Roxie (Edwards) Merritt (1901 - 1989)

Born 1 May 1901 in Pleasant Mound, Bond, Illinois

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Died 1989 at about age 87 in Greenville, Illinois

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Biography

An amazing woman, gregarious, a reader, self taught artist and piano player, she traveled at the drop of a hat, was always up for adventure. Despite having little money, she instilled curiousity in her children and exposed them to new ideas. She raised 5 children: Harold Andrew, Esther Arline ( who's middle name was supposed to be Eileen, but the doctor misspelled it), Roxie Elaine, Harry Wellington, and William Duane.

Sources

• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK41-D8C : accessed 1 April 2023), Roxie Edwards in household of Wellington Edwards, Pleasant Mound, Bond, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWCD-54P : 8 January 2021), Roxie Merritt in household of William Merritt, Roxana, Wood River Township, Madison, Illinois Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-124, sheet 3A, line 26, family 43, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 851.

• Personal - Eileen Segall, granddaughter

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See Also [https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K8K5-5DW Roxie Edwards 1 May 1901 – 7 October 1989 • K8K5-5DW]