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Robert Huey Merritt 1849 – 1913 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Aug 1849

Birth Location: Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America

Death Date: 30 Dec 1913

Death Location: East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia, United States of America

Father: John Merritt

Mother: Nancy Musick

Spouse(s): Catherine Warrick**

Children(s): William Merritt

Robert Huey Merritt Sr was born in 1849 in Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America, the child of John Rand Merritt and Nancy Jane Musick. Robert Huey Merritt Sr married Catherine Jane Warrick**, and had children including William Jackson Merritt. Robert Huey Merritt Sr passed away in 1913 in East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Robert Huey Merritt Sr was born in 1849 in Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America, the child of John Rand Merritt and Nancy Jane Musick.
  • Robert Huey Merritt Sr married Catherine Jane Warrick**, and had children including William Jackson Merritt.
  • Robert Huey Merritt Sr passed away in 1913 in East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Merritt's Ancestors

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Robert Merritt
1849 – 1913
Birth Place: Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America
Parents
John Rand Merritt
1824 – 1888
Tennessee, USA
Nancy (Jane) Musick
1826 – 1911
Washington County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
**Sherrod ('Shemie') Merritt
1780 – 1866
NC
Tabitha (Stacy) Edwards**1A
1803 – 1859
Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States of America
JOHN (WESLEY) MUSICK
1786 – 1875
North Carolina, United States
Isabella Harris
1784 – 1875
North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel War
1762 – 1810
Nancy Howard
1761 – 1845
JAMES MUSICK
1765 – 1806
Winifred Gillispie
1771 – 1841
Dabney Harris
1745 – 1810
Susannah Slatton
1748 – 1831
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Edwards
1746 – 1787
Mary Martin
1745 – 1778
Jonathan Musick
1740 – 1816
Helen Colley
1752 – 1798
Pvt 1\2
1724 – 1794
Mary Dabney
1726 – 1762
William Slatton)
1700 – 1788

Robert Merritt's Descendants

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Robert (Huey) Merritt (15 Aug 1849 – 30 Dec 1913) m. Catherine (Jane) Warrick** (6 Apr 1854 – 29 Oct 1940)
  1. 1. William (Jackson) Merritt (18 May 1882 – 19 April 1939) m. Hattie (Louise Mills “Merritt”) “Grant” (21 Jan 1888 – 2 December 1974)
    1. 1. William (Jack) Merritt m. Mildred McKee (abt 1922 – )
      1. 1. Janice (Lee) Merritt (abt 1946 – 18 SEP 2013) m. Jerry Blair (5 DEC 1943 – 2019)
        1. 1. Brent Blair (11 AUG 1963 – ) m. Joan (Marie) Boyce (7 MAY 1965 – )
        2. 2. Bryan (David) Blair (29 OCT 1965 – )
        3. 3. Beverlee (De Ann) Blair (22 JUL 1970 – )

Robert Merritt's Timeline

2 Records

1849
15 Aug 1849
Birth of Robert Huey Merritt Sr in Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America
Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America
1913
30 Dec 1913
Age 64
Death of Robert Huey Merritt Sr in East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia, United States of America
East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Aug 1849
    Event Place: Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Dec 1913
    Event Place: East Lynn, Wayne County, West Virginia, United States of America

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