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From Beer's History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter,
PA. Page 1240
GEORGE MERRILL, contractor and builder, Lewisville, son of Erastus and
Elizabeth (Ayer) Merrill, was born in Ulysses Township, Potter Co., Penn., in
1838. His parents were natives of Vermont, and each, with parents removed
to Broome county, N. Y., where they married, and in February, 1838,
located in Ulysses township, Potter county, where the father of our subject
was a farmer until his decease in 1884. The mother still has her residence
on the old homestead with her daughter, Mrs. Caleb Gridley. Their children
were Warren (who died when nineteen years of age), Obediah, Harriet
(deceased), George Lyman, Esther (Mrs. Gridley) and Henry (deceased).
George was married in 1864 to Amelia Kidney, of Wyoming county, after
which he located in Lewisville, where he is a contractor and builder. Their
children were Henry (who died when eleven years of age), Herbert and Maud.
Mrs. Merrill is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr.
Merrill affiliates with the Prohibition party, having formerly been identified with
the Republican party. He has held various township offices.

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