Marriner Wood Merrill

Brief Life History of Marriner Wood

When Marriner Wood Merrill was born on 25 September 1832, in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Nathan Alexander Merrill, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Ann Reynolds, was 40. He married Sarah Ann Atkinson on 10 November 1853, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in Beaverhead, Montana, United States in 1880. He died on 6 February 1906, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marriner Wood Merrill
1832–1906
Almira Jane Bainbridge
1849–1906
Marriage: 1 April 1865
Charles Edward Merrill
1866–1931
Elizabeth Almira Merrill
1868–1926
Heber Kimball Merrill
1869–1941
Albert Marion Merrill
1872–1939
Lewis Alford Merrill
1874–1915
Lorin Asa Merrill
1876–1919
Freddie Whittemore Merrill
1878–1942
Emma Irene Merrill
1880–1904
Preston Reynolds Merrill
1882–1918
Alva Retta Merrill
1884–1911
Leon Ernest Merrill
1886–1933
Abigail Orella Merrill
1889–1967

Sources (120)

  • Mariner Merril, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Marriner W Merrill, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Mariner Wood Merrill, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1858

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Mary Ellen Allsop BIRTH 22 Feb 1856 DEATH 15 Oct 1858 (aged 2) BURIAL Richmond City Cemetery Richmond, Cache County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 59246365

Name Meaning

Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).

English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Preaching to the Dead

President Marriner W. Merrill, the first president of Logan Temple, was a very spiritual man and took good care of affairs at the temple. He was chosen president because a voice spoke to John Tayl …

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