Occupation: weaver specializing in carpets
d/o Israel & Christina Margaret "Peggy" (Wilkins) Starlin
w/o John Dowty, m. 1 Sept 1834 in Butler County Ohio, John Died in 1835. No Children born to this union.
Friend of Ruppert Raymond , resident at Witherbee's Hotel Harrison, Ohio, where Mary Dowty worked. In a Rejected #3600 Mexican War, Widows Pension application filed by Mary W. Merrill she states that she and Ruppert were NOT married.) However, she reported that Ruppert Raymond was the biological father of her son David R. Merrill, born 1840. ) In the 1850 U S Census of Harrison, Hamilton County Ohio, David is enumerated as the son of James and Mary Merrill.
w/o James Merrill (m. 19 Sep 1843 , Harrison, Hamilton County Ohio; divorced: Dec 1865, Hamilton County, Ohio)
m/o Israel Merrill, James M. Merill Jr. , Mary Margaret Merrill, David R. Merrill, William T Merrill
(Note: File for a widow's pension, but application was denied based upon the fact that she had acquired a divorce from James in Dec 1865 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. This also proves her marriage to James Merrill was in 1843. NARA Records Mexican American War Pension File #3600)
Her Obituary that was reported in the Harrison Press June 15, 1905 Pg 2:3 indicates that she passed away at the home of her son James M. Merill (he is buried in the plot next to her at Old Baptist Cemetery)
d/o Israel & Christina Margaret "Peggy" (Wilkins) Starlin
w/o John Dowty, m. 1 Sept 1834 in Butler County Ohio, John Died in 1835. No Children born to this union.
Friend of Ruppert Raymond , resident at Witherbee's Hotel Harrison, Ohio, where Mary Dowty worked. In a Rejected #3600 Mexican War, Widows Pension application filed by Mary W. Merrill she states that she and Ruppert were NOT married.) However, she reported that Ruppert Raymond was the biological father of her son David R. Merrill, born 1840. ) In the 1850 U S Census of Harrison, Hamilton County Ohio, David is enumerated as the son of James and Mary Merrill.
w/o James Merrill (m. 19 Sep 1843 , Harrison, Hamilton County Ohio; divorced: Dec 1865, Hamilton County, Ohio)
m/o Israel Merrill, James M. Merill Jr. , Mary Margaret Merrill, David R. Merrill, William T Merrill
(Note: File for a widow's pension, but application was denied based upon the fact that she had acquired a divorce from James in Dec 1865 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. This also proves her marriage to James Merrill was in 1843. NARA Records Mexican American War Pension File #3600)
Her Obituary that was reported in the Harrison Press June 15, 1905 Pg 2:3 indicates that she passed away at the home of her son James M. Merill (he is buried in the plot next to her at Old Baptist Cemetery)
Occupation: weaver specializing in carpets
d/o Israel & Christina Margaret "Peggy" (Wilkins) Starlin
w/o John Dowty, m. 1 Sept 1834 in Butler County Ohio, John Died in 1835. No Children born to this union.
Friend of Ruppert Raymond , resident at Witherbee's Hotel Harrison, Ohio, where Mary Dowty worked. In a Rejected #3600 Mexican War, Widows Pension application filed by Mary W. Merrill she states that she and Ruppert were NOT married.) However, she reported that Ruppert Raymond was the biological father of her son David R. Merrill, born 1840. ) In the 1850 U S Census of Harrison, Hamilton County Ohio, David is enumerated as the son of James and Mary Merrill.
w/o James Merrill (m. 19 Sep 1843 , Harrison, Hamilton County Ohio; divorced: Dec 1865, Hamilton County, Ohio)
m/o Israel Merrill, James M. Merill Jr. , Mary Margaret Merrill, David R. Merrill, William T Merrill
(Note: File for a widow's pension, but application was denied based upon the fact that she had acquired a divorce from James in Dec 1865 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. This also proves her marriage to James Merrill was in 1843. NARA Records Mexican American War Pension File #3600)
Her Obituary that was reported in the Harrison Press June 15, 1905 Pg 2:3 indicates that she passed away at the home of her son James M. Merill (he is buried in the plot next to her at Old Baptist Cemetery)
d/o Israel & Christina Margaret "Peggy" (Wilkins) Starlin
w/o John Dowty, m. 1 Sept 1834 in Butler County Ohio, John Died in 1835. No Children born to this union.
Friend of Ruppert Raymond , resident at Witherbee's Hotel Harrison, Ohio, where Mary Dowty worked. In a Rejected #3600 Mexican War, Widows Pension application filed by Mary W. Merrill she states that she and Ruppert were NOT married.) However, she reported that Ruppert Raymond was the biological father of her son David R. Merrill, born 1840. ) In the 1850 U S Census of Harrison, Hamilton County Ohio, David is enumerated as the son of James and Mary Merrill.
w/o James Merrill (m. 19 Sep 1843 , Harrison, Hamilton County Ohio; divorced: Dec 1865, Hamilton County, Ohio)
m/o Israel Merrill, James M. Merill Jr. , Mary Margaret Merrill, David R. Merrill, William T Merrill
(Note: File for a widow's pension, but application was denied based upon the fact that she had acquired a divorce from James in Dec 1865 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. This also proves her marriage to James Merrill was in 1843. NARA Records Mexican American War Pension File #3600)
Her Obituary that was reported in the Harrison Press June 15, 1905 Pg 2:3 indicates that she passed away at the home of her son James M. Merill (he is buried in the plot next to her at Old Baptist Cemetery)
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