Married - Annie Lovina Manchester, 23 Sep 1826, Henriette, Monroe, New York. She died abt 1840.
Children - Mortimer Merrill, Ferdinand Daniel Merrill, Editha Melissa Merrill, William Wallace Merrill, Mandana Rebecca Merrill
Married - Camilla Wirick, 1840, Paw Paw, Lee, Illinois
Children - George Gee Merrill, Justin Jared Merrill, Maryetta Merrill, Jacob Merrill, Lucy Ann Merrill, Julia Merrill, James Merrill, Jedediah Merrill, Samuel Jared Merrill, Morgan Merrill, Permenio Merrill, Emily Merrill, Parmelia Merrill
History - His father and mother come to Utah in 1847 and settled in the 19th ward of Salt Lake City. He came to Utah in September 1848 in the Willard Richards Company. His eldest son Ferdinand, and his brother Philemon were members of the Mormon Battalion. Philemon was a general in the Mormon Battalion. His sister Phoebe Lodemia accompanied it part of the way as a washerwoman and cook, although she was only fourteen. His mother died in 1863 and his father died 1877. His father is buried in Salt Lake Cemetery. He died at his father's home in Salt Lake City
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 18, p. 134
Justin Merrill was born February 18, 1806, at Byron, Genessee County, New York. He and his wife Camilla Wirick Merrill came to Utah September 1848, with the Willard Richards Company. They established a home at Smithfield, Cache County, Utah and helped to pioneer this area. He was called to the Las Vegas Mission in 1856 where his knowledge of farming and raising fine horses was needed. Upon his release he returned to Smithfield where he died January 14, 1887.
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Willard Richards Company (1848); Age at departure: 42
His name appears on a non-contemporary list in Journal History (Supplement after 31 Dec. 1848, 19). The names of his wife and a 7-year-old son (George) also appear on that list with him but it is highly unlikely that they traveled with him to Utah in 1848. The evidence to believe that Justin Merrill came to Utah in 1848 comes from his name appearing on the list of those filing for lots in Salt Lake in 1848. He likely came in 1848 and returned that fall to his family in Iowa and then brought all of them to Utah in 1849.
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Silas Richards Company (1849), Age at departure: 43
He went to Utah in 1848, returned to Iowa, and brought the rest of his family to Utah in 1849.
Married - Annie Lovina Manchester, 23 Sep 1826, Henriette, Monroe, New York. She died abt 1840.
Children - Mortimer Merrill, Ferdinand Daniel Merrill, Editha Melissa Merrill, William Wallace Merrill, Mandana Rebecca Merrill
Married - Camilla Wirick, 1840, Paw Paw, Lee, Illinois
Children - George Gee Merrill, Justin Jared Merrill, Maryetta Merrill, Jacob Merrill, Lucy Ann Merrill, Julia Merrill, James Merrill, Jedediah Merrill, Samuel Jared Merrill, Morgan Merrill, Permenio Merrill, Emily Merrill, Parmelia Merrill
History - His father and mother come to Utah in 1847 and settled in the 19th ward of Salt Lake City. He came to Utah in September 1848 in the Willard Richards Company. His eldest son Ferdinand, and his brother Philemon were members of the Mormon Battalion. Philemon was a general in the Mormon Battalion. His sister Phoebe Lodemia accompanied it part of the way as a washerwoman and cook, although she was only fourteen. His mother died in 1863 and his father died 1877. His father is buried in Salt Lake Cemetery. He died at his father's home in Salt Lake City
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 18, p. 134
Justin Merrill was born February 18, 1806, at Byron, Genessee County, New York. He and his wife Camilla Wirick Merrill came to Utah September 1848, with the Willard Richards Company. They established a home at Smithfield, Cache County, Utah and helped to pioneer this area. He was called to the Las Vegas Mission in 1856 where his knowledge of farming and raising fine horses was needed. Upon his release he returned to Smithfield where he died January 14, 1887.
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Willard Richards Company (1848); Age at departure: 42
His name appears on a non-contemporary list in Journal History (Supplement after 31 Dec. 1848, 19). The names of his wife and a 7-year-old son (George) also appear on that list with him but it is highly unlikely that they traveled with him to Utah in 1848. The evidence to believe that Justin Merrill came to Utah in 1848 comes from his name appearing on the list of those filing for lots in Salt Lake in 1848. He likely came in 1848 and returned that fall to his family in Iowa and then brought all of them to Utah in 1849.
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, Silas Richards Company (1849), Age at departure: 43
He went to Utah in 1848, returned to Iowa, and brought the rest of his family to Utah in 1849.
Family Members
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Pvt Ferdinand Daniel Merrill
1830–1894
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Editha Melissa Merrill Johnson
1833–1876
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William Wallace Merrill
1835–1915
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Mandana Rebecca Merrill Johnson
1838–1921
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George Gee Merrill
1841–1915
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Justin Jared Merrill
1843–1920
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Maryetta Merrill Owens
1846–1926
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Jacob Merrill
1848–1918
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Lucy Ann Merrill Ricks
1850–1928
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Samuel Jared Merrill
1856–1911
