C. F. Merrill

MERRILL

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 1/15/2006 at 15:21:30

C. F. Merrill, whose occupation is farming, was born in Maine, March 30, 1843. In 1866 he married Gertrude Burke of Lee, Maine, born Dec. 26, 1845. In 1869 they emigrated to Wisconsin, and resided in Madison two years. They then came to Mitchell Co., Iowa, and remained there five years, then moved to Worth county, Lincoln township, in 1878. In 1882 he purchased eighty acres on section 25, Kensett township, where he still lives. He at present holds the offices of township assessor, school director, road supervisor and justice of the peace. They have five children—Bertha E., aged sixteen, Eva, eleven, Archer, nine, Lois, five, and Myrtle, three years.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 786