Event Type Death
Event Date 03 Mar 1926
Event Place Spencer, Henry, Virginia, United States
Registration Date 17 Mar 1926
Gender Male
Age 79
Race White
Birth Date 29 Jan 1847
Father's Name John W Merriman
Mother's Name Mary Bousman
Spouse's Name Martha E Merriman
Mr. J. B. Merriman of Spencer, died at his home on Wednesday morning. The end came suddenly, he being in apparently good health at the time of his demise.
He was one of the boys who at age 17 answered the call of the Southland in this county, when it seemed necessary for the very flower of the South to place itself on the alter in defense of Principle, Justice and Honor.
Since the days of the fratricidal struggle, he lived on a farm near Spencer, Va., and has been held in the highest esteem by all who knew him.
At the time of his death he was a little past 79 years of age.
He leaves the following children: Five daughters: Mrs. R. W. Grogan, Mrs. G. D. DeShazo and Mrs. W. T. Hensley of Spencer, Mrs. Darian Smith of Roanoke and Mrs. Morgan Grogan of Martinsville. Four sons also survived: O. I. Merriman of Spencer, J. A. and Marvin of Fieldale, and David of Winston-Salem, N.C.
He was buried at Old Well Cemetery.
Event Type Death
Event Date 03 Mar 1926
Event Place Spencer, Henry, Virginia, United States
Registration Date 17 Mar 1926
Gender Male
Age 79
Race White
Birth Date 29 Jan 1847
Father's Name John W Merriman
Mother's Name Mary Bousman
Spouse's Name Martha E Merriman
Mr. J. B. Merriman of Spencer, died at his home on Wednesday morning. The end came suddenly, he being in apparently good health at the time of his demise.
He was one of the boys who at age 17 answered the call of the Southland in this county, when it seemed necessary for the very flower of the South to place itself on the alter in defense of Principle, Justice and Honor.
Since the days of the fratricidal struggle, he lived on a farm near Spencer, Va., and has been held in the highest esteem by all who knew him.
At the time of his death he was a little past 79 years of age.
He leaves the following children: Five daughters: Mrs. R. W. Grogan, Mrs. G. D. DeShazo and Mrs. W. T. Hensley of Spencer, Mrs. Darian Smith of Roanoke and Mrs. Morgan Grogan of Martinsville. Four sons also survived: O. I. Merriman of Spencer, J. A. and Marvin of Fieldale, and David of Winston-Salem, N.C.
He was buried at Old Well Cemetery.
Inscription
PVT CO A
5th BATTN.
VA RESERVES
Confederate States Army
Family Members
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Emma James Merriman Grogan
1871–1930
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James Addison Merriman
1873–1956
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Minnie Burton Merriman Grogan
1875–1964
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Annie Beline Merriman DeShazo
1879–1946
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Orrin Ila Merriman
1882–1958
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John William Merriman
1884–1925
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Marvin Shelton Merriman
1887–1936
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Dollie Mae Merriman Hensley
1889–1987
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David Harrison Merriman
1895–1996
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