Isaac Wesley Merrifield

Nicholas Jacob Fast
(1786-1868)

Barbara Blosser
(1788-1870)

Joseph Harmon Merrifield
(1818-1876)

Barbara Fast
(1824-1896)

Isaac Wesley Merrifield
(1843-1889)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lauretta Van Wagenen

Isaac Wesley Merrifield ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵

Born: 1843, Ohio ² ³ ⁴ ⁵
Marriage (1): Lauretta Van Wagenen on 31 May 1866 ¹ ²
Died: 18 January 1889, Dalton, MI at age 46 ¹
Buried: After 18 January 1889, Whitehall, MI ¹

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Sullivan Township, Ashland County, OH on 8 October 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 463B, Dwelling 49, Family 53
Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Isaac W. Maryfield..6..OH
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Rutland, MI on 9 June 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 19, Roll 536, Dwelling 156, Family 146
Rutland, Barry County, Michigan
Isaac W. Morefield..17..OH
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Rutland Township, Barry County, MI on 12 July 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 4, District , Dwelling 25, Family 24, Roll 661
Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan
Wesley Merrifield..26..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 2 sons.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Whitehall, MI on 10 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 48A, District 185, Dwelling 196, Family 199, Roll 597
Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan
Wes. Merrifield..Self..36..OH..Works In Mill
(Living with wife and 2 sons.)
.

• He was buried after 18 January 1889 in the Oakhurst Cemetery in Whitehall, MI.

Isaac married Lauretta Van Wagenen on 31 May 1866.¹ ² (Lauretta Van Wagenen was born on 26 October 1846 in Twinsburg, OH,¹ ² ⁶ died on 16 April 1935 in Muskegon, MI ¹ and was buried after 16 April 1935 in Whitehall, MI ¹.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Rutland Township, Barry County, MI on 12 July 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 4, District , Dwelling 25, Family 24, Roll 661
Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan
Wesley Merrifield..26..OH..Farmer
Loretta Merrifield..24..OH..Keeps House
Ernest Merrifield..3..MI
Dorrance Merrifield..2..MI
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Whitehall, MI on 10 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 48A, District 185, Dwelling 196, Family 199, Roll 597
Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan
Wes. Merrifield..Self..36..OH..Works In Mill
Lucy Merrifield..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
Ernest Merrifield..Son..13..MI..At Home
D.W. Merrifield..Son..12..MI..At School
.

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 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.

3 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.

4 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.

5 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.

6 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 82, sheet 8A, dwelling 173, family 176, Lauretta Van Wagenen; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 21 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 734.

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