Iowa Family Groupsheet for Elias Hudnut Mershon Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm *********************************************** Submitted by: Elaine Mershon Email address: hischild69@msn.com Husband: Elias Hudnut Mershon Birthdate: 7 June 1854 Birthplace: Flemingsburg, Fleming Co., KY Death date: 15 December 1922 Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA Father: Thomas Oliver Mershon MD Mother: Sarah Jane Secrist Marriage date: Marriage place: Wife: Margaretta St. Leon Cross Birthdate: 18 March 1858 Birthplace: Lanark, Carroll Co., IL Death date: 21 March 1946 Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: Guy Mishler Mershon Sex: M Birthdate: 23 October 1879 Birthplace: Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa Death date: 26 August 1958 Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co,. CA Marriage date: 1. 14 September 1904 Marriage place: Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa Spouse's name: 1. Zaidee Edith Michael; 2. Helen Beatrice ?? (was a widow) Child No. 2: Bessie Maud Mershon Sex: F Birthdate: 11 June 1881 Birthplace: Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa Death date: 30 October 1967 Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co, CA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: never married Child No. 3: Ray Martin Mershon Sex: M Birthdate: 1883 Birthplace: Monticello, Jones Co. Iowa Death date: 1966 Place of death: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Anna Wortman Child No. 4: Jennie Mae Mershon Sex: F Birthdate: 17 October 1884 Birthplace: Moniticello, Jones Co., Iowa Death date: 26 December 1968 Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: never married Child No. 5: Clara Mable Mershon Sex: Birthdate: 15 February 1887 Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk Co. Iowa Death date: 1973 Place of death: California Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: 1. Joe Wardrip; 2. Dan Martin Child No. 6: Charles Boies Mershon Sex: M Birthdate: 5 August 1889 Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk Co. Iowa Death date: 23 October 1960 Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA Marriage date: 7 January 1911 Marriage place: Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL Spouse's name: Hazel Norma Giffen (born in Newell, Buena Vista Co., Iowa) Child No. 7: Hugh Oliver Mershon Sex: M Birthdate: 23 July 1895 Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa Death date: 4 December 1980 Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Louise Menzies Child No. 8: Ralph Secrist "Ted" Mershon Sex: M Birthdate: 16 March 1897 Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa Death date: 4 February 1989 Place of death: Laguna Hills, Orange Co., CA Marriage date: 21 September 1927 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Eleanor Murphy Child No. 9: Clyde Cross "Ed" Mershon Sex: M Birthdate: 13 January 1901 Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa Death date: 1 May 1987 Place of death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA Marriage date: 2 June 1926 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Lucile Anna Bigham Documentation: Family records and copies of vital records The Mershon Association has a set of books on the family genealogy which come down as far as Elias Hudnut Mershon.