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Mary (Price) Merris (1787 - 1854)

Mary Merris formerly Price
Born in New York, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of [half]
Wife of — married 1807 in New York, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 66 in Bucyrus, Crawford, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Biography

Mary was born on 11 December 1787 in New York to John Price and Rachel Brownejohn.

First wife of Joseph Sheffield Merriss. Joseph and Mary were both born in New York and married there circa 1807/8. Joseph S. Merris was found to be in Cortland, New York as late as 1814, when he placed an ad in a local publication that year. Sometime before the 1820 census they moved their family to Cuyahoga County, Ohio where they remained until approx. 1827. Around this time they moved to Crawford County, Ohio and remained there until their deaths.

Their children:

  1. Sarah Merriss (Parcher) b1809
  2. Daniel Robert Merriss b1811
  3. Mary Merriss (Lashley) b1813
  4. Diana Merriss [Bacon] [Nichols] b1815
  5. Gardner S. Merriss b1818
  6. Joseph Sheffield Merriss Jr. b1820
  7. John P. Merriss b1823
  8. Martha Merriss [Meyers} b1825
  9. Sylvenus B. Merriss b1826
  10. Benjamin B. Merriss b1828

Mary passed away in Bucyrus, Ohio on February 4, 1854.[1]

Census

  • United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3P-SY5 : 21 December 2020), Mary Merris in household of Joseph L Merris, Bucyrus, Crawford, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Sources

  1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 28 September 2021), memorial page for Mary Price Merriss (11 Dec 1787–4 Feb 1854), Find A Grave: Memorial #57110735, citing Stewart Cemetery, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Rebeltem (contributor 47894643)




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