Earnest Willie Merritt (1891 - 1958)

Born 12 Nov 1891 in Cabot, Lonoke, Arkansas, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Lottie H. (Wilson) Merritt — married 23 Dec 1914 in Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

Husband of Lena (Underwood) Hall — married 6 Sep 1927 in Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

Died 9 Apr 1958 at age 66 in Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, USA

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Biography

Earnest Willie Merritt was born on 12 Nov 1891 in Cabot, Lonoke, Arkansas, USA, son of William T. Merritt (1867 - >1940) and Sarah Fannie (Wood) Merritt (1871 - >1910).

His siblings were:

1. Eva P. (Merritt) Glasscock (1894 - 1982)
2. Lela May (Merritt) Duncan (1899 - 1983)

Earnest died on 9 Apr 1958 in Helena, Phillips, Arkansas aged 66.

• Fact: Residence (1900) Bayou Metoe Township, Pulaski, Arkansas.^[1]
• Fact: Residence (1910) Bayou Meto, Pulaski, Arkansas. ^[2]
• Fact: Residence (5 June 1917) Cabot, Pulaski County, Arkansas
• Fact: Residence (1920) Bayou Meto, Pulaski, Arkansas
• Fact: Residence (1930) Jackson, Monroe, Arkansas. ^[3]

• Fact: Residence (1935) Jackson, Monroe, Arkansas
• Fact: Residence (1 Apr 1940) Jackson, Monroe, Arkansas, United States. ^[4]

• Fact: Residence (27 April 1942) Holly Grove, Monroe County, Arkansas

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Earnest Merritt Sex: Male Age: 8 Event Date: 1900 Event Place: Bayou Meto Township, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States Event Place (Original): Bayou Metoe Township, ED 67, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States Event Type: Census Birth Date: Nov 1892 Birthplace: Arkansas Marital Status: Single Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Son Father's Birthplace: Arkansas Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas Household Identifier: 29 Line Number: 53 Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 2 Sheet Number and Letter: 2B Affiliate Publication Number: T623 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Willie T Merritt Father M 33 Arkansas Fannie Merritt Mother F 23 Arkansas Evar P Merritt Sister F 6 Arkansas Leala M Merritt Sister F 1 Arkansas Digital Folder Number: 004119764 Microfilm Number: 1240073 Image Number: 00336 Indexing Batch: N00814-3 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3X9-2RD : 10 March 2022), Earnest Merritt in entry for Willie T Merritt, 1900.
2. ↑ Name: Earnest W Merritt Sex: Male Age: 18 Event Date: 1910 Event Place: Bayou Meto, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States Event Place (Original): Bayou Meto, , Arkansas Event Type: Census Birth Year (Estimated): 1892 Birthplace: Arkansas Marital Status: Single Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Son Father's Birthplace: Arkansas Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 1 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace William T Merritt Father M 42 Arkansas Fannie Merritt Mother F 35 Arkansas Eva P Merritt Sister F 15 Arkansas Sala M Merritt Sister F 10 Arkansas Household Identifier: 19 Sheet Number and Letter: 1B Affiliate Film Number: 62 Affiliate Publication Number: T624 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Digital Folder Number: 004970240 Microfilm Number: 1374075 Image Number: 00079 Indexing Batch: N03326-4 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVP-1RS : accessed 14 June 2022), Earnest W Merritt in household of William T Merritt, Bayou Meto, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 1B, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 62; FHL microfilm 1,374,075.
3. ↑ 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930"
   citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 3B, line 83, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 83; FHL microfilm 2,339,818.
   FamilySearch Record: XMLG-GM7 (accessed 2 November 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9R4D-2Q8 Image number 01061
   E*E*T Merritt (37), married head of household in Jackson, Monroe, Arkansas, United States. Born in Arkansas.
4. ↑ 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
   citing enumeration district (ED) 48-18, sheet 2A, line 2, family 20, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 157.
   FamilySearch Record: KQKV-4V7 (accessed 2 November 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89M1-XNKJ
   Ernest Merritt (48), married head of household in Jackson Township, Monroe, Arkansas, United States. Born in Arkansas.