Merrill, Emerald^[1]

1901 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Merrill, Emerald
  Birth	17 Feb 1901	Leon, Decatur Co., Iowa   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I8483	Smith-Merrill
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	MERRILL, Clive Henry,   b. 22 Jan 1881, Clinton, DeWitt Co., Illinois d. 16 Jun 1947, Stockton, San Joaquin Co., California (Age 66 years)
  Mother	FAIRALL, Artha Jane,   b. 27 Jul 1883, Decatur Co., Iowa d. 8 Feb 1974, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1901	Leon, Decatur Co., Iowa   [1, 2]
  	Leon Reporter - Leon, Iowa Thursday, February 2l, l90l The following marriage licenses have been issued by Clerk Stockton since our last issue: CLIVE H. MERRILL, 20 ARTHA FAIRALL, l7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Decatur County Journal - Iowa Thursday, February 21, 1901 "Kimball Fairall, who lives just south of Weldon, filed information Monday before Justice Harvey charging Clive Merrill, son of J. H. Merrill, the auctioneer, with seduction. The young lady in the case, Miss Artha Fairall, gave birth to a child last Sunday and named young Merrill as the author of her ruin. Deputy Sheriff Burns served the justice's warrant and brought the young man to town where after some discussion he agreed to remedy the unfortunate matter as nearly as possible. On Tuesday afternoon a license was secured and in company with the officer Mr. Merrill drove to the home of the girl's parents where a minister from Weldon performed the marriage ceremony."
  _STAT	16 Jun 1947
  	Death of one spouse
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Feb 1901 - Leon, Decatur Co., Iowa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S315] Decatur County Journal, Marriage/Birth Announcement: Clive Merrill & Artha Fairall, (Thursday, February 21, 1901) (Reliability: 3). [S112] US Census Bureau / National Archives and Records Administration, 1920 - US Census, Missouri, Carroll Co., Hurricane Twsp. ~ Roll T625_912 ~ ED 13 ~ Page 166 ~ Line 11 & 12 (Reliability: 3). 1920_MO-Carroll-Hurricane-rT625_912-ed13-p1A.jpg