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Eli Todd Merriman

Full Name: Eli Todd Merriman
Birth date: February 1, 1815
Death date: August 12, 1867

Terms of Service

  • House, 7th (1) Legislature
    11/2/1857 - 11/7/1859
     
(1) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Other Resources

  • Biographical sketch, Dr. Eli T. Merriman, p. 197. Born 1815 in Bristol, Connecticut; first marriage to Jenette Bartholomew and moved to Texas 1838; second marriage to Elizabeth Fusselman in 1851. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album 1995.
  • Eli Todd Merriman, marriage to Jennett Bartholomew 5/8/1833 in Connecticut.
    Eli T. Merriman, Doct., marriage to Elizabeth Fusslin 7/28/1851 in Cameron County, Texas.
    Census of 1850 - E.T. Merriman, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, age 37, born circa 1813 in Connecticut, doctor, wife Ginnete.
    Census of 1860 - Eli Merriman, Banquete, Nueces County, Texas, age 45, born circa 1815 in Connecticut, doctor, wife Elizabeth. FamilySearch . 1860 1850
  • Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997 Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977
  • E.T. Merriman, M.D., birth date 2/1/1815, death date 8/12/1867, portrait, burial in Old Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces County. Find a Grave .
  • MERRIMAN, ELI T. (1815-1867). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Captain Henry E. McCulloch's ranger company, Mexican War. Confederate States Army, doctor. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Mentioned in I Would Rather Sleep in Texas: a History of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the People of the Santa Anita Land Grant 2003.
  • Dr. E.T. Merriman, including the story of Banquete and Civil War days, from Pathfinders of Texas, 1836-1846, by Mrs. Frank De Garmo, 1951.
    Burials, E.T. Merriman, birth date 2/1/1815, death date 8/12/1867; excerpt from The Story of Corpus Christi by Mary A. Sutherland; newspaper articles. Old Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi 2001. Old Bayview Cemetery, Corpus Christi
  • Historical marker, Eli T. Merriman Home, San Marcos, Hays County. Texas Historical Commission .
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