Biography

02/07/1810 - 10/29/1866

MERRIMAN, George, a Representative from Crawford County; born, February 7, 1810 in Pennsylvania; miller; farmer; railroad contractor (1851); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1852 and 1853 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1854 term; secretary, Democratic State Convention (1852); incorporator, Meadville Railroad Company (1857); member, board of trustees, Clarence, Mo. (1866); died, October 29, 1866 in Clarence, Shelby County, Missouri; interred, Clarence City Cemetery, Clarence, Shelby County, Missouri.