Daniel Smith Merritt (1835 - 1869)

Born 11 Feb 1835 in New York, United States

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Died 11 Apr 1869 at age 34 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Note - Dr. Merritt's birthplace is given as Philadelphia on his death certificate, but New York on the 1860 US Census Pennsylvania Philadelphia County. Both of his parents died before 1850. According to Revised Merritt Records page 82, his father's will mentions brother-in-law Daniel Smith, Jr. of Philadelphia. Daniel and his brother William are found with Daniel Smith in the 1850 and 1860 US Censuses in Philadelphia, though they are recorded as Smiths in 1850 and their birthplaces are listed as Pennsylvania,

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*FindAGrave.com memorial number 104694761 [1]

• Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915

Daniel S. Merritt [2]

• United States Census 1850 Pennsylvania Philadelphia County Philadelphia

Daniel Smith age 14 in Daniel Smith age 60 household [3]

• United States Census 1860 Pennsylvania Philadelphia County Philadelphia

Daniel Merrett in Daniel Smith Jr. household [4]

• Merritt, Douglas compiler. Revised Merritt Records New York: Tobias A. Wright Printer and Publisher, 1916 page 101 Daniel Smith7 Merritt family.

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• Merritt, Douglas compiler. Revised Merritt Records New York: Tobias A. Wright Printer and Publisher, 1916 page 82 John C.6 Merritt family.

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