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Joseph Merritt (abt. 1887)

Joseph Merritt
Born about in Louisiana, USAmap
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

Joseph Merritt was born in 1887. The Black parents he is connected to are not proven. He would have been thirteen years old in 1900, yet he was NOT counted with them on the census in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana in 1900.[1]

A Joseph B. Merritt registered for the World War I draft in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. He was recorded as white and living in Ruston, Louisiana, far from the family he is connected to.[2]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRH-R9W : accessed 19 June 2018), Joseph Merritt in household of Thornton Merritt, Police Jury Ward 4, Precinct 7, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83, sheet 15A, family 314, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972); FHL microfilm 1,240,582.
  2. Military: "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
    Registration State: Louisiana; Registration County: Lincoln Parish
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6482 #27964911 (accessed 29 September 2023)
    Name: Joseph B Merritt; Race: Caucasian (White); Marital Status: Single; Birth Date: 8 Oct 1887; Birth Place: Louisiana, USA; Residence Date: 1917-1918; Residence Place: Lincoln County, Louisiana, USA; Physical Build: Stout; Height: Medium; Hair Color: Dark Brown; Eye Color: Brown.




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