Roy N. Merryman
Roy N. Merryman, one of the rising young attorneys and a native of Steubenville, O., where his birth occurred in 1882, is a son of D. M. and Hannah May (Armstrong) Merryman, the former of English and the latter of Irish ancestry. The father, who was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1852, is a prominent building contractor of Bloomfield, O., and is one of the active workers in the interests of the political affairs of that borough. The mother of our subject, was also born in Jefferson County, and is a daughter of Robert Armstrong, who is an old settler of the county. The paternal grandfather was Samuel Merryman, also a native of Jefferson County.
Roy N. Merryman grew to manhood in Jefferson County, graduated from the Bloomfield High School, and after taking a commercial course at the Iron City Business College, at Pittsburgh, read law some time with Hon. J. A. Mansfield, of Steubenville, this county. He completed his course in law at the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1906, after which he entered into a partnership with Judge Mansfield at Steubenville, with whom he has since been associated, practicing in the various courts of the state, and in the United States courts. Mr. Merryman is secretary and tresurer of The Tri State Investment Company, and also The Mingo Junction Water and The Mingo Junction Light Company. He holds membership with the Second Presbyterian Church of Steubenville, and is secretary of the Brotherhood of that church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Steubenville Lodge, B. P. O. E. He is also a member of the Y. M. C. A., and a charter member of the Steubenville Country Club, and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, in which body he is chairman of the legislative committee.
From 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910