Born in W Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA on 1799 to Joseph Merrick and Mary Smith. Maria married Daniel Brown Bush and had 6 children.

Maria Merrick, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Name: Maria Merrick
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1799
Birthplace: Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Father's Name: Jos Merrick
Mother's Name: Mercy
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C58438-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186143
Reference ID: B3 p12
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Father: Joseph Merrick Born in W Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA on 12 May 1769 to Joseph Merrick and Deborah Leonard. Joseph married Frances Leonard and had 2 children, Fordyce Merrick and Frances Fiske Merrick. Frances died in 1797. Joseph then married Mercy (Mary) Smith. They became the parents of Maria and Adelia, who married Doctor Moses Allen Lee.

Mother: Mercy Smith born in W Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA on 1771.
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Her children:
Anna Maria Bush 1819-1825
Joseph Merrick Bush 1822-1905
Ellen Dewitt Bush 1824-1893
Maria Merrick Bush 1826-1851
Daniel B Bush 1827-1913
Chauncey Carroll Bush 1831-1907
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Mrs. Maria Merrick Bush, "Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
Name: Mrs. Maria Merrick Bush
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 25 Dec 1831
Death Place:
Age: 32
Birth Date: 1799

Since there is a record of her death in Massachusetts, this marker may memorialize Maria Merrick Bush rather than mark her final resting place. Also, the obituary of Daniel Brown Bush's second wife states they married before coming to Pittsfield, Illinois. It was Daniel Brown Bush's second wife, Adeline Geer, who came with him from Pittsfield, Massachusetts to settle Pittsfield, Illinois.