Elias Merriman (1835-1922)

Eliza Dye (1833-1909)

Arabelle Merriman (1858-1953)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Delos Cornell Carol Merriman Cornell Arabelle Merriman 1 2 3 Born: 8 November 1858, , Porter County, IN 3 Marriage (1): Delos Cornell about 1880 1 Died: 27 July 1953, Valparaiso, IN at age 94 3 Buried: After 27 July 1953, Valparaiso, IN 3   Burial Notes: Find A Grave Memorial# 74752374   Noted events in her life were: • She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 10 June 1880. 1 1880 US Census Page 552B, District 145, Dwelling 136, Family 136, Roll 305 Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana Arabelle Cornell..Wife..20..IN..Keeps House (Living with husband.) NOTE - If her birth date was 8 Nov 1858, then her age should have been 21 instead of 20. . Arabelle married Delos Cornell, son of Alvin Cornell and Lydia Lightfoot, about 1880.1 (Delos Cornell was born in 1853 in Indiana,1 4 5 died in 1933 in Valparaiso, IN 5 and was buried in 1933 in Valparaiso, IN 5.)   Noted events in their marriage were: • They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 10 June 1880. 1 1880 US Census Page 552B, District 145, Dwelling 136, Family 136, Roll 305 Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana Delos Cornell..Head..26..IN..Farmer Arabelle Cornell..Wife..20..IN..Keeps House Carroll Jewell..Laborer..23..IN..Farm Laborer Francis Rief..Servant..20..IN..Domestic Servant .

1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 145, p. 552B, dwelling 136, family 136, Delos Cornell and Arabelle Merriman; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Aug 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 305.

2 Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, Porter County Indiana Death Index 1884-1927 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~innwigs/Archives/DeathIndex-PorterCounty.htm).

3 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 3 Aug 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74752374.

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana, p. 150, dwelling 1131, family 1098, Alvin Cornell and Lydia Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 289.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 3 Aug 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74752444.