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James Wesley Merritt

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James Wesley Merritt

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
8 May 1973 (aged 81)
Pittsboro, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Lizton, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA
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James Wesley Merritt was the son of John Wesley and
Lydia Louzina (Lamb) Merritt. Husband of Cordelia (Scott)
Merritt. Father of Jewell Milford, Ercell Leverne, and
Vernus Anglus. Brother of John William, Charles Alvin,
Eliza T. J., Mary Elizabeth, Nora Bell, Anna Luetta,
Della Frances, Lillian Mae and an infant brother.
James Wesley, and Della Frances were twins.
Uncle Jim was a grandson of John (1803) & Elizabeth (Walter) Merritt and William D. & Mary Elizabeth (Case) Lamb.

Uncle Jim, Aunt Cordie and Vernus Anglus are buried in the cemetery plot of Grandpa John Wesley, along with Aunt Della, Aunt Lizzie, Uncle Billie and Aunt Nora




(Per David Smith...Uncle Jime's obituary)
from the Republican for May 17, 1973:

James W. Merritt, age 81, died May 7 at the family homestead north of Pittsboro. He had lived his entire lifetime in that community. He was the son of John W. and Lydia Lamb Merritt.

A retired farmer, he was a member of the Concord Baptist Church.

Final rites were Thursday from the Gregory Funeral Home, Pittsboro, with Elder Sherman Essex officiating. Burial was in the Lizton K. of P. Cemetery.

Survivors include the widow, Cordelia Merritt; two sons, Ercell Merritt, Pittsboro, and Jewell Merritt, Lizton; 12 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
James Wesley Merritt was the son of John Wesley and
Lydia Louzina (Lamb) Merritt. Husband of Cordelia (Scott)
Merritt. Father of Jewell Milford, Ercell Leverne, and
Vernus Anglus. Brother of John William, Charles Alvin,
Eliza T. J., Mary Elizabeth, Nora Bell, Anna Luetta,
Della Frances, Lillian Mae and an infant brother.
James Wesley, and Della Frances were twins.
Uncle Jim was a grandson of John (1803) & Elizabeth (Walter) Merritt and William D. & Mary Elizabeth (Case) Lamb.

Uncle Jim, Aunt Cordie and Vernus Anglus are buried in the cemetery plot of Grandpa John Wesley, along with Aunt Della, Aunt Lizzie, Uncle Billie and Aunt Nora




(Per David Smith...Uncle Jime's obituary)
from the Republican for May 17, 1973:

James W. Merritt, age 81, died May 7 at the family homestead north of Pittsboro. He had lived his entire lifetime in that community. He was the son of John W. and Lydia Lamb Merritt.

A retired farmer, he was a member of the Concord Baptist Church.

Final rites were Thursday from the Gregory Funeral Home, Pittsboro, with Elder Sherman Essex officiating. Burial was in the Lizton K. of P. Cemetery.

Survivors include the widow, Cordelia Merritt; two sons, Ercell Merritt, Pittsboro, and Jewell Merritt, Lizton; 12 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

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