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PHOTOGRAPH INFORMATION

NAME(S): Wm H. Merville
PHOTOGRAPH:  # 4660
OTHER INFO: 123 Virginia St, Sistersville, West Virginia
 PHOTOGRAPHER: Robbins, Bradford, Pennsylvania
SCAN SIZE: 1240 pixels x 958 pixels
WHERE OBTAINED: Donated
WHEN OBTAINED: 2014

RESEARCHED INFORMATION

Probably: William Henry Merville

Born: October 2, 1840, New York
Died: May 8, 1903, Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia
Father: Henry Lawrence Merville
Mother: Jane B. Adams
Married: Mary E.
Children: 

NOTES

William was an oil well foreman and apparently traveled in his job. This photograph was probably taken
while he was on a job in Bradford, Pennsylvania as in the 1880 census and mailed home to his wife.
SOURCES

1850 Census Porter, Niagara County, New York
1860 Census Porter, Niagara County, New York
1862 IRS Tax Assessment List
1865 State Census Porter, Niagara County, New York
1880 Census Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania
1900 Census Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia
1901 Bradford, Pennsylvania, City Directory
Civil War Draft Registrations Records
U.S., Returns from Military Posts
Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts
Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files
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