Calton MERRY ^{3 4}

  General Notes:

NOTE: Different given name spellings, birth dates and marriage dates listed in the records below.

INFO FROM WALTER H. WILLIAMS:
Carleton Merry was b. 17 Sep 1817 in Noble Co, OH; d. 27 Sep 1817; m. Elizabeth Weekley, dau. of Benjamin.

OH, COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS.
Name: "Canton" Merry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 11 Aug 1836
Marriage Place: Morgan, Ohio, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Weekley
Film Number: 000910657

MORGAN CO, OH MARRIAGE RECORDS:
"Canton" Merry married Elizabeth Weekley 8 Nov 1836.

1850 OH CENSUS, Monroe Co, Union Twp:
Caeton(?), 33, farmer, $1000 real estate, b. OH;
Elizabeth, 32, b. OH;
Mary M., 13, attended school, b. OH;
Margaret, 11, attended school, b. OH;
Sarah, 9, attended school, b. OH;
"Jocephus", 7, male, attended school, b. OH;
Andrew J., 5, b. OH;
Abigail, 3, male, b. OH.

1860 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Center Twp, McCleary P.O.:
Calton Merry, 43, farmer, $2000 real estate, $400 personal property, b. OH, cannot read/write;
Elizabeth, 42, domestic, b. OH, cannot read/write;
Josephus, 16, male, farm hand, b. OH, attended school;
"Abagail", 12, b. OH, attended school;
Levi, 10, b. OH, attended school;
Adaline, 7, b. OH, attended school;
"Meriah", 4, b. OH;
Jacob M., 2, b. OH.
(Listed near Henry Everly on census.)

OH, COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1774-1993:
Name: Calton Merry
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1863
Marriage Place: Noble, Ohio, USA
Spouse: Isabella Mcwilliams
Spouse's Gender: Female
Film Number: 000932523

1870 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Center Twp, Sarahsville P.O.:
Calton Merry, 52, farmer, $7000 real estate, $800 personal property, b. OH, cannot read or write;
Isabella, 45, keeping house, b. OH;
Levi, 19, works on farm, b. OH, attended school;
Adaline, 17, at home, b. OH, attended school;
Maria, 14, helps mother, b. OH, attended school;
Jacob, 12, works on farm, b. OH, attended school;
Rufus, 4, b. OH;
William, 2, b. OH;
Sarah McWilliams, 20 helps mother, b. OH, attended school;
Elizabeth McWilliams, 18, helps mother, b. OH, attended school;
Summer McWilliams (male), 14, works on farm, b. OH, attended school;
Mary Michel, 76, infirm, b. NY, parents of foreign birth.

OH, WILLS & PROBATE RECORDS, 1786-1998:
Name: Calton Merry
Probate Date: 16 Jul 1878
Probate Place: Noble, Ohio, USA
Inferred Death Year: Abt 1878
Inferred Death Place: Ohio, USA
Item Description: Administrators Bonds, Vol 2-3, 1852-1880
Signed: L.D. Merry, John Hill, Ambrose Merry, Jacob (X mark) Fogle

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Calton Merry
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1817
Birth Place: Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America
Death Date: 27 Jun 1878
Death Place: Noble County, Ohio, United States of America
Cemetery: Merry Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Duvall, Noble County, Ohio, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: Ambrose Hunt Merry
Mother: Margaret Merry
Spouse: Elisabeth Merry
Children:
Jacob Martin Merry
Abigail Headley
Sally Fogle
Josephus S. Merry
Andrew J. Merry
Levi D. Merry
William Duncan Merry
Rufus Edwin Merry

History of Noble Co, OH, 1887, Center Twp, p. 340:
Calton Merry, youngest child in the family of Ambrose Merry, was born in Belmont Co, OH, September 27, 1817, and died June 27, 1878. The elder Merry immigrated from the state of New York to Belmont County in the spring of 1817. The journey was made by wagon. The family consisted of nine children - Rufus, Rouse, Benson, Calton, Samantha, Maranda, Amanda, Betsey and Hannah - all born in New York State excepting Calton. For a time he was employed upon the national pike, then being constructed, and in 1819 came to this township, settling south of Perryopolis where he lived until his decease, which occured in 1864, at the age of ninety-four. He was a typical pioneer and it is said that he had the first bearing orchard in what is now Noble County. The Merry family are noted for longevity; his father-in-law died at the age of one hundred and six; his second marriage was at the age of one hundred and two.

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.
Calton Merry, father of the Caldwell banker, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, June 30, 1817, was reared from childhood in Noble County, and became a prosperous farmer in Center Township. - - - - - -

Calton married Elizabeth WEEKLEY on 8 Nov 1836 in Morgan Co, OH.¹ (Elizabeth WEEKLEY was born on 26 Jun 1819 in Belmont Co, OH,^{4 6} died on 21 Feb 1863 in Noble Co, OH ⁴ and was buried in Merry Cem, Duvall, Noble Co, OH ⁴.)

Calton next married Isabella MITCHELL on 11 Dec 1863 in Noble Co, OH.² (Isabella MITCHELL was born on 17 May 1825 in NY,⁴ died on 31 Aug 1894 ⁴ and was buried in Olive Cem, Caldwell, Noble Co, OH ⁴.)