Ancestry of
John Lafayette Merriam

(1825–1895)

John Lafayette Merriam

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • William Strong Merriam 
  • Mother:
  • Jane Ismon   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Feb 1825 
  • Birth Location:
  • Brooklyn, Kings, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Feb 1895 
  • Death Location:
  • St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota 
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• Marriages for John Lafayette Merriam

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  • Spouse:
  • Mahala Kimpton Delano
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Jan 1848

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  • Spouse:
  • Helen M. Wilder
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 Nov 1858

• Sources for John Lafayette Merriam

  • ¹ The Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paul, Minnesota), 13 JAN 1895, p. 1, Obituary for Col John L Merriam.
  • ² Case, Lafayette Wallace, M.D., The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister of Wethersfield, Conn., and His Descendants, Chicago: Fergus Printing Company (1886), 683, 717.
  • ³ Pope, Charles Henry, Merriam Genealogy in England and America: Including the "Genealogical Memoranda" of Charles Pierce Merriam . . ., Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope (1906), 272, 400-401.
  • ⁴ 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.