Obituary, "L.I. Mercer, Former Legislator, Is Dead," 12/20/1925, p. 5. Cumby, Hopkins County, Dec. 19 - Levi I. Mercer, birth date 1/26/1862 in Minnesota. "He was also connected with a retail grocery business here for several years and along about 1898, served a term in the Legislature from this county."
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