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1872 - 1902 (~ 29 years)
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Name |
J. Levada "Lee" Merriman |
Birth |
June 1872 |
Sequatchie County, Tennessee [1, 2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
0___ 1900 |
Sequatchie County, Tennessee [1] |
Death |
17 Apr 1902 |
Gage, Sequatchie County, Tennessee [2] |
Person ID |
I4672 |
The Hennessee Family |
Last Modified |
15 Oct 2014 |
Father |
William C(urby) Merriman, b. 26 Aug 1827, North Carolina d. 28 Nov 1890, Bledsoe County, Tennessee (Age 63 years) |
Mother |
Sarah J(ane) "Sally" Thomas, b. 5 Dec 1827, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee d. 2 May 1907, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee (Age 79 years) |
Marriage |
1853 |
(Bledsoe County, Tennessee) [4, 5] |
Residence (Family) |
1860 |
Bledsoe County, Tennessee [6] |
Residence (Family) |
1880 |
Sequatchie County, Tennessee [7] |
Family ID |
F1334 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Faitha Melinda "Pink" Hobbs, b. 30 Dec 1875, Sequatchie County, Tennessee d. 31 Mar 1932, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee (Age 56 years) |
Marriage |
21 Nov 1896 |
Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee [8] |
Children |
| 1. Claude Mills Merriman, b. 10 Jan 1898, Sequatchie County, Tennessee d. 19 Nov 1976, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee (Age 78 years) |
| 2. Ruth Mae Merriman, b. 21 Sep 1900, Sequatchie County, Tennessee d. 20 Nov 1977, Sequatchie County, Tennessee (Age 77 years) |
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Family ID |
F1781 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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Notes |
- 1880 Seq, 10 years, name listed J. L. "Lee" short for Levida...
1900 Seq born June, 1872
Murdered by Ben Hicky...Judy Ogren
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Excerpted from "The Sequatchie Valley News",
"April 17, 1902 Dunlap
...The other crime was committed on the mountain near Gage, Lee Merriman and Ben Hicky, two prominent young men in that section. Hicky pulled his pistol shooting Merriman in the right breast killing him instantly."
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Sources |
- [S47607] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSZ3-ZPD.
- [S267] Judy Ogren | MERRIMAN Researcher | 6 Sep 2000 | bearinthetree@email.msn.com | 770.507.3226.
- [S3025] "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDWH-WN8 : accessed.
- [S1075] Thomas Alex Beavert (1924-2007) Genealogist and historian who concentrated on Sequatchie Valley families and who very h.
- [S10882] "S J Merriman", Cemetery Profile, revisited, recorded & uploaded to this website, Friday, April 21st, 2017, by David A.
- [S14166] "William Mirriman United States Census, 1860" "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.or.
- [S14167] "W C Merriman United States Census, 1880", "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familys.
- [S424] FamilySearch.org.
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