John
Richard
Merritt
Born in Kentucky
Ancestors 
Brother of
Peter Wesley Merritt, Adaline Frances Merritt, Zacharia Taylor Merritt, Uriah Turner Merritt, Margaret Nancy Merritt and Stephen Arnold Douglas Merritt
Husband of
Sallie Alice Merritt
— married
23 Jun 1881 in Springfield, Washington, Kentucky
Descendants 
Father of
Verner B Merritt, Emmet Hezekiah Merritt, Thomas Peter Merritt, Ada Frances (Merritt) White, Margaret Taylor (Merritt) Evers, Lillian Bernie (Merritt) Van Meerten and Verna E (Merritt) McGlinn
Died
at age 64
in Jasper County, Indiana, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Nov 2015
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Biography
- 1850 Garrard Co KY census [1]
- 1860 Garrard Co KY census [2]
- 1870 KY census What county? [3]
- 1880 Washington Co KY census [4]
- 22 Jun 1881 Marriage to Sallie Merritt Washington Co KY [5]
- 1900 Jasper Indiana census Children all born in Ky, ages 4 to 17, so they only left KY after 1896[6]
Buried in Demotte Indiana, 1906. The birth date on his stone is incorrect . [7]
Sources
- ↑ FamilySearch.org
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- ↑ FamilySearch.org
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- ↑ FamilySearch.org
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Find A Grave[2]
- Listed in the Merritt Genealogy by Willard E Merritt. Added by Willard E Merritt.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Michael Merritt
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup E1b1b1b2a1, FTDNA kit #48621
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~6.25%
Mary Merritt :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Faith (Caldwell) Pannell :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch FB7105458 [compare]
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~0.78%
Deborah (Dixon) Walker :
23andMe, GEDmatch XL340227C1 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A540325 [compare], Ancestry member ddixonwalker
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A540325 [compare], FTDNA kit #B41912
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Categories: DeMotte Cemetery, DeMotte, Indiana