Rosa Aliceann Merritt

Rosa Aliceann was born on April 12th, 1883.¹   Rosa Aliceann's father was Alexander Washington Merritt and her mother was Eliza Catherine Hope.  Her paternal grandparents were John Merritt and UNKNOWN Unknown. She had eight brothers and six sisters, named Samuel Washington, Daniel Jackson, George Wilkerson, William Alex, Bert Edwin, Infant, Winfred Author, John Randolph, Sarah Julia, Jennie Bell, Serrilda Elizabeth, Mary Edith, Iva and Jesse Mabel.  She was the third oldest of the fifteen children.