Obituary:
Syracuse, New York
The Evening Herald newspaper
Friday, April 26, 1895
Page 5, Column 5
ANOTHER PIONEER DEAD.
Charles Merrick Passed Away at an Early Hour This Morning.
Syracuse loses another of her oldest and best-known residents by the death this morning of Charles Merrick. He died at his home, No. 243 South avenue, at the age of 80 years. He had been in poor health for some time from disease of the heart. Mr. Merrick leaves a widow and four sons, Charles H., Eugene M. and Chaplin of Washington, D. C., and Architect Asa L. Merrick of this city.
Mr. Merrick had lived in Syracuse for more than sixty years and had been a well known business man, having been one of the firm of M. & C. Merrick, brick manufacturers and contractors and builders. He retired from business only about four years ago. He was once an enthusiastic Abolitionist and was one of those interested in the Jerry rescue.
For a long period of years Mr. Merrick had been a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church. He had been twice married, his first wife being Miss Nancy Lanfear, who died about eight years ago, and the second Mrs. Mary Lee, who survives him. The funeral arrangements are not ready to announce.
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After establishing a brick making and masonry business in 1843 Charles, Montgomery and Sylvanus Merrick convinced the Wesleyan Methodist church to promote abolitionism. The three established a secret depot and enlisted transporters of runaway slaves. In a four month period they hosted 44 passengers from Plymouth, New York. They depended on free train passes supplied by Horace White, an executive of the Syracuse and Utica Railroad. Oct 1, 1851 a group of 30 men, including the Merricks stormed the jail where Jerry was being held. In the legal furor that resulted from the “Jerry Rescue” Sylvanus fled to Illinois.
The Underground Railroad; an encyclopedia of people, places and operations by Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
Syracuse, New York
The Evening Herald newspaper
Friday, April 26, 1895
Page 5, Column 5
ANOTHER PIONEER DEAD.
Charles Merrick Passed Away at an Early Hour This Morning.
Syracuse loses another of her oldest and best-known residents by the death this morning of Charles Merrick. He died at his home, No. 243 South avenue, at the age of 80 years. He had been in poor health for some time from disease of the heart. Mr. Merrick leaves a widow and four sons, Charles H., Eugene M. and Chaplin of Washington, D. C., and Architect Asa L. Merrick of this city.
Mr. Merrick had lived in Syracuse for more than sixty years and had been a well known business man, having been one of the firm of M. & C. Merrick, brick manufacturers and contractors and builders. He retired from business only about four years ago. He was once an enthusiastic Abolitionist and was one of those interested in the Jerry rescue.
For a long period of years Mr. Merrick had been a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church. He had been twice married, his first wife being Miss Nancy Lanfear, who died about eight years ago, and the second Mrs. Mary Lee, who survives him. The funeral arrangements are not ready to announce.
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After establishing a brick making and masonry business in 1843 Charles, Montgomery and Sylvanus Merrick convinced the Wesleyan Methodist church to promote abolitionism. The three established a secret depot and enlisted transporters of runaway slaves. In a four month period they hosted 44 passengers from Plymouth, New York. They depended on free train passes supplied by Horace White, an executive of the Syracuse and Utica Railroad. Oct 1, 1851 a group of 30 men, including the Merricks stormed the jail where Jerry was being held. In the legal furor that resulted from the “Jerry Rescue” Sylvanus fled to Illinois.
The Underground Railroad; an encyclopedia of people, places and operations by Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
Obituary:
Syracuse, New York
The Evening Herald newspaper
Friday, April 26, 1895
Page 5, Column 5
ANOTHER PIONEER DEAD.
Charles Merrick Passed Away at an Early Hour This Morning.
Syracuse loses another of her oldest and best-known residents by the death this morning of Charles Merrick. He died at his home, No. 243 South avenue, at the age of 80 years. He had been in poor health for some time from disease of the heart. Mr. Merrick leaves a widow and four sons, Charles H., Eugene M. and Chaplin of Washington, D. C., and Architect Asa L. Merrick of this city.
Mr. Merrick had lived in Syracuse for more than sixty years and had been a well known business man, having been one of the firm of M. & C. Merrick, brick manufacturers and contractors and builders. He retired from business only about four years ago. He was once an enthusiastic Abolitionist and was one of those interested in the Jerry rescue.
For a long period of years Mr. Merrick had been a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church. He had been twice married, his first wife being Miss Nancy Lanfear, who died about eight years ago, and the second Mrs. Mary Lee, who survives him. The funeral arrangements are not ready to announce.
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After establishing a brick making and masonry business in 1843 Charles, Montgomery and Sylvanus Merrick convinced the Wesleyan Methodist church to promote abolitionism. The three established a secret depot and enlisted transporters of runaway slaves. In a four month period they hosted 44 passengers from Plymouth, New York. They depended on free train passes supplied by Horace White, an executive of the Syracuse and Utica Railroad. Oct 1, 1851 a group of 30 men, including the Merricks stormed the jail where Jerry was being held. In the legal furor that resulted from the “Jerry Rescue” Sylvanus fled to Illinois.
The Underground Railroad; an encyclopedia of people, places and operations by Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
Syracuse, New York
The Evening Herald newspaper
Friday, April 26, 1895
Page 5, Column 5
ANOTHER PIONEER DEAD.
Charles Merrick Passed Away at an Early Hour This Morning.
Syracuse loses another of her oldest and best-known residents by the death this morning of Charles Merrick. He died at his home, No. 243 South avenue, at the age of 80 years. He had been in poor health for some time from disease of the heart. Mr. Merrick leaves a widow and four sons, Charles H., Eugene M. and Chaplin of Washington, D. C., and Architect Asa L. Merrick of this city.
Mr. Merrick had lived in Syracuse for more than sixty years and had been a well known business man, having been one of the firm of M. & C. Merrick, brick manufacturers and contractors and builders. He retired from business only about four years ago. He was once an enthusiastic Abolitionist and was one of those interested in the Jerry rescue.
For a long period of years Mr. Merrick had been a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church. He had been twice married, his first wife being Miss Nancy Lanfear, who died about eight years ago, and the second Mrs. Mary Lee, who survives him. The funeral arrangements are not ready to announce.
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After establishing a brick making and masonry business in 1843 Charles, Montgomery and Sylvanus Merrick convinced the Wesleyan Methodist church to promote abolitionism. The three established a secret depot and enlisted transporters of runaway slaves. In a four month period they hosted 44 passengers from Plymouth, New York. They depended on free train passes supplied by Horace White, an executive of the Syracuse and Utica Railroad. Oct 1, 1851 a group of 30 men, including the Merricks stormed the jail where Jerry was being held. In the legal furor that resulted from the “Jerry Rescue” Sylvanus fled to Illinois.
The Underground Railroad; an encyclopedia of people, places and operations by Mary Ellen Snodgrass.
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