Soldier Information
Name: John Merrifield
Alias:
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1843
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 9
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: September 19, 1864
Enlistment Place: Lebanon
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 4th
Company: I Regiment(s): 122nd USCI
Mustered Where: Lebanon, KY
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
CMSR indicated John Merrifield was drafted. It did not mention if he was standing in for someone.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: August 5, 1865
Military Death Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Military Cause of Death: Bronchitis and Diarrhea
Death Date: April 5, 1865
Cause of Death: Bronchitis and Diarrhea
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: January 8, 1869
Application No.: 170060 Certificate No.: 147704
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Sarah Merrifield
Pensioner County: Jefferson Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:29
Pension Notes:
John was enrolled and mustered on September 19, 1864 in Lebanon, KY. He died on April 5, 1865 in Portsmouth, Virginia, of chronic diarrhea. Sarah and John were married on October 1, 1862 and she remained a widow after John’s death. They had two children: Mary Ellen Merrifield (1863) and John Merrifield (1865). Sarah Merrifield died on November 18, 1910.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Sarah Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Mary E. Merrifield 1863
John H. Merrifield 1865
Family Notes:
Census records revealed that following John’s death in 1865, Sarah had two children after her marriage to John, they are William, born in 1870; and James, born in 1879. Their fathers are unknown.
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1870 Census
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1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Washer-Ironer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
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1900 Profession: Laundress for private family
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Unknown 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: Unknown
1900 Census Notes:
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Laundress for private family
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Unknown 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: Unknown
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1920 Census
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Enslaver Information
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
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