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     Cleo Genevieve Mercer was born on 5 February 1914 at Marion Co., IL. She married Lee Knowles Allen, son of John Bangs Allen III and Cornelia M. Knowles, on 27 August 1938 at Ste. Genevieve Co., MO. Cleo Genevieve Mercer and Lee Knowles Allen were divorced before March 1941. Cleo Genevieve Mercer died on 25 March 1971 at Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., IN, at age 57. She was buried in 1971 at Romine Prairie Cemetery, Marion Co., IL, Findagrave #34085831.

     Edna Mae Mercer was born on 28 May 1871 at Noble Co., OH, or 1872 per 1900 census.¹ She married Lewis W. Starr, son of John Wesley Starr and Christina Bowersock, circa 1894 at Noble Co. (probably), OH.¹ Edna Mae Mercer died on 8 June 1931 at Belmont Co., OH, at age 60. She was buried in June 1931 at Palestine Church of Christ Cemetery, Batesville, Noble Co., OH, Findagrave #122285731.

     Emma F. Mercer was born in 1877. She married Oliver I. Cline. Emma F. Mercer died in 1968. She was buried in 1968 at Friends Cemetery, Quaker City, Guernsey Co., OH, Findagrave #35163108.

     Hannah Mercer married Micah Whitson, son of Thomas Whitson and Hannah Harlan Starr.

     Helen Marie Mercer was born on 19 December 1909 at Newark, Licking Co., OH. She married Lawrence William Brooke, son of William Lee Brooke Jr. and Jennie M. Bline, in 1937, no children. Helen Marie Mercer died on 12 March 2000 at Newark, Licking Co., OH, at age 90. She was buried in March 2000 at Wilson Cemetery, Newark, Licking Co., OH, Findagrave #5026148.

     Jennie Mercer was born on 28 May 1862 at Kentucky.¹ She was the daughter of (?) Glass. Jennie Mercer married John Madison Starling, son of William Starling and Marianna McCarroll, on 17 January 1879 at Hopkinsville, Christian Co., KY, 1900 census info indicates 2 children died in childhood.¹ Jennie Mercer died on 16 November 1943 at Los Angeles Co., CA, at age 81. She was buried in November 1943 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA, Findagrave #85524495.

     Juanita P. Mercer was born on 28 May 1922. She married Lloyd A. Bromagem. Juanita P. Mercer died on 24 December 2012 at age 90

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Juanita P. Bromagen of Richmond, died Monday, December 24, 2012, at her home. Born May 28, 1922, in Lockland, Ohio, to Frank and Pearl Delk Mercer, she had lived in this community since 1941. Juanita was a housekeeper and an attendant at Lauramoore Home. Survivors include her three sons, William R. (Janie) Webb of Centerville, Timothy A. (Dicy) Webb of Richmond, and Mark E. (Bridget) Webb of Ohio; six grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; four sisters; two brothers; nieces; nephews; and many friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Bromagen; first husband, Richard Webb; and parents. Visitation for Juanita P. Bromagen will be from 4 to 6:00 p.m. Friday, December 28, 2012, at Doan & Mills Funeral Home, 790 National Road West, Richmond. Funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 29, 2012, at Doan & Mills Funeral Home with Rev. Kendal Harris officiating. Burial will be in Earlham Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to: Bethesda Ministries, 2200 Peacock Road, Richmond, IN 47374.

She was buried in December 2012 at Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne Co., IN, Findagrave #104102013.

     Mary Mercer was born on 31 October 1797. She married Micah Whitson, son of Thomas Whitson and Hannah Harlan Starr, on 13 March 1816. Mary Mercer died on 17 April 1837 at age 39.

     Rebecca Mercer married James Conner.

     Sarah Jane Mercer was born in March 1854 at Morgan Co. (probably), OH; daughter of William and Mary (Hale) Mercer of Morgan and Washington Counties, Ohio.^2,1 She married George W. Finley, son of Philip Finley and Mary Wolfe, on 4 September 1878 at Washington Co., OH. Sarah Jane Mercer died in 1945. She was buried in 1945 at Mount Horeb Cemetery, Crooksville, Perry Co., OH, Findagrave #43456366.

     Susannah Mercer was born on 21 July 1840 at Ohio.² She was the daughter of Charles Mercer and Lydia Clinedienst.³ Susannah Mercer married George H. Cline, son of Abraham Cline and Leah Peters, on 12 August 1860.¹ Susannah Mercer died on 15 May 1923 at Pennsboro, Ritchie Co., WV, at age 82.

     Harold Merchant was born on 23 November 1922 at Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL. He was the son of Harold E. Merchant and Neva Mae Fulrath. Harold Merchant died on 27 November 1922 at Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL.

     Harold E. Merchant was born on 2 August 1897 at Mt. Carroll Twp., Carroll Co., IL. He married Neva Mae Fulrath, daughter of George W. Fulrath and Nellie Mae Bolton, on 30 November 1921 at Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL. Harold E. Merchant died on 29 January 1960 at Lanark, Carroll Co., IL, at age 62.

     Irma J. Merchant was born on 25 October 1924 at Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL. She was the daughter of Harold E. Merchant and Neva Mae Fulrath. Irma J. Merchant married Allen Raymond Zier on 2 April 1943 at Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL.

     Lovetta Nova Merchant was born on 20 May 1913 at Deming, Luna Co., NM. She was the daughter of Rudolph Merchant and Betty Plaster. Lovetta Nova Merchant married Marion Herbert Adkins, son of Harvey Adkins and Sophronia Bragg. Lovetta Nova Merchant died on 4 July 2002 at Grand Junction, Mesa Co., CO, at age 89.

     Lydia Della Merchant was born on 15 March 1885 at Allen Co. (probably), IN.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Bruce Merchant and Emma Jane Wickliff.¹ Lydia Della Merchant married Vincent Harold Sonner, son of William W. Sonner and Hannah Wolfcale, circa 1901.² Lydia Della Merchant died on 11 June 1961 at Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., IN, at age 76. She was buried in June 1961 at Uniontown Cemetery, Zanesville, Wells Co., IN, Find A Grave Memorial# 40469586.

     Robert Bruce Merchant was born on 31 May 1847 at Licking Co., OH.¹ He married Emma Jane Wickliff circa 1870.¹ Robert Bruce Merchant died on 31 October 1915 at Wells Co., IN, at age 68. He was buried in November 1915 at Uniontown Cemetery, Zanesville, Wells Co., IN, Find A Grave Memorial# 78274151.

     Rudolph Merchant was born on 18 August 1881 at Austin, Travis Co., TX. He married Betty Plaster.

     Temperance Deriah Merchant was born in June 1851 at Washington Co., OH. She married George Washington Young on 17 February 1870. Temperance Deriah Merchant died in July 1925 at Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE, at age 74. She was buried in 1925 at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor Co., IA, Findagrave #36471776.

     Van Merchant was born in 1927 at Mt. Carroll, Carroll Co., IL. He was the son of Harold E. Merchant and Neva Mae Fulrath.

     Henry Merchantell married Philippine Faulhaber, daughter of Isaak Jakob Ludwig Faulhaber and Anna Louisa Munzinger, on 31 May 1882 at Hardin Co., OH, Ceremony by Z. R. Campbell, Minister. Henry Merchantell and Philippine Faulhaber were divorced on 14 March 1901 at Kenton, Hardin Co., OH; "Old Kenton Newspaper Death & Marriage Notices" Vol. VIII:

March 14, 1901

"MANY CHARGES
Made Against Henry Merchantell A Well Known Business Man of Forest In Divorce Papers Filed by His Wife Thursday Morning.

There promises to be quite a sensational divorce case in the next term of court. The case is brought about by Mrs. Merchantell, who sues for divorce from her husband Henry Merchantell, one of Forest's well known business men. The prominence of the parties make it all the more sensational.
In the petition filed Mrs. Merchantell says that they were married at Ada, Ohio, on the 31st of May, 1882. Since then she has been a faithful and obedient wife but during that time he has disregarded his duties as a husband and is guilty of extreme cruelty and gross neglect. His treatment has become unbearable and it is impossible to live with him, that they have been separated since the 28th of February of this year.
The plantiff claims that defendant has been cold and indifferent to her evder since their marriage, and has made her life wretched and beyond endurance. She claims that only last May a few days before she was to undergo an operation for the removal of a cancer, he left for Europe on a pleasure trip and that when he returned he never even as much as enquired the result of the operation nor the condition of her health. Not only this but she was compelled to pay $50 doctor bill and has been required to pay her own physician's bills ever since that time. The defendant, she states further, is a Dowieite and persecuted and harassed her for having a physician. The plantiff further stated in her petition that her life since their marriage has been one of hard labor, and during all that time she has done his household and other labors until her health failed. He even then refused to furnish or pay for help, and she was compelled to pay for her own help out of her private funds. By keeping boarders she was able to pay for the groceries and for other things for the table and house. Through all their married life he refused to furnish her with necessary clothing, and during those eighteen years bought her only one cloth dress, one calico dress and a pair of spectacles. She was compelled to buy all other clothing used by her during those eighteen years from her own personal fund, which was created by the income left her from her first husband.
The petitioner claims that she has paid $200 per annum amounting to $3600 in the eighteen years from her own estate. As a result they together accumulated a large amount of money. This is all in her name. The plaintiff asks that he be compelled to answer all and singular the promises. She prays for a divorce, that she be restored to her maidenname and that he be required to pay reasonable alimony."

May 2, 1901

"The Merchantell divorce case has been settled by arbitration, Mr. H. Merchantell agreeing to pay a certain amount of money deciced upon by a committee appointed by both parties concerned, to Mrs. H. Merchantell. -- Forest Review." Henry Merchantell died after 1920 at California (probably).

     Robert Herndon Mercke was born on 4 October 1899 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, son of Robert L. and Luemlye W. (Best) Mercke.¹ He married Evelyn Howe Scales, daughter of Joseph Hugh Scales and Elizabeth Wiley Reeves, on 23 June 1923 at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, The Johnson City Staff, Johnson City, Tennessee; Tuesday, 12 June 1923; Page 5; (Newspapers.com):

Merrke-Scales (sic)

Jonesboro, June 12. -- Handsomely engraved cards bearing the following have been received by Jonesboro friends: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hugh Scales request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter Evelyn Howe, to Mr. Robert Herndon Merrke (sic), on Saturday, the twenty-third of June at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Mocking Bird Valley, Louisville, Kentucky.

The bride-to-be is a granddaughter of the late Capt. Isaac E. Reeve (sic), a prominent lawyer of Jonesboro, and has visited friends here.

no children.

Evelyn remarried to Theodore A. Wacker (1901 - 1957) in 1951 at Punta Gorda, Florida, and was residing at Laurel, FL in 1957 when her mother and husband both passed. Evelyn remarrid a third time to Clement Dwight Shaw (1904 - 1988) in 1963, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and was divorced from him in 1964.

Robert Herndon Mercke lived on 22 April 1930 at 2208 Lauderdale Road, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, design engineer, laundry machine manufacturing.¹ He lived on 22 April 1940 at 2020 Tyler Lane, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, Vice president, woodworking company.² He and Evelyn Howe Scales were divorced before 24 April 1944; Robert remarried to Helen Harman Bruster Maloney on 24 APR 1844 at Hillsborough County, Florida. They had a daughter, Sally Letitia (Mercke) Heym. Evelyn remarried to Theodore Alfred Wacker in 1951, and again to Clement Dwight Shaw in 1963.

Robert Herndon Mercke died on 8 March 1977 at Baptist Hospital East, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, at age 77

Obituary -- The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky; Wednesday, 09 March 1977; Page 42; (Newspapers.com):

R. Herndon Mercke, 77, president of Jefferson Woodworking Co., died at 2 a.m. Tuesday at Baptist Hospital East.

He was a native of Louisville and lived at 136 N. Peterson Ave. He had been with the family-owned company 58 years. He was a member of Harvey Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include his wife, the former Helen H. Buster, and a daughter, Mrs. Sally Heym, of Boston, Mass.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cave Hill Cemetery.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to charity.

He was buried in March 1977 at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, Findagrave #151266011.

     Catherine Merckle married Daniel Stauffer, son of Hans (Johannes) Stauffer and Kungold (Kinget) Heistand.

     Anna Elizabeth Meredith was born on 18 March 1858 at Bonaparte, Van Buren Co., IA. She married Dr. Alonzo John Law, son of Uriah Law and Letitia Ann Baird, on 17 September 1873 at Bentonsport, Van Buren Co., IA. Anna Elizabeth Meredith died on 27 October 1927 at Yakima, Yakima Co., WA, at age 69.

     Bion LeVaughn Meredith was born on 30 July 1857 at Ohio. He was the son of Levi Meredith and Catherine Brumback. Bion LeVaughn Meredith married Mary Annette Upham, daughter of William Keyes Upham and Maria Elizabeth Weeks, on 6 October 1880. Bion LeVaughn Meredith died on 30 April 1893 at Van Wert Co., OH, at age 35.

     Catherine Meredith was born on 19 August 1880 at Van Wert Co. (probably), OH.¹ She was the daughter of Bion LeVaughn Meredith and Mary Annette Upham. Catherine Meredith married Frank E. Harter on 7 March 1904 at Norwalk, Huron Co., OH, no children. Catherine Meredith lived in April 1910 at Norwalk, Huron Co., OH. She died after 3 April 1940.

     Clare Meredith was the son of Frank E. Meredith and Mae Sample.¹ Clare Meredith married Hannah Jackson Price, daughter of Dr. John Caleb Price and Mabel Clark, on 14 April 1921.¹ Occupation: Commercial illustrator in 1926 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA.¹ Clare Meredith and Hannah Jackson Price were divorced before 1930; Hannah is found working as a registered nurse in the hospital at Brockton, MA in the 1930 census. Marital status was "D".²

     Donald Lavero Meredith was born on 18 October 1924 at Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN.¹ He was the son of Richard Frank Hawk and Macel Coilla Meredith. Donald Lavero Meredith lived on 15 April 1930 at Washington Co., TN, with his grandparents Meredith.¹ He died on 20 March 1992 at Zephyrhills, Pasco Co., FL, at age 67.

     Frank E. Meredith married Mae Sample.¹

     Georgia Sprinkle Meredith was born on 6 March 1878 at Pulaski Co., VA. She was the daughter of Truman Bullard Meredith and Ella Raider. Georgia Sprinkle Meredith married Orgie Milton DeVault, son of John David DeVault and Nancy Melvina Hartness. Georgia Sprinkle Meredith died on 27 April 1918 at Erwin, Unicoi Co., TN, at age 40. She was buried in April 1918 at Jobe Cemetery, Erwin, Unicoi Co., TN.
Note: Prior to her marriage with Orgie Devault, Georgia was married to John S. Dougherty in 1898 and had three children: Curtis, John Glen, and Sylvia Eloise Dougherty. Sylvia married Temple Crockett Painter of Pulaski, Virginia, and was named as a survivor in in both Ralph Morton's and Charlton "Chauncy" DeVault's obituaries. It appears that Sylvia Eloise and Crockett Painter were the parents of the famous harpsichordist and organist Temple Painter (1933 -- 2016.)