Contribution by "Descendents of Steward Kee" compiled by Kee Rodger and sherry Champlin.
Martha is the daughter of Lewis Iddings Harrington and Ellen Myra (Pendegast) Harrington. Wife of Harry Leonard Merrill.
They had one child: Lewis Harrington Merrill.
MARTHA. HARRINGTON MERRILL, daughter of Lewis and Ellen (Pendergast)
Harrington, was born November 29, 1858, at Hutchinson, Minnesota, and for her
entire lifetime was a resident of this town. She graduated from high school
there, and for a time was astudent at University of Minnesota. She had had
only a short teaching experience in a country school when she was suddenly called upon to take charge of the Hutchinson High School, due to illness of the
principal. This she did successfully and continued to teach in the school for
two years. On June 30, 1886 she was married to this principal, who was Harry
L. Merrill. Their home became one of the centers of the community's cultural
and social affairs. To the alumni of the high school, Martha became "Mother
Merrill"; and by many people she was regarded as Hutchinson's "first lady". At
the time of her death on July 30, 1946 she was its oldest native daughter, her
life span dating back beyond the Indian uprising of 1862, when as a child she
had been confined in the stockade of the public square.
Martha is the daughter of Lewis Iddings Harrington and Ellen Myra (Pendegast) Harrington. Wife of Harry Leonard Merrill.
They had one child: Lewis Harrington Merrill.
MARTHA. HARRINGTON MERRILL, daughter of Lewis and Ellen (Pendergast)
Harrington, was born November 29, 1858, at Hutchinson, Minnesota, and for her
entire lifetime was a resident of this town. She graduated from high school
there, and for a time was astudent at University of Minnesota. She had had
only a short teaching experience in a country school when she was suddenly called upon to take charge of the Hutchinson High School, due to illness of the
principal. This she did successfully and continued to teach in the school for
two years. On June 30, 1886 she was married to this principal, who was Harry
L. Merrill. Their home became one of the centers of the community's cultural
and social affairs. To the alumni of the high school, Martha became "Mother
Merrill"; and by many people she was regarded as Hutchinson's "first lady". At
the time of her death on July 30, 1946 she was its oldest native daughter, her
life span dating back beyond the Indian uprising of 1862, when as a child she
had been confined in the stockade of the public square.
Contribution by "Descendents of Steward Kee" compiled by Kee Rodger and sherry Champlin.
Martha is the daughter of Lewis Iddings Harrington and Ellen Myra (Pendegast) Harrington. Wife of Harry Leonard Merrill.
They had one child: Lewis Harrington Merrill.
MARTHA. HARRINGTON MERRILL, daughter of Lewis and Ellen (Pendergast)
Harrington, was born November 29, 1858, at Hutchinson, Minnesota, and for her
entire lifetime was a resident of this town. She graduated from high school
there, and for a time was astudent at University of Minnesota. She had had
only a short teaching experience in a country school when she was suddenly called upon to take charge of the Hutchinson High School, due to illness of the
principal. This she did successfully and continued to teach in the school for
two years. On June 30, 1886 she was married to this principal, who was Harry
L. Merrill. Their home became one of the centers of the community's cultural
and social affairs. To the alumni of the high school, Martha became "Mother
Merrill"; and by many people she was regarded as Hutchinson's "first lady". At
the time of her death on July 30, 1946 she was its oldest native daughter, her
life span dating back beyond the Indian uprising of 1862, when as a child she
had been confined in the stockade of the public square.
Martha is the daughter of Lewis Iddings Harrington and Ellen Myra (Pendegast) Harrington. Wife of Harry Leonard Merrill.
They had one child: Lewis Harrington Merrill.
MARTHA. HARRINGTON MERRILL, daughter of Lewis and Ellen (Pendergast)
Harrington, was born November 29, 1858, at Hutchinson, Minnesota, and for her
entire lifetime was a resident of this town. She graduated from high school
there, and for a time was astudent at University of Minnesota. She had had
only a short teaching experience in a country school when she was suddenly called upon to take charge of the Hutchinson High School, due to illness of the
principal. This she did successfully and continued to teach in the school for
two years. On June 30, 1886 she was married to this principal, who was Harry
L. Merrill. Their home became one of the centers of the community's cultural
and social affairs. To the alumni of the high school, Martha became "Mother
Merrill"; and by many people she was regarded as Hutchinson's "first lady". At
the time of her death on July 30, 1946 she was its oldest native daughter, her
life span dating back beyond the Indian uprising of 1862, when as a child she
had been confined in the stockade of the public square.
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