Merritt Family Stone
Contributed by: David Defour
Merritt Family
Stone
Contributed by: David Defour
LOCATED ON COUTY HIGHWAY 326 (NOW BIRCH ROAD), SECTION 17, PORTER TOWNSHIP, ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES OUT SOUTH OF BIRCH LAKE, ON THE "SEARS FARM IN DAYS GONE BY.
THERE ARE FIVE STONES FOR ADULTS AND FOUR FOR INFANTS. BESIDES THESE STONES. THERE IS A MONUMENT QUITE RECENTLY ERECTED, TO JUDGE FROM ITS APPEARANCE, AND THAT OF THE SURROUNDING SOIL. THIS MONUMENT IS INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES OF WILLIAM MERRITT, HIS WIFE, ND ALL THEIR CHILDREN AS FOLLOWS:
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | DATE OF | DATE OF | AGE | COMMENTS |
| BIRTH | DEATH | ||||
| MERRITT | Wm R | 3/28/1808 | 2/12/1885 | ||
| MERRITT | ADELIA T | 9/2/1813 | 1/10/1881 | wf of Wm. R. Merritt | |
| MERRITT | Wm R | 8/22/1834 | child of Wm. R. & Adelia | ||
| MERRITT | SAMUEL K | 6/24/1836 | child of Wm. R. & Adelia | ||
| MERRITT | ROBERT R | 6/17/1838 | child of Wm. R. & Adelia | ||
| MERRITT | CHARLOTTE A | 10/14/1840 | 3/7/1861 | child of Wm. R. & Adelia | |
| MERRITT | CHARLES C | 10/12/1842 | child of Wm. R. & Adelia | ||
| MERRITT | JAMES S | 10/27/1844 | 2/27/1885 | child of Wm. R. & Adelia | |
| MERRITT | J FREDERICK | 12/16/1846 | child of Wm. R. & Adelia | ||
| MERRITT | ALBERT C | 3/9/1849 | child of Wm. R. & Adelia | ||
| MERRITT | BYRON E | 5/24/181 | child of Wm. R. & Adelia | ||
| MERRITT | GEORGE D | 4/25/1853 | child of Wm. R. & Adelia | ||
| KELLER | SAMUEL | 3/27/1868 | 83y 6m | ||
| KELLER | LUCY | 1/13/1847 | 59y 9m | his wife | |
| MERRITT | MARY E | 11/4/1867 | 29y 4m | wf of Wm. R. Merritt Jr. | |
| MERRITT | Wm | ||||
| MERRITT | ADELIA T | wf | |||
| MERRITT | CHARLOTTE A | dau | |||
| MERRITT | ANNA T | 12/1/1866 | 1y 7d | ||
| MERRITT | INFANT | 6/28/1865 | dau of R D & E Merritt | ||
| MERRITT | INFANT | 4/25/1872 | dau of Albert & Elvie Merritt | ||
| MERRITT | BABY | 7/6/1871 | 3 days | son of WM R & P B Merritt |