Merritt Johnston Glidden married Dora Lang on June 9, 1881 in Washington County, Kansas.

He married Catherine "Katie" Ashby on February 7, 1889 in Leavenworth County, Kansas. Merritt's widow married his brother, Lewis C. Glidden, on February 7, 1889 in Leavenworth County, Kansas.

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DIED.

Just as we go to press, word comes to us of the death of one of Oklahoma county's most highly esteemed citizens, Merrit J. Glidden About a year ago Mr. Glidden was bitten by strange dog supposed to have been mad and from that time to this, he has feared bad results from the bite. All physicians who waited on him say that the case was very peculiar and they could not tell exactly what it was. Mr. Glidden was a member of the I. O. O. F. of this city, and that order has done every thing possible to make things pleasant for him during his sickness. Funeral services were conducted at the M. E. Church in this city, Friday evening, April 29th, by Rev J. A. Brown, and the remains interred in the cemetery south of Choctaw, Mr. Glidden leaves a wife and six children and host of friends to mourn the loss of one of the best citizens a community ever had.

Choctaw City News (Choctaw, Oklahoma), 30 Apr 1898, page 5.

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Merrit G. Glidden, son of Mrs. H.L. Glidden, of this place, died at his home near Choctaw, O. T., on Thursday, April 28, 1898, after an illness of only five days, at the age of 40 years, 6 months and 14 days. Easton Light (Easton, Kansas), 05 May 1898, page 3.

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M. J. Glidden, a prominent farmer and politician, died at Choctaw City, Ok. in the awful agonies of hydrophobia. He was bitten by a dog several weeks ago and although his doctors agreed that he was not suffering from hydrophobia his imagination worked upon his nerves to such an extent that he died with all the symptoms of rabies.

Kildare Journal (Kildare, Oklahoma), 13 May 1898, page 2.