Gentlemen of the Senate: — I have the honor to state in reply to your resolution of inquiry whether I have employed an agent to purchase c...

Woodland Cemetery Des Moines, Iowa SAMUEL MERRILL Governor 1868-1872

Samuel Merrill was born in the town of Turner, Oxford County, Maine, August 7, 1822. He was the son of Abel and Abigail (Hill) Merrill. He ...

SAMUEL MERRILL, seventh Governor of the State, was born in Oxford County in the State of Maine on the 7th of August, 1822. He received a lib...

TWENTY-FIRST INFANTRY. Colonel Samuel Merrill is a native of the State which was first settled by traders and fishermen "on the Maine,...

GOVERNOR OF IOWA. William M. Stone was born in Jefferson county, New York, on the 14th day of October, 1827. At the age of six years, he acc...