Interment was in Vernal City cemetery. Mrs. Merkley, a daughter of John Sampson and Jane Clark Hacking, was born at Cedar Valley, Utah, December 8, 1860. October 10, 1881, she was married to Mr. Merkley. In the fall of 1879 she came to Ashley valley with her parents. At that time there was not a single tree to be seen in the valley, with the exception of a few willows along the creek.
The Hacking family located their homesteads near the now historic Hacking corner. Mrs. Merkley was unusually skilled in the making of buckskin gloves, and in the early days she made over many suits of clothing, using the buckskin instead of cloth. For 12 years, Mrs. Merkley served as secretary of the Relief Society.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Merkley is survived by nine sisters and brothers, Mrs. Eleanor Anderson, American Fork; Miss Harriet Hacking and Mrs. Caroline Cook, Cedar Fort; John S. and Joseph P. Hacking, Vernal; Henry Hacking, Rexburg, Idaho; George A. Hacking, McGrath, Canada; Orson Hacking, Tooele; T. William, Cedar Fort; seven sons and daughters, George A., Mrs. Jane Colton, Mrs. Audrey Richens, Vernal. (Sat. June 2-34) [Entry Recording Date : 15 Feb 2001]
Children not listed below: Audey Kay Merkley Richens and Olive Marie Merkley Bodily
Interment was in Vernal City cemetery. Mrs. Merkley, a daughter of John Sampson and Jane Clark Hacking, was born at Cedar Valley, Utah, December 8, 1860. October 10, 1881, she was married to Mr. Merkley. In the fall of 1879 she came to Ashley valley with her parents. At that time there was not a single tree to be seen in the valley, with the exception of a few willows along the creek.
The Hacking family located their homesteads near the now historic Hacking corner. Mrs. Merkley was unusually skilled in the making of buckskin gloves, and in the early days she made over many suits of clothing, using the buckskin instead of cloth. For 12 years, Mrs. Merkley served as secretary of the Relief Society.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Merkley is survived by nine sisters and brothers, Mrs. Eleanor Anderson, American Fork; Miss Harriet Hacking and Mrs. Caroline Cook, Cedar Fort; John S. and Joseph P. Hacking, Vernal; Henry Hacking, Rexburg, Idaho; George A. Hacking, McGrath, Canada; Orson Hacking, Tooele; T. William, Cedar Fort; seven sons and daughters, George A., Mrs. Jane Colton, Mrs. Audrey Richens, Vernal. (Sat. June 2-34) [Entry Recording Date : 15 Feb 2001]
Children not listed below: Audey Kay Merkley Richens and Olive Marie Merkley Bodily
Family Members
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James Hacking
1856–1927
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Harriett Ambrosine Hacking
1858–1944
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Jane Elizabeth Hacking Southam
1863–1890
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Eleanor Hacking Anderson
1865–1949
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John Sampson Hacking Jr
1867–1947
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Henry Franklin Hacking
1869–1949
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Charles "Lorenzo" Hacking
1872–1896
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Joseph Pearson Hacking
1874–1944
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George Alfred Hacking
1876–1955
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Mary Emily Hacking
1878–1878
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Martha Caroline Hacking Cook
1880–1966
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Orson Ezra Hacking
1882–1974
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Thomas William Hacking
1885–1950
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