When James Harvey Merrell was born on 1 September 1873, in Kentucky, United States, his father, James Southford Merrell, was 22 and his mother, Ellen Melissa Payne, was 21. He married Sarah Tennessee Fore on 25 February 1904, in Phelps, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in South Gorin, Scotland, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Miller Township, Phelps, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 6 June 1942, in Rolla, Phelps, Missouri, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Rolla, Phelps, Missouri, United States.
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English: variant of Merrill .
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