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Submitted by: Beth Rasmussen
Email address: txbeth@bwoodtx.com
 

Husband: Jacob H. MERTZ
Birthdate: October 22, 1868
Birthplace: Boonsboro, Md
Death date: January 23, 1946
Place of death: Danville, Vermilion, Il.
Where Buried: Milner Cemetery
Father: Jacob Mertz Jr
Mother: Elizabeth Lambert

Marriage date: November7, 1897
Marriage place: Monroeville,White, Il.

Wife: Lydia Letitia BARFELL
Birthdate: February 4, 1875
Birthplace: Pike Co, Ohio
Death date: October 13, 1957
Place of death: Geary, Blaine, Ok.
Where Buried: Geary Cemetery
Father: William Barfell
Mother: Nancy E. Brewer

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Jacob Harlan Mertz Jr.
Sex: M
Birthdate: Nov 2, 1898
Birthplace: White Co, Il.
Death date: May 25, 1955
Place of death: San Bernardino, Ca.
Marriage date: August 1917
Marriage place: Kingfisher Co, Ok
Where Buried: Mentocito Memorial Cemetery
Spouse's name: Ida Ruth Williams

Child No. 2: Myrdella Mertz
Sex: F
Birthdate: March 31, 1903
Birthplace: Jay Co, In.
Death date: August 25, 1995
Place of death: Geary, Ok.
Marriage date: April 25, 1922
Marriage place: Geary, Ok
Where Buried: Geary Cemetery
Spouse's name: Martin P. Tolle

Child No. 3: Mary Elizabeth Mertz
Sex: F
Birthdate: April 2, 1901
Birthplace: Jay Co, In.
Death date: May 16, 1907
Place of death: Geary, Ok
Marriage date: none
Marriage place:
Where Buried: Geary Cemetery
Spouse's name: none

Child No. 4: Alva Monrough Mertz
Sex: M
Birthdate: June 28, 1906
Birthplace: Geary, Ok
Death date: July 12, 1907
Place of death: Geary, Ok
Marriage date: none
Marriage place:
Where Buried: Geary Cemetery
Spouse's name: none

Documentation:
Marriage record source: County Court Records located at Monticello, In. Microfilm No. 1380343.
Marriage took place in Monroeville, In.(Jacob and Lydia) Jacob Jr

Birth record for child is from the 1900 census for White Co.
Geary cemetery: Mertz Lydia L. 1875 1957 Mertz, Mary Elizabeth March 17, 1901 May 10, 1907 (Child )
Mertz, Alvie Monrough June 18, 1906 July 12, 1907 (child)
also have tombstone pictures. a copy of marriage record from Watonga, Ok.
Myrdella was 20 and Martin was 34. Census - 1880 1900 1910
(Oklahoma census for Lydia) 1910 for Jake 1920 1930
w.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/