Charles Merrill served in the United States Civil War.
Charles Henry Merrill was born at Goffstown, New Hampshire on August 14, 1839, son of Stephen Merrill and Lydia Short. [1] He left Goffstown in 1860, moving to Hyde Park, Massachusetts. [2]
Charles married Elizabeth Alice Scott on January 6, 1866 at Charlestown, Massachusetts. [3] Elizabeth was born at Ludlow, Vermont on September 29 1838, daughter of Elijah Scott and Sarah Churchill. [4][5] The family moved to Sterling, Massachusetts in 1873 and remained there until Elizabeth's death. Charles was a farmer. [2]
Charles served in quartermaster department stationed at Morris Island South Carolina from November 1863 to June 1864 in the War of the Rebellion. [2]
Elizabeth died on September 13 1912 at Sterling Massachusetts and is buried in Legg Cemetery, Sterling. [5][2][6]
Charles died at Goffstown on September 21, 1916 and was buried in the Legg Cemetery at Sterling with Elizabeth, Flossie and Henry. [1][2][7]
Children
Charlie Scott born on March 9, 1867; married Martha France of Peterboro, New Hampshire [2] on June 15, 1903. [8]
Harry Stephen born March 22, 1871 [9] ; died young in Hyde Park. [2]
↑ "New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD29-QZ4 : 30 October 2020), Charles Henry Merrill in entry for Charles Scott Merrill, 15 Jun 1903; citing Marriage, Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 004351633.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6G-W9D : 20 May 2022), Harry S Merrill, 22 Mar 1871; citing Birth, Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004026305.
↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH2W-6Q8 : 29 December 2022), Josephine Belle Merrill in entry for Archibald Heywood Rayner, 1904.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9B4-8N7 : accessed 26 June 2019), J Belle Merrill in household of Charles H Merrill, Sterling Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1686, sheet 8B, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,694. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-63JW-3MV?i=16&cc=1325221
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