Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Jessamine Co.

EMILY MERRIOTT was born in Jessamine County, a member of the Christian
Church, a daughter of Martin and Mary (Hifner) Frazer and widow of William
H. Merriott.  William H. Merriott was born in Baltimore, M., February 11,
1816; came to Kentucky and settled in Jessamine County in 1828; was a
wagon maker by trade, and lived in Nicholasville eleven years, working at
his trade; he then moved to Lexington, staid [sic] nine years, ran a flour
store and then moved to his farm in Jessamine County where he died June 3,
1882, a member of the Christian Church.  Martin Frazer was born in Virginia
September 3, 1788, came to Kentucky when quite young and settled in
Jessamine County; was a farmer all his life, and died April 9, 1860.  Mrs.
Mary Frazer was born in Kentucky October 26, 1796, and died July 29, 1848.
No children were born to Emily Merriott and husband, but they took Watt R.
Dunn, the son of Ben and Rebecca Dunn and nephew of Mr. Merriott, when he
was two years old, to rear.  Watt R. Dunn was born March 1, 1855, and was
married, December 21, 1876, to Mary D. Burton, of Mercer County, the
daughter of Peter H. and Martha A. Burton.  Mr. Dunn is a member of the
Christian CHurch and his wife of the Methodist Church South.  Mrs. Merriott
owns 115 acres of good land in Lee District, seven miles west of
Nicholasville, which farm is intended for Watt R. Dunn.  Watt and Mary
Dunn are the father and mother of three children: the eldest, William
Merriott Dunn was born October 18, 1879; Peter Burton Dunn, January 27,
1881; Mattie Alberta Dunn, March 17, 1883.

Merriott Hifner Frazer Dunn Burton
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Lexington-Fayette-KY Mercer-KY VA MD

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