Infant Merritt

Infant was born on March 5th, 1897.¹   Infant'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, Daniel Jackson, George Wilkerson, William Alex, Bert Edwin, Winfred Author, John Randolph, Sarah Julia, Rosa Aliceann, Jennie Bell, Serrilda Elizabeth, Mary Edith, Iva and Jesse Mabel.  He was the sixth youngest of the fifteen children.  He died on March 5th, 1897.¹