Milton MerrittCamp Creek Township Bio, Pike County, Ohio
Milton Merritt was born April 09, 1834, in Pike County, and is a son of John and Annie (McDonnell) Merritt, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and early settlers of Southern Ohio. He attended the public schools in the county till he was eighteen teen years old, and at the age of twenty-five years he took a trip to the West, but soon returned and followed boating on the Ohio Canal till a few years ago. In September 1864, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Scott. He remained in the army till the close of the war, and was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, in June, 1865. He was married in 1876 to Louisa Wolford, who is of French descent. His grandfather, Ezekiel Merritt, was one of the pioneers of Ohio, coming from Kentucky in a very early day and locating in Scioto County, where he built the first floating boat that was ever run on the Scioto River.
was born April 09, 1834, in Pike County, and is a son of John and Annie (McDonnell) Merritt, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and early settlers of Southern Ohio. He attended the public schools in the county till he was eighteen teen years old, and at the age of twenty-five years he took a trip to the West, but soon returned and followed boating on the Ohio Canal till a few years ago. In September 1864, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Scott. He remained in the army till the close of the war, and was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, in June, 1865. He was married in 1876 to Louisa Wolford, who is of French descent. His grandfather, Ezekiel Merritt, was one of the pioneers of Ohio, coming from Kentucky in a very early day and locating in Scioto County, where he built the first floating boat that was ever run on the Scioto River. History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
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