Obituary of Darius George Merrihew, Comanche County, KSGenWeb Digital Library

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THE WESTERN STAR, 10 December 1915

Obituary of DARIUS GEORGE MERRIHEW

DARIUS GEORGE MERRIHEW

Darius George Merrihew, for many years a successful farmer near Coldwater, Kans., died near Cadillac, Mich., on November 22, 1915, of neuralgia of the heart, at the ripe old age of 82 years, 5 months and 20
days. He had, for about 7 years, lived on his large farm a few miles east of Cadillac. He had during that time, made many substantial improvements on what had been purchased as raw stump land. During his few years residence there, he won many friends by his kindly manner and sympathetic disposition. He had for many years been a faithful and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was born in the state of New York on June 2, 1833. He moved at an early age to the west, settling on a farm near Maxwell, Iowa. There he raised a family of four children. In 1893 he became a resident of Coldwater, Kans. In 1906 he
moved to Michigan.

Mr. Merrihew was united in marriage with Miss Mariah Calson on March 13, 1862, while a resident of Iowa. To this union five children were born, four of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Stella Moore, Coy, Okla.; Mrs. J. B. Eaton, Coldwater, Kans.; Mrs. Ira D. Carver, Lamoure, N. Dak., and Miss Florence Merrihew of Cadillac, Mich. Mrs. Merrihew died on January 7, 1878. On December 4, 1879, Mr. Merrihew married Hattie L. Stowe. She died in Cadillac, Mich. on February 20, 1910.

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