Goalman Benton Carden MERRITT

Birth:
6 May 1849
Maynardville, Union, Tennessee
Death:
14 Sep 1917
Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Burial:
Sunset Cemetery, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Marriage:
17 Sep 1876
Martinsville, Harrison, Missouri
Sources:
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Ancestry World Tree
Pedigree Resource File-nil
Internet IGI, Aug 2007
1900 Census Blue,Pottawattamie,Kansas
New.familysearch.org, Jan 2011
Notes:
                   Note:
1. Grainger Co is now Union Co.
Ida LaRue GRAFT
Birth:
6 Nov 1859
Iowa
Death:
19 Mar 1899
Rocky Ford Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Burial:
Sunset Cemetery, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Father:
John GRAFT
Children
Marriage
1
Eva Ethel MERRITT
Birth:
5 Jul 1877
Rocky Ford Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Death:
Oct 1877
Rocky Ford Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
 
Marr:
 
2
Arthur Robert MERRITT
Birth:
31 Oct 1878
Rocky Ford Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Death:
14 Jan 1944
Dora Elmira SMITH 
Marr:
18 Apr 1906
Rocky Ford Manhattan, Riley, K 
3
Effie Lavina MERRITT
Birth:
9 Dec 1880
Cedar Ceek, Riley, Kansas
Death:
3 Jul 1967
Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Frederick Joseph (Fred) PAAS, MOTEL OPERATOR 
Marr:
17 Nov 1921
Manhattan, Riley, Kansas 
Notes:
                   Note:
1. Obituary: Says she was born un Pottawatomie Co., owned and operated a small Motel.
4
Hattie Adell MERRITT
Birth:
22 Jun 1883
Rocky Ford Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Death:
26 Jun 1972
Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
5
Elva Elmira MERRITT
Birth:
27 Feb 1886
Riley, Kansas
Death:
13 Jun 1963
Costa Mesa, Orange, California
Max Friedrich BAMMES 
Marr:
27 Nov 1906
Manhattan, Riley, Kansas 
6
Jessie Augusta MERRITT
Birth:
3 Sep 1888
Rocky FordManhattan, Riley, Kansas
Death:
9 Oct 1984
Topeka, Kansas
Frank August ALLEN 
Marr:
25 Sep 1907
Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas 
Notes:
                   Note:
1. She was born in Rocky Ford near Manhatten, KS
2. Lived on Turkey Creek just south of St. Marys. Pottawatomie Co., KS
3. At age 94 she was still going strong, does all her house work, has a gaeden and keeps busy with crocheting.
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Goalman Benton Carden Merritt - Ida LaRue Graft

Goalman Benton Carden Merritt was born at Maynardville, Union, Tennessee 6 May 1849. His parents were James Merritt and Lavina Colvin.

He married Ida LaRue Graft 17 Sep 1876 at Martinsville, Harrison, Missouri . Ida LaRue Graft was born at Iowa 6 Nov 1859 daughter of John Graft and Emzey Vandegrift .

They were the parents of 6 children:
Eva Ethel Merritt born 5 Jul 1877.
Arthur Robert Merritt born 31 Oct 1878.
Effie Lavina Merritt born 9 Dec 1880.
Hattie Adell Merritt born 22 Jun 1883.
Elva Elmira Merritt born 27 Feb 1886.
Jessie Augusta Merritt born 3 Sep 1888.

Goalman Benton Carden Merritt died 14 Sep 1917 at Manhattan, Riley, Kansas .

Ida LaRue Graft died 19 Mar 1899 at Rocky Ford Manhattan, Riley, Kansas .