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''In 1840, Henry T. Merrill (b. 1814 [[New York|N.Y.]] - d. 1896) was living at Maryland, Oswego, IL, and settled in Illinois in 1846, eventually near Kingston Twp., DeKalb, [[Illinois]], according to the Belvidere Daily Republican (Belvidere, IL) of Aug. 3, 1916. DeKalb County is today regarded as part of the metropolis of Chicago. Although they were living at Seward, Schoharie, N.Y. for the 1850 Census, according to Ancestry.com. The 1860 Census has Henry's family at Franklin Twp., DeKalb, IL.
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===Merrill biographical additions===
The ''Portrait and Biographical Album of DeKalb County, Illinois''. (Chicago, IL, USA: Chapman Brothers, 1885) has an entry for Mr. Merrill, pp. 374-375:
''"Henry T. Merrill, farmer, section 25, Franklin Township, is an apiarist and manufacturer of cider and butter. He was born Sept. 26, 1814, in Delaware Co., N.Y. His father, William Merrill, was born in Connecticut and was a shoemaker by trade, and also a tanner and currier. His marriage to Catherine Wilber took place in Delaware County, where she was born and passed her entire life, dying July 8, 1850, at the age of 62 years. She became the mother of 11 children. In 1838 the father came West and died Oct. 7, of the same year, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Olmstead. He was 53 years of age.
Mr. Merrill was the sixth child of his parents, and was one of the four who survived their earliest youth. He was brought up and educated in his native county, obtaining a good common-school education, which he supplemented by a course of commercial study at the business college at Albany, N.Y.
