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DeWitt Talmadge "Doc" MERRITT

DeWitt Talmadge "Doc" MERRITT

Male 1894 - 1948  (54 years)

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  • Name DeWitt Talmadge "Doc" MERRITT  [1] 
    Born 23 Feb 1894  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Feb 1895, but birth record shows it as Feb 23 1894.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4] 
    Residence Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 6 Sep 1948  Williamsport, Lycoming Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Cause: crushed chest from tractor rolling over 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I42084  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2020 

    Father Crofton George MERRITT,   b. Jan 1862, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1934  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Laura Louise RYMER,   b. CA 1869, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1942, Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Family ID F18572  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Etta Wanda HART,   b. 19 Mar 1893, Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1975, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1913  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Divorced Y  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Pauline Virginia MERRITT,   b. 4 Feb 1914, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 2007  (Age 93 years)
     2. Oral Ralph MERRITT,   b. 1 May 1916, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1992  (Age 76 years)
     3. Alaska Ward MERRITT,   b. 27 Apr 1919, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1981  (Age 62 years)
    +4. James Edward "Archie" MERRITT,   b. 8 Jan 1921, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 2005  (Age 84 years)
    +5. Charles Louis "Louie" MERRITT,   b. 13 Jan 1923, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 2014, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +6. Hayward Lee MERRITT,   b. 15 Sep 1926, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1993, Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     7. Hester MERRITT,   d. Bef Mar 1975
    Family ID F18435  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    2. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    3. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S2744] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1970 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 128 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11794530&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Dock Merritt, 18, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Ettie Hart, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Jan 26 1923 "at the residence of Isaac Williamson."

    7. [S1620] Death record of husband.