Descendants of Garrett Merrell
Generation No. 4
GARRETT MERRELL (BENJAMINE WISEMAN MERRILL, ANDREW, Captain Benjamin Merrill & Jemima Smith) was born 1798 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 22 Dec 1865 in Giles County, Tennessee. He married (1) OLLIV THOMPSON Abt. 1828 in <Giles County , Tennessee>. She was born 1802 in South Carolina, and died 1849 in Giles County , Tennessee. He married (2) AMY ANA WALKER 11 Mar 1853 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, daughter of ZADOCK WALKER and MARY HENDRICKS. She was born 20 Jul 1832 in Alabama, and died 09 May 1902 in Malone Cemetery, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Notes for GARRETT MERRELL:
Benjamin Merrell, son of Andrew, came to Giles County Tennessee between 1810-1820. Garrett Merrell was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Garrett Merrell. An older brother of Garrett was John Merrell, and a younger brother by a second wife to Benjamin was also named Benjamin. His full name was Benjamin Wiseman Merrell. The Merrells were farmers and fishermen. Garrett lived on Sinking Creek east of Elkton, TN, almost on the Lincoln County line. From his estate settlement which is in Giles County, TN, it looks as if he might have run some kind of business since it showed numerous small debts of people in that area. Many of the families are still there. He was not far from Morrell’s Mill (not a misspelling…that is another local family), but it is not known that he himself had a saw mill. He married twice. Garrett married (1) Olive Thompson, which is my g-g-grandmother and (2) Amy Walker. With the two wives, he had 25 children, but some did not live. The Merrells used to be numerous around the Elkton, Ardmore area. They lived just inside Giles (a half mile maybe) from Lincoln County, but had land over inside Lincoln County where he lived until he died.
Burial: Malone Cemetery, Lincoln County, Tennessee
Census: 1830, Lincoln County, Tennessee
More About OLLIV THOMPSON:
Burial: Malone Cemetery, Lincoln County, Tennessee
More About AMY ANA WALKER:
Burial: Malone Cemetery, Lincoln County, Tennessee
Census: 1870, Giles County, Tennessee
Children of GARRETT MERRELL and OLLIV THOMPSON are:
i. INFANT MERRELL.
ii. INFANT MERRELL.
iii. INFANT MERRELL.
iv. NANCY MERRELL, b. 15 Feb 1823, Lincoln County, Tennessee; d. 30 Jan 1852, Giles County, Tennessee; m. JOSEPH ROPER, 15 Feb 1844, Tennessee; b. 08 Aug 1812; d. 08 Aug 1862.
v. ELIZABETH ANN (BETSY) MERRELL, b. 07 Jun 1824, Lincoln County, Tennessee; d. 03 Aug 1877, Jasper County, Missouri; m. JOHN BRADLEY MAGERS, 02 Feb 1842, Giles County, Tennessee; b. 03 Jul 1819; d. Mar 1902, Jasper, Missouri. ELIZABETH ANN (BETSY) MERRELL: Burial: Mitchell Cemetery - Jasper County, Missouri. JOHN BRADLEY MAGERS: John B. Majors, in his elder years, lived with his son, Joseph W. Majors. JOHN BRADLEY MAGERS: Burial: Jasper County, Missouri.
vi. OILLIE MERRELL, b. Abt. 1826, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
vii. MARY POLLY MERRELL, b. 11 Oct 1830, Tennessee; d. 17 Oct 1912, Lincoln County, Tennessee; m. (1) JOHN CORNELL, Abt. 1852, Tennessee; m. (2) JOHN WATSON WHITT, 1845; b. 01 Jan 1816, Enroute to Tennessee from North Carolina; d. 04 Aug 1899, Lincoln County, Tennessee; m. (3) JIM SMITH, Abt. 1850, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1851.
viii. PARTHENIA MERRELL, b. Abt. 1832, Tennessee; m. W. W. LEATHERWOOD, 01 Oct 1851, Giles County, Tennessee; b. Abt. 1828, <Giles County, Tennessee>. PARTHENIA MERRELL: Listed in 1850 Tennessee census as being 18 years of age.
ix. LOUISA MERRELL, b. Nov 1834, Giles County, Tennessee; d. 13 May 1862; m. NATHAN SMITH, 1850, Tennessee; b. 1835; d. 1910.
x. JOHN MERRELL, b. 1835, Giles County, Tennessee; d. 1863, Civil War; m. MARGARET ROSE ANDERSON, 08 Mar 1853, Tennessee; b. 08 Mar 1835, Lincoln County, Tennessee. JOHN MERRELL:
Died in service of Confereracy during War Between the States. John Merrell was killed in the War Between the States on Sept. 19, 1863 during the first day of Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. John's body was taken by train to Marietta, GA. and buried in the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. Each grave has a marker but no names because the original wooden markers were destroyed in a fire years ago. His name is in the book, "Confederate Veterans Interred in the Confederate Cemetery Marietta, Georgia." on page 31.
xi. JEMIMA JONES MERRELL, b. 22 Jul 1837, Giles County, Tennessee; m. JOHN WASHINGTON PUCKETT, 13 Aug 1854, Tennessee; b. 29 Mar 1835, Lincoln County, Tennessee; d. 16 Apr 1911, Akin, Franklin County, Illinois.
xii. SUSAN MERRELL, b. 10 Nov 1838, Tennessee; d. 04 Jul 1862; m. JOHN CARTER.
xiii. JAMES STERLING MERRELL, b. 08 Mar 1839, Tennessee; d. 23 Mar 1914, Giles County, Tennessee; m. LOUISA JOSEPHINE REED, Dec 1860, Giles County, Tennessee; b. 22 Jul 1843, Lincoln County, Tennessee; d. 29 Aug 1900, Giles County, Tennessee. James Sterling Merrell enlisted in 1861 in County, F., 44th Tennessee Infantry of the Confederate Army. He served in the battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Siege of Knoxville and many smaller engagements. He returned home in Dec. 1863. JAMES STERLING MERRELL: Burial: Reed-Merrell Cem. Lincoln County, Tennessee. Census: 1860, Lincoln County, Tennessee, living with W. F. Smith family. LOUISA JOSEPHINE REED: Burial: Merrell-Reed Cem. Lincoln County, Tennessee.
xiv. GEORGE WASHINGTON MERRELL, b. 02 Aug 1840, Giles County, Tennessee; d. 26 Dec 1918, Giles County, Tennessee; m. MARTHA CYNTHIA ADELINE REED, 11 Dec 1860, Giles County, Tennessee; b. 01 Aug 1839, Lincoln County, Tennessee; d. 22 May 1923, Giles County, Tennessee. GEORGE WASHINGTON MERRELL: Burial: Malone Cemetery, Lincoln County, Tennessee. Census: 1880, Giles County , Tennessee. Occupation: Farmer and blacksmith. MARTHA CYNTHIA ADELINE REED: Burial: Malone Cemetery, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
xv. MARGARET MARIAH MERRELL, b. 08 Jul 1841, Tennessee; d. 26 Oct 1926; m. WILLIAM FRANKLIN (FRANK) SMITH; b. 03 Feb 1841, Tennessee; d. 06 Dec 1938, Tennessee. MARGARET MARIAH MERRELL: Several of Mariah's and Frank's descendents died of a typhoid epidemic in the mid-1890s. WILLIAM FRANKLIN (FRANK) SMITH: Burial: Smith Cem. , Cash Point, Lincoln County, Tennessee
xvi. BENJAMIN MERRELL, b. Abt. 1842, Tennessee. Died of Typhoid Fever. No record of marriage or children.
xvii. MARTHA C. MERRELL, b. 1846, <Giles County, Tennessee>; m. NELSON SMITH; b. 06 Jan 1839; d. 09 May 1924. NELSON SMITH: CSA Veteran of 32nd Tennessee Regiment. Killed by a train in 1924.
Children of GARRETT MERRELL and AMY WALKER are:
xviii. LOUIS MERRELL, b. 1853, Giles County, Tennessee; m. EMMA VICKERS; b. Abt. 1849, Alabama. LOUIS MERRELL: Died of Typhoid Fever. Following Louis's death, the family moved to
Texas. Census: 1880, Giles County, Tennessee
xix. DELILAH MERRELL, b. 1858, Tennessee; m. BUD WHITT. Bud Whitt and Delilah Merrell moved to Illinois after they were married.
xx. REBECCA E. (BETTY) MERRELL, b. 17 Mar 1858, Tennessee; d. 07 Apr 1878; m. FELVIN F. TILLERY, 14 Feb 1878, Tennessee; b. 16 Oct 1856, Alabama. REBECCA E. (BETTY) MERRELL:
Married Felly Tillery, son of Wm. Tillery & Jane Cunningham Tillery. Rebecca married Felly 14 Feb. 1878 and died 23 days later. Felly later married Rebecca's sister, Allis.
xxi. HARVEY B. MERRELL, b. Abt. 1860, Tennessee; d. 1883; m. MARY FRANCES RAMSEY, 15 Dec 1876, Tennessee; b. 04 Dec 1856; d. 23 Aug 1944. HARVEY B. MERRELL: Census: 1880, Giles County, Tennessee. MARY FRANCES RAMSEY: Mary Frances Ramsey married first, G.W. (Bunk) Merrell, son of B.W. Merrell and Nancy Elizabeth Hopwood.
xxii. NELLY ALLIS (CRICK) MERRELL, b. 1863, Tennessee; m. FELVIN F. TILLERY, 14 Jan 1877, Tennessee; b. 16 Oct 1856, Alabama. NELLY ALLIS (CRICK) MERRELL: Married Felly Tillery after her sister Rebecca died. They later moved to Arkansas.
xxiii. GARRETT MERRELL, b. 1866, Giles County, Tennessee; m. CULLIE ROWELL, 17 Jul 1884, Lincoln County, Tennessee. Garrett left his family and went to Arkansas. The family heard he was
killed there but we have no proof. CULLIE ROWELL: We believe her full name was Cynthia C. (Cullie) Rowell.