Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ralph Ward Merritt    
         Census name: Gail Merritt 1
                Born: May- 6-1924          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  2,3,4,5
                Died: Sep-23-1982           6,4
              Buried:                      in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  7
             Resided:                      in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  8,3
              Census: 1940                 at Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison Co,WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
            Military:                      Pfc, US Army, World War II  6
              Father: Clemmie Gail "Pete" Merritt   (1902 - 1983) 
              Mother: Jessie Lavina Baker   (1896 - 1966) 
                Wife: Annetta Davis     
         Census name: Annettie Davis 
             Married: Dec-13-1947          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
                Born: Jun- 8-1924          in Salem, Doddridge Co, WV  3,9
              Census: 1930                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Wilson Davis   (1877 - 1965) 
              Mother: Bessie Davis   (1885 - 1965) 

Sources:
(1) 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(2) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(6) Military Grave Marker. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(9) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 180. 







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