Ancestry of
William Rush Merriam

11th Governor of Minnesota

William Rush Merriam

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Lafayette Merriam 
  • Mother:
  • Mahala Kimpton Delano   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Jul 1849 
  • Birth Location:
  • Wadham's Mills, Westport, Essex, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Feb 1931 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D. C. 
  • Notes: 

  • 11th Governor of Minnesota

• Marriages for William Rush Merriam

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  • Spouse:
  • Laura Hancock
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Oct 1872

• Sources for William Rush Merriam

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/05/2022).
  • ² The Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paul, Minnesota), 13 JAN 1895, p. 1, Obituary for father Col John L Merriam.
  • ³ Case, Lafayette Wallace, M.D., The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister of Wethersfield, Conn., and His Descendants, Chicago: Fergus Printing Company (1886), 717.
  • ⁴ Pope, Charles Henry, Merriam Genealogy in England and America: Including the "Genealogical Memoranda" of Charles Pierce Merriam . . ., Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope (1906), 401, 442.
  • ⁵ Shutter, Marion D. and J. S. McLain, Progressive Men of Minnesota: Biographical Sketches and Portraits of the Leaders in Business, Politics and . . ., Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Journal (1897), 184-185.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "William Rush Merriam", (accessed 04/05/2022).