MERRIAM, Harold Alvord

1876 - 1937  (61 years)

• Name	MERRIAM, Harold Alvord   [1]
  Born	4 Jul 1876	Greenfield, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	10 May 1898
  	Company B, 71st New York Regiment
  	"...mustered in May 10, 1898; encamped at Lakeland and Tampa Heights, Florida; in Cuba with the army of invasion. At Battle of Guasimas and in battles of July 1, 2, and 3. Went with his battalion (the 3rd, Major Keck) up San Juan Hill into the block house, where he was on guard for the night with his company. At the bombardment of Santiago de Cuba July 10 and 11 and the siege and final surrender of the city July 17, 1898. Also, during the terrible days in the "death camps" along the San Juan hills, Cuba, and at Montauk, New York. Mustered out November 18, 1898."
  Residence	Aft 1898	New York City, , New York, United States
  Died	20 Dec 1937  [3]
  Buried	Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I60463	SEQUOIA
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	MERRIAM, Edwin Dwight,   b. 19 Feb 1839, West Brookfield, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 14 Feb 1909, New York City, New York Co(Manhattan), New York, United States  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	SMITH, Mary Fanny,   b. 26 Jul 1848, Mystic River, New London Co, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 11 Mar 1879, Greenfield, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 30 years)
  Married	22 Apr 1869	Mystic River, New London Co, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F3434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HARRIMAN, Lucia,   b. Abt 1875, Blair, Washington Co, Nebraska, United States ,   d. 1943  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Married	24 Sep 1921	New York City, New York Co(Manhattan), New York, United States   [5]
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2016
  Family ID	F13615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jul 1876 - Greenfield, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, United States Residence - Aft 1898 - New York City, , New York, United States Married - 24 Sep 1921 - New York City, New York Co(Manhattan), New York, United States Buried - - Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S255] GENEALOGY: MERRIAM GENEALOGY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, Pope, Charles Henry - 1906, (Reprint compiled by John Merriam Kingsbury through Bullbrier Press - 1986), page 416 (1062). (Reliability: 3). [S236] BIRTH Record: Massachusetts, USA, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX84-W9R (Reliability: 2). [S349] WEBSITE: US Department of Veterans Affairs, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZD-6MN (Reliability: 2). [S142] WEBSITE: Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=merriam&GSfn=harold&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=21&GScnty=1178&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=136530195&df=all& (Reliability: 2). [S972] MARRIAGE Record: New York City, USA, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24WF-CSK (Reliability: 2).