Sarah Merriman
Sarah Merriman, Randolph, is the widow of E. R. Merriman, a son of Eliakim and Hannah Merriman, natives of Connecticut, who came to this county a great many years ago and there remained until their death. E. R. Merriman, the first white male child to see the light in Randolph Township, this county, was born April 23, 1807. He married, the first time, Julia Hall, who died in 1852, and by her had three children: Dwight R., born December 14, 1835, died October 28, 1856; a daughter deceased in infancy; and Malitta, born February 28, 1844, now wife of Marvin Churchill. Mr. Merriman was next married, December 23, 1853, to Sarah Miller, born in Ashland County, Ohio, October 26, 1823, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Harper. (Her first husband's name was Miller, by whom she has one son living—Lewis Miller, born November 22, 1849.) Mr. Harper died in 1870; his widow still survives him. Mr. and Mrs. Merriman were the parents of three children, of whom survive Julia L., born November 25, 1854, wife of Sanford Tickner; Albert R., born September 8, 1857; and Melvin E., born May 16, 1861. E. R. Merriman was a farmer through life, and owned 105 acres of land at the time of his death, which occurred April 9, 1879. His family lost a kind father and a good husband.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885