Horace Raymond Merritt (1877 - 1925)

Born Sep 1877 in Georgia

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Priscilla (Hopson) Merritt — married 25 Dec 1898 in Decatur County, Georgia

Died 9 May 1925 at age 47 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee

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Biography

Horace was born in 1877. He was the son of Nancy Boyette and Moses Merritt.

Sources

• Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJG-2Q5 : 7 February 2020), H. R. Merritt and Alice Hopson, 25 Dec 1898; citing Marriage, Decatur, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 249,482.

• Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSXK-RS3 : 25 May 2014), H. R. Meritt, 09 May 1925; citing Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, v 24 cn 34, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,299,785.

• United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3NZ-1H3 : 20 January 2015), Horace Merritt, Militia Districts 1005, 1258, Bells, Ragans, Decatur, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 12A, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,191

• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLKR-WRP : 29 October 2015), Horace Merritt, Whigham, Grady, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 92, sheet 8B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,202.

Acknowledgments

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