Irvin William Merritt

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Irvin was born in Durham, Greene County NY and lived there for 18 years until he moved to Salisbury Mills, Orange County NY with his Parents. In this new location in  Orange County Irvin met and married Elsie Ann Taylor the daughter of William Taylor and Phebe Tuthill, of Taylor Rd in the hamlet of Mountainville, Town of Cornwall, NY.

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Children of Irvin William Merritt

1 Irvin William Merritt b: Jan 18, 1837 in Durham, Green County, NY d: Nov 25, 1879
. +Elsie Ann Taylor b: Oct 18, 1840 d: Mar 23, 1900 in Newburgh, NY
2 Ransom Irvin Merritt b: Nov 27, 1860 in Salisbury Mills, Orange County d: Aug 04, 1914 in Sister Elizabeth's home, 310 South St., Newburgh NY, Bur. Pleasant Hill Cem
2 Phebe Ann Merritt b: Aug 29, 1862 in Salisbury Mills d: Jul 08, 1953 in Arlington Cal., Interment with Lewis Engelhard
.... +James Van Tassell b: 1858 m: Jan 09, 1882 in Goshen, NY d: Dec 05, 1911 in Interment In Pleasant Hill Cem.
*2nd Husband of Phebe Ann Merritt:
.... +Noah C. Gibbs m: Nov 18, 1913 in Glendale Cal. d: Jun 05, 1919
*3rd Husband of Phebe Ann Merritt:
.... +Lewis Engelhard b: in From New York State m: Dec 1921 in California d: in Interment at Monticello Memorial Cem at Loma Linda California
2 Sarah Jane Merritt b: Sep 27, 1864 in Salisbury Mills, Orange County, NY d: May 03, 1944 in Springfield Mass., Interment with J.P. Galland at Cushman Cem.
.... +John P. Galland b: 1860 in North Amherst Mass d: 1932 in Interment at the Cushman Cemetery near North Amherst Mass.
*2nd Husband of Sarah Jane Merritt:
.... +George H. Garfield b: in from Springfield Mass. m: Jul 06, 1905 in Mattewan, Dutchess County NY
*3rd Husband of Sarah Jane Merritt:
.... +George E. Todd b: Abt. 1848 in From Springfield Mass. m: 1912 d: Sep 19, 1918 in Interment in New Boston, New Hampshire
2 Elizabeth Taylor Merritt b: Aug 24, 1866 in Salisbury Mills d: Feb 03, 1957 in Utica NY at the home of Grace Merritt, Interment in Woodlawn, Windsor NY
.... +Fred T. Aldrich b: May 23, 1861 m: Jan 31, 1886 in Cornwall by Rev. Zaphaniah Lewis d: Oct 07, 1886 in Cornwall of Typhoid fever, Internment Friends Cemetery Quaker Ave Cornwall
*2nd Husband of Elizabeth Taylor Merritt:
.... +Edward Moses Nichols b: Feb 08, 1859 in Little Briton m: Mar 26, 1890 in GraceM.E. Church Parsonage, Newburgh NY d: Jan 05, 1909 in Interment in Woodlawn, New Windsor NY
2 Clara Fanny Merritt b: Dec 09, 1868 in Cornwall, NY d: Feb 23, 1913 in Buried in Woodlawn Cem,, Newburgh, NY. Section K
.... +Franklin Eugene Moores b: in From Moodna, Town of Cornwall, Orange county NY m: Oct 14, 1896 in Parsonage of Grace M.E. church Newburgh d: Jan 25, 1953
2 William Gilbert Merritt b: Nov 08, 1870 in Cornwall NY d: Apr 11, 1951 in Interment Pleasant Hill Cem
.... +Mary Elizabeth White b: 1866 m: Feb 28, 1894 in Grace M.E. Church, Newburgh NY d: Jul 12, 1948 in Utica Ny, Interment Pleasant Hill Cem
2 James U.S. Grant Rigby Merritt b: Aug 14, 1872 in Cornwall, NY
.... +Maude Elsie Scott b: Mar 08, 1868 in Newburgh, NY m: Feb 15, 1894 in Peekskill NY d: Jan 20, 1945
2 Elsie Ann Merritt b: Mar 06, 1874 d: May 11, 1875
2 George Cornbury Merritt b: Feb 08, 1876 d: Jul 07, 1963
.... +Harriet Post m: Feb 1904 in Newburgh NY d: 1957 in Scarsdale, NY
2 Lydia Taylor Merritt b: Jun 16, 1878 d: May 12, 1895 in St. Lukes Hosp, Newburgh NY, Internment Pleasant Hill Cem., Mountainville NY
2 Marshall Houghton Merritt b: Sep 15, 1879 in Houghton Farm, Mountainville, NY d: Jan 21, 1953
.... +Grace Edith Waters b: Nov 03, 1884 in Red Hill, Clinton County NY d: 1970

It is with regret and sorrow that we have to announce the death of Mr. Irvin Merritt at the 12 o'clock of Tuesday November 25th. He has long been a sufferer. He leaves a wife and ten children, besides many relatives and friends to lament his loss. the funeral will take place at his residence on West Point Road, on Friday afternoon, at half past one o'clock at the house and from the M.E. church at 2 o'clock. When death enters a large family it is seldom satisfied with one victim. It is but four months since Gilbert Merritt, a brother of Irvin's died, his demise occurring on July 23rd last. 

Obituary Newburgh Journal
The recent death of Mr. Irvin Merritt has cast a gloom over a large circle of friends and relatives in and about Cornwall. Irvin W. Merritt was born in Durham, Green County, on Jan 18, 1837 where he lived the first 18 years of his life as a farmer boy. In 1855 he moved into Orange County and has followed the occupation of farmer and Contractor ever since that time, and has succeded in acquiring some property. For a little more than a year he ahs had the management of Houghton Farm (at Mountainville and Woodbury), the fine and beautiful estate of Valentine, Esq., one of the most liberal friends of agriculture and the town of Cornwall. From this responsible situation Mr. Merritt returned to his home in Cornwall about the middle of October, his health completely broken up (a few words not readable) and died as we announced in last weeks issue of cancer in the stomach. He was married Dec 8th, 1858, and always sustained his rapidly increasing family above want, leaving at his death a wife and ten children, the youngest about 2 months old. He was the second of eight sons and one daughter. Two of his brothers, younger than himself preceeded him to the tomb. He lost his father 7 1/2 years ago. His aged mother is still living. Mr. Merritt at the time of his death, and for some years previous was a member of the Cornwall M.E. Church. May the widow and her orphan children find consolation in this, that he died as the righteous died and he led to that hope and faith which will prepare them all to meet him in haven.