Daniel Jackson Merritt

Daniel Jackson was born on July 23rd, 1884.¹   Daniel Jackson's father was Alexander Washington Merritt and his mother was Eliza Catherine Hope.  His paternal grandparents were John Merritt and UNKNOWN Unknown. He had seven brothers and seven sisters, named Samuel Washington, George Wilkerson, William Alex, Bert Edwin, Infant, Winfred Author, John Randolph, Sarah Julia, Rosa Aliceann, Jennie Bell, Serrilda Elizabeth, Mary Edith, Iva and Jesse Mabel.  He was the fourth oldest of the fifteen children.