Bio: Merrill, Addison Washburn (1842 - 1920)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Merrill, Sherman, Moril

----Sources: 1881 History of Northern Wisconsin, Federal Records

*ADDISON W. MERRILL, P. O. Alma Center, was born in Lowell, Mass., in May, 1842; came, with his parents, to Green County, where he lived until 1862; entered in war, Co. H, 18th Wis. Regt. I., and served for three years. Was with Sherman on his march to the sea; was in all of the principal battles of the Mississippi. Returned to Wisconsin in 1865; settled in Jackson County, on the farm where he now lives. Was married, in April, 1869, to Miss Nancy Morril; she is a native of Maine. They have three children, Nathan H., Jennie A. and Agnes J.

*AKA Adison W. Merrill

1870 Federal Census, 14 July, Garden Valley, Jackson, Wisconsin, United States, pg. 7, by D. F. Mason

Addison Merrill, white, male

Occupation: Farmer

Household Members
Addison Merrill M 28y Massachusetts
Nancy Merrill F 29y Maine
Levi W Merrill M 74y Maine
Edwin Ericson M 23y Norway

1880 Federal Census, Garden Valley, Jackson, Wisconsin, United States, pg. 328

Adison W. Merrill, white, married male
occupation : Farmer
spouse's birthplace : Maine, United States
father's birthplace : Maine, United States
mother's birthplace : Maine, United States

Household Members
self Adison W. Merrill M 38 Massachusetts, United States
wife Nancy Merrill F 39 Maine, United States
son Nathan Merrill M 9 Wisconsin, United States
daughter Jennie Merrill F 7 Wisconsin, United States
daughter Agnes Merrill F 3 Wisconsin, United States

1905 Wisconsin Census, Alma Center, Jackson, Wisconsin, family 54, pg. 61, line 17

Addison Merrill, white, widowed, male
place of birth: parent 1: Maine
place of birth: parent 2: Maine

Household Members
head Addison Merrill M 63y Massachusetts
son Nathan H Merrill M 34y Wisconsin
daughter Jennie Merrill F 32y Wisconsin
daughter Agnes Merrill F 27y Wisconsin
step granddaughter Cora Metcalf F 13y Wisconsin
granddaughter Eva Merrill F 6y Wisconsin
servant Annie Ericson F 18y Wisconsin

Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union,  Jackson, Wisconsin, United States

Addison W. Merrill
Veterans of the Civil War,1890 Census

Wisconsin Death Records

Merrill, Addison Washburn, d. 15 Nov 1920, vol.10, pg. 7