Marysville Daily Appeal (Marysville, CA.) 28 July 1891, Volume LXIV, Number 23, Page 3 — ANOTHER OLD PIONEER GONE, George Merritt at the Age of Eighty, Passes Away. MARYSVILLE'S OLDEST CITIZEN. The Demise of One Whose Life Has Been Filled with the Incidents in and Around This City for Forty Years Peculiar Wish of the Old Man Regarding His Funeral. —
One by one the old pioneers who helped to build up this Golden State are joining the silent majority. On yesterday morning, George Merritt, one of the oldest residents, breathed his last in thin city. He had lived to be eighty years of age, and his death, though not expected, was regretted by his many old friends and acquaintances.
Uncle George came to this State from New Orleans in 1849, when men from all regions of the earth flocked to the coast in search of gold. He had learned his trade as a carpenter in New York city, and had worked at it in New Orleans.
He opened a grocery store in San Francisco in 1852 and came to Marysville in 1854. Soon after his arrival in this city he opened up a hardware store in the Tremont block on Second street, the store being at present occupied by W. L. Lawrence. He remained in the hardware business for a few years, when he went to reside in Virginia City, where he opened a grocery store, having for his partner the late W. C. Shaffer. On his return to this city, he was employed as a clerk in the City Market for P. C. Slattery. Mr. Merritt was City Alderman from 1856 to 1857, and in 1868 was defeated for Mayor, by Charles M. Gorham, by sixty votes.
He represented Yuba county in the Assembly in the session of 1869-70, and often boasted that when he was a representative of the people that there was no boodle; that none but honest men were elected, and that when he returned to his constituents, he had a clean and honest record.
He was a Mexican War Veteran, and an ardent admirer of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of the Marysville Pioneer Society.
He was the oldest Odd Fellow in this city, having joined Yuba Lodge No. 5, in 1856. He was a member of the Marysville Encampment No. 6 and was also one of the Hall Trustees.
Of late years Mr. Merritt has had an office with J. C. Bradley on D street and did some business as a notary Public. He also collected rents for some property owners.
He owned property in San Francisco and Marysville, and his estate is valued at from $15,000 to $20,000.
As far as can be learned he did not have any relatives in California but has an intimate friend in Sacramento. Mrs. Staiger, daughter of John C. Wahl, who was a butcher in this city in early days. It was at one time rumored that she would receive the largest portion of his estate. He had a sister living in Norwalk, Connecticut, and a brother in New York City. He also had several nieces and nephews.
John C. Bradley, his most intimate friend, and E.E. Meek will administer on the estate. In his will he ordered that his body he delivered to A. P. Barnes, and that the Odd Fellows have charge of his funeral.
He requested that the members of Corinth Post, G. A. R., should attend his funeral, and furnish appropriate music for the occasion, and that on their return from the funeral refreshments should be served to them in their hall.
The funeral will take place from the Odd Fellows hall next Thursday morning at 10 o'clock and will be attended by the members of Corinth Post, and Mexican Veterans as well as by the Odd Fellows. The Pioneer Society will also turn out and pay the last mark of respect to their deceased friend of '49. The Independent band will furnish appropriate music for the occasion.
Mr. Merritt lived to see a great many changes in this State, the pickax and shovel being replaced by the plow and harvester. What was once a wilderness is now the most favored State in the Union. Orchards, vineyards, and golden fields of grain are to be seen.
The good old Pioneers like "Uncle" George cannot be easily replaced. It is left to the future historians to tell the tales of the deeds they have performed, and the progress this State made when they were the guiding stars.
One by one the old pioneers who helped to build up this Golden State are joining the silent majority. On yesterday morning, George Merritt, one of the oldest residents, breathed his last in thin city. He had lived to be eighty years of age, and his death, though not expected, was regretted by his many old friends and acquaintances.
Uncle George came to this State from New Orleans in 1849, when men from all regions of the earth flocked to the coast in search of gold. He had learned his trade as a carpenter in New York city, and had worked at it in New Orleans.
He opened a grocery store in San Francisco in 1852 and came to Marysville in 1854. Soon after his arrival in this city he opened up a hardware store in the Tremont block on Second street, the store being at present occupied by W. L. Lawrence. He remained in the hardware business for a few years, when he went to reside in Virginia City, where he opened a grocery store, having for his partner the late W. C. Shaffer. On his return to this city, he was employed as a clerk in the City Market for P. C. Slattery. Mr. Merritt was City Alderman from 1856 to 1857, and in 1868 was defeated for Mayor, by Charles M. Gorham, by sixty votes.
He represented Yuba county in the Assembly in the session of 1869-70, and often boasted that when he was a representative of the people that there was no boodle; that none but honest men were elected, and that when he returned to his constituents, he had a clean and honest record.
He was a Mexican War Veteran, and an ardent admirer of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of the Marysville Pioneer Society.
He was the oldest Odd Fellow in this city, having joined Yuba Lodge No. 5, in 1856. He was a member of the Marysville Encampment No. 6 and was also one of the Hall Trustees.
Of late years Mr. Merritt has had an office with J. C. Bradley on D street and did some business as a notary Public. He also collected rents for some property owners.
He owned property in San Francisco and Marysville, and his estate is valued at from $15,000 to $20,000.
As far as can be learned he did not have any relatives in California but has an intimate friend in Sacramento. Mrs. Staiger, daughter of John C. Wahl, who was a butcher in this city in early days. It was at one time rumored that she would receive the largest portion of his estate. He had a sister living in Norwalk, Connecticut, and a brother in New York City. He also had several nieces and nephews.
John C. Bradley, his most intimate friend, and E.E. Meek will administer on the estate. In his will he ordered that his body he delivered to A. P. Barnes, and that the Odd Fellows have charge of his funeral.
He requested that the members of Corinth Post, G. A. R., should attend his funeral, and furnish appropriate music for the occasion, and that on their return from the funeral refreshments should be served to them in their hall.
The funeral will take place from the Odd Fellows hall next Thursday morning at 10 o'clock and will be attended by the members of Corinth Post, and Mexican Veterans as well as by the Odd Fellows. The Pioneer Society will also turn out and pay the last mark of respect to their deceased friend of '49. The Independent band will furnish appropriate music for the occasion.
Mr. Merritt lived to see a great many changes in this State, the pickax and shovel being replaced by the plow and harvester. What was once a wilderness is now the most favored State in the Union. Orchards, vineyards, and golden fields of grain are to be seen.
The good old Pioneers like "Uncle" George cannot be easily replaced. It is left to the future historians to tell the tales of the deeds they have performed, and the progress this State made when they were the guiding stars.
Marysville Daily Appeal (Marysville, CA.) 28 July 1891, Volume LXIV, Number 23, Page 3 — ANOTHER OLD PIONEER GONE, George Merritt at the Age of Eighty, Passes Away. MARYSVILLE'S OLDEST CITIZEN. The Demise of One Whose Life Has Been Filled with the Incidents in and Around This City for Forty Years Peculiar Wish of the Old Man Regarding His Funeral. —
One by one the old pioneers who helped to build up this Golden State are joining the silent majority. On yesterday morning, George Merritt, one of the oldest residents, breathed his last in thin city. He had lived to be eighty years of age, and his death, though not expected, was regretted by his many old friends and acquaintances.
Uncle George came to this State from New Orleans in 1849, when men from all regions of the earth flocked to the coast in search of gold. He had learned his trade as a carpenter in New York city, and had worked at it in New Orleans.
He opened a grocery store in San Francisco in 1852 and came to Marysville in 1854. Soon after his arrival in this city he opened up a hardware store in the Tremont block on Second street, the store being at present occupied by W. L. Lawrence. He remained in the hardware business for a few years, when he went to reside in Virginia City, where he opened a grocery store, having for his partner the late W. C. Shaffer. On his return to this city, he was employed as a clerk in the City Market for P. C. Slattery. Mr. Merritt was City Alderman from 1856 to 1857, and in 1868 was defeated for Mayor, by Charles M. Gorham, by sixty votes.
He represented Yuba county in the Assembly in the session of 1869-70, and often boasted that when he was a representative of the people that there was no boodle; that none but honest men were elected, and that when he returned to his constituents, he had a clean and honest record.
He was a Mexican War Veteran, and an ardent admirer of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of the Marysville Pioneer Society.
He was the oldest Odd Fellow in this city, having joined Yuba Lodge No. 5, in 1856. He was a member of the Marysville Encampment No. 6 and was also one of the Hall Trustees.
Of late years Mr. Merritt has had an office with J. C. Bradley on D street and did some business as a notary Public. He also collected rents for some property owners.
He owned property in San Francisco and Marysville, and his estate is valued at from $15,000 to $20,000.
As far as can be learned he did not have any relatives in California but has an intimate friend in Sacramento. Mrs. Staiger, daughter of John C. Wahl, who was a butcher in this city in early days. It was at one time rumored that she would receive the largest portion of his estate. He had a sister living in Norwalk, Connecticut, and a brother in New York City. He also had several nieces and nephews.
John C. Bradley, his most intimate friend, and E.E. Meek will administer on the estate. In his will he ordered that his body he delivered to A. P. Barnes, and that the Odd Fellows have charge of his funeral.
He requested that the members of Corinth Post, G. A. R., should attend his funeral, and furnish appropriate music for the occasion, and that on their return from the funeral refreshments should be served to them in their hall.
The funeral will take place from the Odd Fellows hall next Thursday morning at 10 o'clock and will be attended by the members of Corinth Post, and Mexican Veterans as well as by the Odd Fellows. The Pioneer Society will also turn out and pay the last mark of respect to their deceased friend of '49. The Independent band will furnish appropriate music for the occasion.
Mr. Merritt lived to see a great many changes in this State, the pickax and shovel being replaced by the plow and harvester. What was once a wilderness is now the most favored State in the Union. Orchards, vineyards, and golden fields of grain are to be seen.
The good old Pioneers like "Uncle" George cannot be easily replaced. It is left to the future historians to tell the tales of the deeds they have performed, and the progress this State made when they were the guiding stars.
One by one the old pioneers who helped to build up this Golden State are joining the silent majority. On yesterday morning, George Merritt, one of the oldest residents, breathed his last in thin city. He had lived to be eighty years of age, and his death, though not expected, was regretted by his many old friends and acquaintances.
Uncle George came to this State from New Orleans in 1849, when men from all regions of the earth flocked to the coast in search of gold. He had learned his trade as a carpenter in New York city, and had worked at it in New Orleans.
He opened a grocery store in San Francisco in 1852 and came to Marysville in 1854. Soon after his arrival in this city he opened up a hardware store in the Tremont block on Second street, the store being at present occupied by W. L. Lawrence. He remained in the hardware business for a few years, when he went to reside in Virginia City, where he opened a grocery store, having for his partner the late W. C. Shaffer. On his return to this city, he was employed as a clerk in the City Market for P. C. Slattery. Mr. Merritt was City Alderman from 1856 to 1857, and in 1868 was defeated for Mayor, by Charles M. Gorham, by sixty votes.
He represented Yuba county in the Assembly in the session of 1869-70, and often boasted that when he was a representative of the people that there was no boodle; that none but honest men were elected, and that when he returned to his constituents, he had a clean and honest record.
He was a Mexican War Veteran, and an ardent admirer of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of the Marysville Pioneer Society.
He was the oldest Odd Fellow in this city, having joined Yuba Lodge No. 5, in 1856. He was a member of the Marysville Encampment No. 6 and was also one of the Hall Trustees.
Of late years Mr. Merritt has had an office with J. C. Bradley on D street and did some business as a notary Public. He also collected rents for some property owners.
He owned property in San Francisco and Marysville, and his estate is valued at from $15,000 to $20,000.
As far as can be learned he did not have any relatives in California but has an intimate friend in Sacramento. Mrs. Staiger, daughter of John C. Wahl, who was a butcher in this city in early days. It was at one time rumored that she would receive the largest portion of his estate. He had a sister living in Norwalk, Connecticut, and a brother in New York City. He also had several nieces and nephews.
John C. Bradley, his most intimate friend, and E.E. Meek will administer on the estate. In his will he ordered that his body he delivered to A. P. Barnes, and that the Odd Fellows have charge of his funeral.
He requested that the members of Corinth Post, G. A. R., should attend his funeral, and furnish appropriate music for the occasion, and that on their return from the funeral refreshments should be served to them in their hall.
The funeral will take place from the Odd Fellows hall next Thursday morning at 10 o'clock and will be attended by the members of Corinth Post, and Mexican Veterans as well as by the Odd Fellows. The Pioneer Society will also turn out and pay the last mark of respect to their deceased friend of '49. The Independent band will furnish appropriate music for the occasion.
Mr. Merritt lived to see a great many changes in this State, the pickax and shovel being replaced by the plow and harvester. What was once a wilderness is now the most favored State in the Union. Orchards, vineyards, and golden fields of grain are to be seen.
The good old Pioneers like "Uncle" George cannot be easily replaced. It is left to the future historians to tell the tales of the deeds they have performed, and the progress this State made when they were the guiding stars.
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