Lewis Walter Merriman

Male 1831 - 1901  (70 years)


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  • Name Lewis Walter Merriman 
    Birth 31 Aug 1831  Wilkes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Military CSA Veteran 
    Military Union Navy Veteran 
    Death 27 Sep 1901  Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Burial Rankin Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I4676  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2018 

    Father William Merriman, Sr.,   b. 1798, Stanton, Wilkes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860, Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Malitia Margaret Kirby,   b. 15 Apr 1806, (Surry County) North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1886, Bledsoe County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 13 Nov 1823  Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence (Family) 1850  Bledsoe County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6
    Family ID F1336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Magdaline "Maggie" McCamy,   b. 28 Sep 1837, Greene County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1917, Signal Mountain, Hamilton County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jun 1857  Bledsoe County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Nancy Adeline "Nannie" Merriman,   b. 17 Jul 1858, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1929, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Rufus Taylor "Taylor" Merriman,   b. 4 Mar 1861, Greene County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1921, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     3. Mary May "Mollie" Merriman,   b. 29 May 1868, Greene County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. William Anderson "Will" Merriman,   b. 6 Nov 1870, Greene County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1958, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     5. Wiley Floyd Merriman,   b. 17 Mar 1872, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1956, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     6. James Franklin Merriman,   b. 17 Mar 1872, (Greene County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1933, White Oak, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     7. Lewis Barney "Barney" Merriman,   b. 15 Sep 1874, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1956, (Sequatchie County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     8. Lena E. Merriman,   b. 6 Nov 1877, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Charles Brown Merriman,   b. 12 Jul 1880, Cocke County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F9530  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 31 Aug 1831 - Wilkes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Jun 1857 - Bledsoe County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Sep 1901 - Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Rankin Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Family Members
      Spouse
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      Mary Magdaline McCamy Merriman
      1837–1917

      Children
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      Nancy Adeline Merriman Eisenhower
      1858–1929

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      Rufus Taylor Merriman
      1861–1921

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      William Anderson Merriman
      1870–1958

      James Franklin Merriman
      1872–1933

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      Wiley Floyd Merriman
      1872–1956

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      Lewis Barney Merriman
      1874–1956

      Inscription
      US NAVY

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    • Lewis Walter was in the Confederate Army as well as the Union Navy. It seems that he was captured as a Confederate Soldier, went to a prisoner of war camp near Chicago, Illinois, and there joined the Union Navy. Some of the papers show that he did not serve in the Confederate Army voluntarily; but that might have been because it had to do with getting a pension from the Federal Government.

      (Source: Eugene R. Merriman, Big Canoe, Georgia, from Civil War Docments.)

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  • Sources 
    1. [S47665] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCD7-XGS.

    2. [S50035] "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCD7-XG3 : accessed.

    3. [S13352] "Lewis Walter Merriman", Cemetery Profile, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78711505/lewis-walter-merriman, abstracte.

    4. [S267] Judy Ogren | MERRIMAN Researcher | 6 Sep 2000 | bearinthetree@email.msn.com | 770.507.3226.

    5. [S954] Ogren,Judy;Pedigree;bearinthetree@email.msn.com;5 Sep 2000;.

    6. [S14158] "William Merryman United States Census,1850", https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCD7-XL1, Abstracted or parsed by Da.