Fred Elwood Merrick (1874 - 1962)

Ancestors

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Fred Elwood /MERRICK/^[1][2]

Birth

22 OCT 1874^[3]

Death

21 JUL 1962^[4]

Reference

179

Burial

JUL 1962

Blue Springs Cem., Caldwell Co., Ky

Note

@N40@

Marriage

FAM

@I179@

@I178@

05 FEB 1899^[5]

10178

FAM

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@I205@

@I179@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

10205

30 NOV 1865

Lyon Co., Ky.^[6][7]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Merrick-381 created through the import of OURcarolyn-ancestors_2013-01-16.ged on Jan 16, 2013 by Lowell Gold. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lowell and others.

• Source: S18 Author: Created by: Arthur Allen "Art" Moore... Title: Find-A-Grave , Jim Tipton, Find A Grave Publication: Name: Record added: Apr 24, 2008; Repository: #R15 NOTEFind-A-Grave , Jim Tipton. Find A Grave ...... Digital images. http://www.findagrave.com : 1995.
• Repository: R15 Name: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26344230 Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S242 Author: Penni Thomas penni60@aol.com Title: RootsWeb.com - ":2482014 " database Publication: Name: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com - originally updated 24Mar2003; Repository: #R83 NOTESource Medium: Electronic CONT
• Repository: R83 Name: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2482014&id=I488 Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S97 Author: Samuel W. Steger, historian Title: FOX - Caldwell Co., KY library research Publication: Name: "Family File" , "Caldwell County History" Princeton Art Guild Col. 1987. ref. p. 375; Repository: #R49 NOTESource Medium: Book CONT Source Quality: good CONT CONT also viewed Princeton Library "Family File" and visted local Merrick Cem. CONT "Princeton Caldwell Co. History" by Ann Kimmel ed. 1999. CONT
• Repository: R49 Name: Princeton, Ky Public Library Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

Notes

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BURIED WITH ELLA IN BLUE SPRINGS CEMETERY.

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ref. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2482014&id=I459

Fred Merrick was born October 22, 1874, the son of Jacob Lady Merrick and Irene Merrick Holt. Irene Merrick Holt was 1/2 Cherokee Indian. Fred was only 3 years and 10 months old when his mother died. He spent a lot of his youth at his Grandparents, ( John and Dianna Merrick ) home. He attended school in Lyon County. He was a tall, slim man.

On February 5, 1899 he married Ella Merrick, daughter of Ezekiel and Pernecie Childress Merrick. Fred and Ella had a total of 12 children. Eight children lived to adulthood, Kate, Minnie, Harper, Morris, Huell, Robert, Edna and Fred Jr.

Fred and Ella lived most of their married live in Trigg County near the Rocky Ridge Community. Fred was a farmer all his life. He raised corn, tobacco, hogs, cattle and sheep at one time. He also raised turkeys and chickens. He sold eggs and took cream to sell in Cadiz. He also sold milk that a truck came to get to take to Hopkinsville. Fred's grandson Dennis said his grandfather grew the best watermelons and doesn't eat watermelons anymore because they don't taste like Fred's.

Fred never learned to drive. The only time he ever drove a tractor was once to help his son Huell get the tractor back to the house from the field. Huell bought a farm in Trigg County so that his elderly parents would have a home. Fred was a sharecropper and the owners were about to sell the farm where they lived.

Fred went to Oklahoma in the early 1900's to stay with John Henry Merrick during the Nightrider Era. He was being threatened by the Nightriders and had to leave his wife and young children.

Fred and his boys brought hoes and rakes each year to help clean off the Merrick Cem.. The graveyard cleaning was held the 3rd Saturday in July of each year.

Fred died on July 21, 1962

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1. ↑ Source: #S97 Data: Text: Date of Import: May 3, 2002
2. ↑ Source: #S242
3. ↑ Source: #S97 Data: Text: Date of Import: May 3, 2002
4. ↑ Source: #S97 Data: Text: Date of Import: May 3, 2002
5. ↑ Source: #S242
6. ↑ Source: #S242
7. ↑ Source: #S18 Page: > Jacob Lady MERRICK <, CONT Jacob Lady MERRICK cemetery CONT Caldwell County Kentucky, USA CONT accessed 20Apr2012 Data: Text: Jacob Lady Merrick CONT CONT Birth: Jun., 1849 CONT Caldwell County CONT Kentucky, USA CONT Death: May 19, 1929 CONT Caldwell County CONT Kentucky, USA CONT CONT Son of John C. and Diana Ulrey Vied Merrick. CONT CONT Spouse of #1: Eliza A. Hill., Wed Jan 12, 1863, Trigg Co., Ky,. CONT CONT Spouse of #2: Irene Holt, Wed. Nov 30, 1865, Lyon Co., Ky.., CONT CONT Spouse of #3: Irene Letetia Oliver., Wed. Nov 12, 1878, CONT CONT Family links: CONT Spouse: CONT Irene Holt Merrick (1836 - 1878)* CONT CONT Burial: CONT Jacob Lady Merrick Cemetery CONT Caldwell County CONT Kentucky, USA CONT CONT Created by: gail caraway CONT Record added: Apr 26, 2007 CONT Find A Grave Memorial# 19107316 CONT Object: @M843@ Object: @M846@ Object: @M847@