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- Note on Find a Grave:
He was the son of Nathaniel Merrill & his wife Hannah Belden
His wife was Tamma Smith(1780-1848), daughter of Simeon Smith & his wife Eliza Wheeler. She is buried in Elton Cemetery, Town of Freedom, Cattaraugus County, NY
Allen Merrill was a Blacksmith & died following a kick that he received while he was shoeing a horse. He was buried in Waterloo, as this is where 2 of his children lived. A notice in the Waterloo paper on 4/7/1847 reads:
" Died at Aurelius on the 27th instant, Mr Allen Merrill in his 74th year". In the Merrill Memorial is given as 3/28/1847.
Nine of his grandson's served in the Union Army during the Civil War, three dying in battle.
Allen Merrill & his wife Tamma Smith's Children were:
1. Amanda Merrill(1800-)married Leonard Smith
2. Lyman Burton Merrill(1803-)married Content Langworthy
3. Allen Merrill, Jr(1805-)Lorinda Brown
4. Minerva Merrill(1808-1887)married Dennis Dye
5. Smith Merrill(1810-1894)
6. Esther Merrill(
7. William O Merrill(1812-1867)married Calista Loomis/Marian Stutson
8. Caroline Merrill(1814-1850)married Charles Sentell
9. Mason Fitch Merrill(1817-1848)married Harriet/Juliet Pardee
10. Mariah Merrill(1822-1843)
11. John Wallace Merrill(1824-1907)married Livona C Brown
Sources:
1. A Merrill Memorial by Samuel Merrill
2. Horton Clopton Root Ancestors & Descendants [2]
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