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JOSHUA MERRILL, OF BOSTON, MASS. 67
rill," b. March 16, 1852. Alva Morrison Merrill," b. May 15,
1854. Nathaniel C. Merrill,* b. June 17, 1855. Wilhelmina
Arabella Merrill," b. Jan. 23, 1861; m., July 18, 1881, Nathan
Bushnell, of Bradford, Penn. Child: Rosalia Bushnell,' b. Jan.
13, 1883.
III. Jacob S. Merrill,= b. Oct. 17, 1821 m. ; Harriet D. Barnes, of Boston,
Mass., Sept. 1, 1842, who d. in Cambrido;e, Mass., Nov. 15, 1873,
and was b. in Newton, Mass., Sept. 23, 1814; res. Waketield,
Mass. Children: George A. B. ^
Merrill, b. Boston, Mass., Jan.
6, 1844; m. Eliza Isabel Peabody, of Salem, Mass.,b. June 17,
1862; res. Wakefield, Mass. Child: Morrison Merrill,' b. Dec.
8, 1881. Harriet E. Merrill," b. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 31,
1847. Martha E. Merrill," b. Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 23, 1849.
Caroline F. Merrill," b. April 20, 1851 ; d. Jan. 2U, 1860.
IV. Diantha F. Merrill,-^ b. Oct. 2, 1824; d. March 2, 1827, in Barre, Vt.
\. William B. Merrill,^ b. Barre, Vt., Aug. 15, 1826; m., June 9, 1853,
Mary B. Dyer, of Boston, Mass., b. Oct. 8, 1830. He is a director
and partner in the Downer Kerosene Oil Co., of Boston,
Mass.; res. 147 West Concord St., of that city. Child: Adelaide
Snow Merrill, eh. June 22, 1854; m., June 26, 1876, Thomas
E. Tuttle; res. Boston, Mass. Children: William Merrill Tut-
tle,7 b. April 15, 1879. Lizzie Holmes Tuttle,' b. Nov. 12,
1888.
VI. Joshua Merrill, 5 b. Duxbury, Mass., in 1828; m. Amelia S. Grigg,
of Boston, Mass., June 13, 1849, b. Boston, Dec. 25, 1830. Is
permanently connected with Downer Kerosene Oil Co. : res.
East Chester Park, Boston, Mass. Children: Isabella Morrison
Merrill," b. April 10, 1850; m., Feb. 10, 1868, George H.
Richards, Jr., of Boston, merchant; res. Boston, Mass. Chil-
dren: Herbert Wilder Richards,' and George H. Richards,' d.
in infancy. Joshua Merrill Richards,' b. Jan. 12, 1883. William
Bradley Merrill,^ b. Dec. 10, 1852; d. Oct. 9, 1853. Amelia
Grigg Merrill," b. March 17, 1854; m., June 2, 1875, Mark Hollingsworth;
res. Boston, Mass. Nellie G. Merrill,* b. Sept. 22,
1858; d. Sept. 19, 1863. Gertrude B. Merrill," b. Dec. 11, 1862.
Joshua Merrill," b. June 21, 1871.
VII. Abraham H. Merrill," b. in Lynn, Mass., March 8, 1831; m. Martha
A. B. Forbes, of Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 25, 1851, b. July 4,
18:34; farmer, literateur, artist; res. Salem, N. H. Children:
Alice E. Merrill," b. Feb. 21, 1858. Annie M. Merrill," b. March
28, 1864; d. June 19, 18(54.
VIII. Rufus S. Merrill," b. Lowell, Mass., July 5, 18:33; m. Mary A.
Stoddard, of Boston, Oct. 7, 1851; connected witli the Downer
Kerosene Oil Co., and has made many noted inventions; res.
Arlington Heights, Boston, Mass. Children: Charles S. Merrill,"
b. March 27, 1853; n^, June 27. 1878, Emma J. Abbot, of
Hyde Park. Child: Mary Augusta
Merrill.' Rufus F. Merrill,"
b. Dec. 31, 1855; m., Oct. 16, 1869, Cora E., daughter of
Horatio H. Hubbard, of Hyde Park, Mass. Willis C. Merrill,"
b. May 27, 1861. Walter E. Merrill," b. July 23, 1866.
Mary A. Merrill," b. April 29, 1869. Nancy Merrill," b. Dec. 30,
1872.
8. Ira Morrison,* b. July 18, 1798; d. March 10, 1870; res. Ripley, Me.,
Salem, N. H., and d. in Braintree, Mass. He m. Sophia Colby,
of Hopkinton, N. H., b. March 3, 1801; res. Braintree. She d.
Oct. 16, 1891. Ciiildren:
I. Catherine Colby Morrison,' b. Jan. 10, 1825; m. John Whittaker,
April 3, 1850; res. Braintree, Mass. Children: Horace F.
Whittaker," b. May 31, 1851; d. March 30, 1881. Luella E.
Whittaker," b. Nov. 29, 1853 ; m., Jan. 16, 1876, Francis French,
of Bi-ockton, Mass. She d. Feb. 2, 1883.
II. Benjamin Lyman Morrison,'' b. March 28, 1828; m., Nov. 22, 1855,