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Submitted: 5/3/15 • Approved: 5/3/15 • Last Updated: 5/6/15 • R1073741-G0-S3
25 Jul 1869 - 8 Apr 1921
Son of Abraham Haywood Merritt and
Lizzie Purvis Merritt
Husband of Sarah Ellen Proctor (1874 - 1949)
Siblings:
Anna Lee Merritt (1864 - 1946)
William Edward Merritt (1867 - 1946)
Leonidas Haywood Merritt (1869 - 1921)
Cullen Rencher Merritt (1872 - 1966)
Sarah Merritt (1874 - 1961)
Haywood Merritt (1877 - 1928)
Lucy Emma Merritt Sparger (1880 - 1970)
*Notations
Published 16 Mar 1900
Forest City Times
NEW DOCTORS IN TOWN - Dr.& Mrs.Merritt and baby are now located at the residence of Mrs.Sutton. Dr.Merritt is a graduate of the University College of Medicine at Richmond,Va., and comes from New Gascony, Arkansas.
*Published 26 Sept 1902
Forest City Times
MERRITT BABY BOY 9 24 1902
Forrest City, Times
A fine baby boy was born to Dr.& Mrs.L.H.Merritt Tuesday
*Published 6 Sept 1923
Thursday Harry Knight, Leonidas Merritt, and Harry Stevens leave for Starkville, Miss. to attend Mississippi A & M College. Miss Katherine Lanier leaves for New Orleans where she will attend Sophie Necomb College while Joe Lanier will resume studies at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga..
*Published 10 Sept 1925
Forest City Times
Misses Annie Rush and Catherine Lanier left for Batesville to attend Arkansas College. Leonidas Merritt and Harry Knight leave for A.&M., Miss. to attend A & M College.
8 Published 2 Sept 1925
Forrest City Times
arry Knight, Leonidas Merritt and Harry Stevens leave for Starkville, Miss. to attend A. & M.College
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