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Orpha Wood Merritt 1806–1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Nov 1806

Birth Location: South, Carolina, USA

Death Date: 5 Jun 1879

Death Location: Washington, Tennessee, USA

Father: Wheaton Merritt

Mother: Sara GOODWIN

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Orpha Wood Merritt was born in 1806 in South, Carolina, USA, the child of Wheaton Merritt And Sara Goodwin. Orpha Wood Merritt passed away in 1879 in Washington, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Orpha Wood Merritt was born in 1806 in South, Carolina, USA, the child of Wheaton Merritt And Sara Goodwin.
  • Orpha Wood Merritt passed away in 1879 in Washington, Tennessee, USA.

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Orpha Merritt's Ancestors

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Orpha Merritt
1806–1879
Birth Place: South, Carolina, USA
Parents
Wheaton Merritt
1774–1828
Merrittsville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Sara GOODWIN
1775–1802
Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Benjamin Merritt
1750–1812
Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Eleanor Wheaton
1750–
Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Ephraim Merritt
1721–1760
Agnes Ragland
1735–1818
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Stephen Ragland
1688–1747
Mary Hudson
1692–1760

Orpha Merritt's Timeline

2 Records

1806
8 Nov 1806
Birth of Orpha Wood Merritt in South, Carolina, USA
South, Carolina, USA
1879
5 Jun 1879
Age 73
Death of Orpha Wood Merritt in Washington, Tennessee, USA
Washington, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Nov 1806
    Event Place: South, Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jun 1879
    Event Place: Washington, Tennessee, USA

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