Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Henry Merritt    
                Born: ca 1837              in Rockingham Co, VA  1,2
                Died: Aug-10-1920          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1860                 in Calhoun Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Merritt   (1813 - 1893) 
              Mother: Eliza Tate   (1817 -     ) 
                Wife: Catharine Elizabeth Richards     
       Also known as: Elizabeth Richards 2
             Married: Apr-14-1859          in Calhoun Co, (W)VA  2
                Born: May-19-1842           4,5
                Died: Sep-27-1899          in Ritchie Co, WV  4,3
              Buried:                      in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  6,7
              Census: 1860                 in Calhoun Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Michael M. Richards   (1810 -     ) 
              Mother: Caroline Wilson   (1813 -     ) 

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(2) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(3) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) 1850 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA. 
(6) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(7) Findagrave.com. 







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