Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ben Baily Merritt    
         Census name: Benjamin Merritt 
                Born: ca 1859               1 (see note 1)
                Died: May-18-1946          in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Census: 1910                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in McKim District, Pleasants Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Merritt   (1813 - 1893) 
              Mother: Eliza Tate   (1817 -     ) 
                Wife: Arthelwa Boner     
         Census name: Arthela 
             Married: 1888                 in Ritchie Co, WV  3,4
                Born: ca 1872               4
              Census: 1910                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: John Merritt      
                Born: Apr-27-1901          in Ritchie Co, WV  5,6
                Died: Dec-19-1976           6
              Buried:                      in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV  7
             Resided:                      in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  8
              Census: 1930                 in Coal District, Harrison Co, WV  
             Resided: 1922                 in Wood Co, WV  5
          Occupation:                      loader in coal mines  9
            Military:                      Pvt, U.S. Army, World War I  10
                Wife: Barbara Thelma Fox  b. Nov- 2-1903  d. Dec- 6-1986  
             Married: Jul-29-1922          in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  5

Sources:
(1) 1870 Census, Pleasants County, WV. 
(2) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) Social Security Death Index. 
(7) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(9) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(10) Cemetery marker. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age in death record calculates to a birth date of Dec 8 1860, and age in 1910
Census would also put it in about 1860 or 1861.  But he appeared in the 1860
Census, age 3, and was age 11 in the 1870 Census.







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