First wife of Joseph Sheffield Merriss. Joseph and Mary were both born in New York and married there circa 1807/8. Joseph S. Merris was found to be in Cortland, New York as late as 1814, when he placed an ad in a local publication that year. Sometime before the 1820 census they moved their family to Cuyahoga County, Ohio where they remained until approx. 1827. Around this time they moved to Crawford County, Ohio and remained there until their deaths.
Their children:
Sarah Merriss (Parcher) b1809
Daniel Robert Merriss b1811
Mary Merriss (Lashley) b1813
Diana Merriss [Bacon] [Nichols] b1815
Gardner S. Merriss b1818
Joseph Sheffield Merriss Jr. b1820
John P. Merriss b1823
Martha Merriss [Meyers} b1825
Sylvenus B. Merriss b1826
Benjamin B. Merriss b1828
First wife of Joseph Sheffield Merriss. Joseph and Mary were both born in New York and married there circa 1807/8. Joseph S. Merris was found to be in Cortland, New York as late as 1814, when he placed an ad in a local publication that year. Sometime before the 1820 census they moved their family to Cuyahoga County, Ohio where they remained until approx. 1827. Around this time they moved to Crawford County, Ohio and remained there until their deaths.
Their children:
Sarah Merriss (Parcher) b1809
Daniel Robert Merriss b1811
Mary Merriss (Lashley) b1813
Diana Merriss [Bacon] [Nichols] b1815
Gardner S. Merriss b1818
Joseph Sheffield Merriss Jr. b1820
John P. Merriss b1823
Martha Merriss [Meyers} b1825
Sylvenus B. Merriss b1826
Benjamin B. Merriss b1828
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