MERRIAM, John Wesley

1839 - 1863  (24 years)

• Name	MERRIAM, John Wesley
  Alt. Birth	Feb 1838
  	Calculated from age inscribed on headstone
  Born	22 Feb 1839	Morristown, Lamoille Co, Vermont, United States   [1]
  	Birth date calculated from age at death.
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Sep 1861  [2]
  	Civil War: Private, Co. A, 8th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Enlisted 23 Sep 1861.
  Died	24 Sep 1863	Elmore, Lamoille Co, Vermont, United States   [1]
  	Cause of death: Swamp Fever
  Buried	Lake Elmore Cemetery, Elmore, Lamoille Co, Vermont, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I60499	SEQUOIA
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	MERRIAM, Selden,   b. 12 Dec 1805, Groton, Grafton Co, New Hampshire, United States ,   d. 25 Jun 1877, Morrisville, Lamoille Co, Vermont, United States  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	COOK, Amanda,   b. 1810, Morristown, Lamoille Co, Vermont, United States ,   d. 1839, , Lamoille Co, Vermont, United States  (Age 29 years)
  Married	12 Oct 1828
  Family ID	F4246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Feb 1839 - Morristown, Lamoille Co, Vermont, United States Died - 24 Sep 1863 - Elmore, Lamoille Co, Vermont, United States Buried - - Lake Elmore Cemetery, Elmore, Lamoille Co, Vermont, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  PHOTO: MERRIAM, John Wesley; d. 24 Sep 1863 Photo courtesy of Isaac Wesley Merriam

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone: MERRIAM, John Wesley, b Feb 1838 Lake Elmore Cemetery in Elmore, VT. Photo by Richard D. Merriam

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] DEATH Record: Vermont, USA, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFKZ-8XP (Reliability: 2). Birth date calculated from age at death [S602] MILITARY: Vermont USA, Civil War database, (http://vermontcivilwar.org/), https://vermontcivilwar.org/get.php?input=23818 (Reliability: 2). [S142] WEBSITE: Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14296334/john-wesley-merriam (Reliability: 2).