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Joseph Harmon Merrifield
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Joseph Harmon Merrifield 1 2 3 4 5
- Born: 27 September 1818, Ohio 1 2
- Marriage (1): Barbara Fast on 1 November 1840 1 2 3
- Died: June 1876, Rutland, MI at age 57 1 2 3
 Noted events in his life were:
• He has alternate birth date of 1817 and a birth location of Ohio.
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• He has alternate birth date of 1826 and a birth location of Ohio.
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Sullivan Township, Ashland County, OH on 8 October 1850. 4
1850 US Census
Page 463B, Dwelling 49, Family 53
Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Joseph Maryfield..24..OH..Farmer
(Living with with and 4 children.)
NOTE - If his birth date was 27 Sep 1818, then his age should have been 31 instead of 24.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Rutland, MI on 9 June 1860. 5
1860 US Census
Page 19, Roll 536, Dwelling 156, Family 146
Rutland, Barry County, Michigan
Joseph H. Morefield..43..OH..Farming
(Living with wife and 5 children.)
NOTE - If his birth date was 27 Sep 1818, then his age should have been 41 instead of 43.
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Joseph married Barbara Fast, daughter of Nicholas Jacob Fast and Barbara Blosser, on 1 November 1840.1 2 3 (Barbara Fast was born on 14 January 1824 in Elyria, OH 1 2 3 6 and died on 27 October 1896 in Michigan 1 2 3.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Sullivan Township, Ashland County, OH on 8 October 1850. 4
1850 US Census
Page 463B, Dwelling 49, Family 53
Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Joseph Maryfield..24..OH..Farmer
Barbara Maryfield..24..OH
Matthew L. Maryfield..9..OH
Isaac W. Maryfield..6..OH
Sirenus Maryfield..4..OH
Catharine Maryfield..1..OH
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Rutland, MI on 9 June 1860. 5
1860 US Census
Page 19, Roll 536, Dwelling 156, Family 146
Rutland, Barry County, Michigan
Joseph H. Morefield..43..OH..Farming
Barbary Morefield..34..OH
Nathan D. Morefield..19..OH
Isaac W. Morefield..17..OH
Cyrenus Morefield..15..OH
Orilla Morefield..11..OH
George Morefield..8..OH
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Sources
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Sandra S. Shuster, World Family Tree Vol. 007, Ed. 1, Tree #1334 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: October 17, 1996).
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Bill Loucks, "Bill Loucks Family History" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bloucks89; Updated: 2008-12-19 16:23:28 UTC (Fri)).
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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).
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1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio, p. 463B, dwelling 49, family 53; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 20 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.
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1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, p. 19, dwelling 156, family 146, Joseph H. Merrifield and Barbara Fast; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 536.
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"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 17 January 2021), (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ3B-F65 : 9 November 2020), Aaron Grosch and Barbara Merrifield, 10 Mar 1883; citing Marriage, Belvidere, Montcalm, Michigan, Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4207684.