William Duncan MERRY ^{2 3 4}

  General Notes:

OH, COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1774-1993:
Name: W.D. Merry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 4 May 1892
Marriage Place: Noble, Ohio, USA
Spouse: Mary J. Young
Film Number: 000930095

1900 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Center Twp:
Wm D. Merry, Aug 1867, 32, married 8 yrs, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. NY, teacher;
Mary, wife, Apr 1872, 28, married 8 yrs, 2 children, 2 living, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Susan I., dau, Feb 1893, 7, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Adah, dau, Dec 1895, 4, b. OH, parents b. OH.

U.S, APPOINTMENTS OF U.S, POSTMASTERS, 1832-1971:
Name: William D Merry
Post Office Location: Sarahsville, Noble, Ohio
Appointment Date: 6 Dec 1904
Volume #: 79
Volume Year Range: 1891-1930

1910 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Caldwell town:
William Merry, 42, 1st marriage, married 18 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH, merchant, dry goods store;
Mary J., wife, 38, 1st marriage, married 18 yrs, 3 children, 3 living, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Susan I., dau, 18, b. OH, parents b. OH, attended school;
Adah, dau, 14, b. OH, parents b. OH, attended school;
William D., son, 3, b. OH, parents b. OH.

1920 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Caldwell town:
William D. Merry, 52, b. OH, parents b. OH, bank president;
(no name listed), wife, 47, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Donald W., son, 13, b. OH, parents b. OH, attended school.

1930 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Caldwell village:
William D. Merry, 62, 1st marriage age 24, b. OH, father b. OH, mother b. NY, president, bank;
Mary J., wife, 57, 1st marriage age 20, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Donald W., son, 23, single, b. OH, parents b. OH, 2nd vice president, bank.

OH, DEATH RECORDS, 1908-1932:
Name: William D Merry
Death Date: 23 Sep 1932
Death Place: Noble, Ohio, USA

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: William Duncan Merry
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1867
Death Date: 23 Sep 1932
Cemetery: Olive Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place:Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Calton Merry
Mother: Isabella Merry
Spouse: Mary J. Merry

History of Ohio, Vol. IV, p. 44:
William Duncan Merry. Representing a family that has been prominent in Noble County for a century, William Duncan Merry in his individual career - - - .
Mr. Merry, who is president of the bank, was born on a farm near Sarahsville, Noble County on August 1, 1867. His grandfather, Ambrose Merry, was born in New York in 1762 and in 1817 came West, overland, to Belmont County, Ohio, and in 1823 settled in Noble County. He was a farmer and stock raiser, entering Government lands in Center Township and was one of the influential pioneers who permanently impressed their character upon the county. He lived to the remarkable age of one hundred and six years, dying in 1868. As a boy he experienced the War of the Revolution, and he lived through three other wars, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and saw the Civil War fought to an end. Ambrose Merry married Samantha Wickham, whose brother, William Wickham, was a Revolutionary soldier.

William married Mary J. YOUNG on 4 May 1892 in Noble Co, OH.¹ (Mary J. YOUNG was born on 17 Apr 1872 in OH,^{4 5 7} died on 3 Dec 1965 in Zanesville, Muskingum Co, OH ^{4 7} and was buried in Olive Cem, Caldwell, Noble Co, OH ⁴.)