
Anna (Lizabeth) Powell
1850–1925
DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA
Samuel (Henry) Snow
1865–1949
Texas, USA
Mary (B) Allen
1877–1957
Arkansas, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Sylvanus Merritt
1818–1901
Eliza Bennett
1822–1894
William Powell
1807–1849
Elizabeth Killough
1816–1907
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Silas Merritt
1790–1875
Sarah Merritt
1795–1865
John Bennett
1784–1854
Patience Watson
1782–1870
*John Killough
1785–1830
Anna Peeler
1791–1874

John Merritt's Descendants

1.
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John (Foster) Merritt (27 February 1926–12 Jan 1998)
  1. 1. Jean (Lynn) Meritt 1951–2020

John Merritt's Timeline

4 Records

1926
27 Feb 1926
Birth of John Foster Merritt in Wortham Lime, Texas
Wortham Lime, Texas
1926
27 February 1926
Birth of John Foster Merritt
None
1998
9 January 1998
Age 72
Death of John Foster Merritt
None
1998
12 Jan 1998
Age 72
Burial of John Foster Merritt in Puerto Rico, USA
Puerto Rico, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Feb 1926
    Event Place: Wortham Lime, Texas
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Select Military Registers
    [2] U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 February 1926
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 January 1998
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites
    [2] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 12 Jan 1998
    Event Place: Puerto Rico, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites

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