Joseph Harmon Merrifield (1818-1876)

Barbara Fast (1824-1896)

Isaac Wesley Merrifield (1843-1889)

Lauretta Van Wagenen (1846-1935)

Dorrance W. Merrifield (1868-After 1893)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Tillie Cushway Dorrance W. Merrifield 1 2 3 Born: 1868, Michigan 2 3 Marriage (1): Tillie Cushway on 12 August 1893 in Muskegon, MI Died: After 12 August 1893   Noted events in his life were: • He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Rutland Township, Barry County, MI on 12 July 1870. 2 1870 US Census Page 4, District , Dwelling 25, Family 24, Roll 661 Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan Dorrance Merrifield..2..MI (Living with parents.) . • He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Whitehall, MI on 10 June 1880. 3 1880 US Census Page 48A, District 185, Dwelling 196, Family 199, Roll 597 Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan D. W. Merrifield..Son..12..MI..At School (Living with parents.) . Dorrance married Tillie Cushway, daughter of Charles Cushway and Louisa Storens, on 12 August 1893 in Muskegon, MI. (Tillie Cushway was born about 1873 and died after 12 August 1893.)

1 Larry Overmire, "Genealogy of Fast, Shriver, Burns, Scott, McKibben, Including Descendants of Revolutionary War Hero Christian Fast," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lovermire : accessed 20 Mar 2010).

2 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, p. 4, dwelling 25, family 24, Isaac Wesley Merrifield and Lauretta Van Wagenen; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 661.

3 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 185, p. 48A, dwelling 196, family 199, Isaac Wesley Merrifield and Lauretta Van Wagenen; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 597.