W. E. Merriman
W. E. Merriman, salesman, Randolph, was born in Randolph, Ohio, August 26, 1840, the eldest son of Levi and Jane A. Merriman, the former born in Randolph Township, December 10, 1811, the latter born in Augusta, N. Y. , June 4, 1818, daughter of Norman and Sarah Humphrey. Norman Humphrey was born in Connecticut in 1793; his wife in New York, September 10, 1797. They were married February 28, 1815, and removed to Portage County, Ohio, in January, 1819, where they remained until his death, January 3, 1822. Mrs. Humphrey afterward, January 25, 1827, married Dr. Rnfus Belding, who died in Randolph, this county, April 8, 1854, and his widow died in Ravenna, Ohio, June 2, 1881. Levi Merriman was a son of Maj. Isaac and Esther Merriman, natives of Connecticut, who removed to this county in 1805, where they remained until their death. Mrs. Merriman died in 1834, and Maj. Merriman then married Harriet Force, who is still living in Pennsylvania. He died in June, 1842. Levi Merriman was married, May, 1838, to Jane A. Humphrey, and this union was blessed with three children, of whom our subject, Wilfred E., is the only one now living. The deceased are Sarah D., born May 23, 1845, died October 1, 1862, and Edward F., born January 27, 1854, died September 29, 1862. Levi Merriman and wife were members of the Disciples Church for fifty years. He died July 26, 1884, and his widow now resides with our subject in Randolph, this county. In 1853 our subject had the misfortune to break his left leg, from which injury he never fully recovered. In May, 1857, the limb was amputated midway between the ankle and knee, and one week later, a second operation becoming necessary, it was amputated above the knee. Mr. Merriman filled the office of Postmaster in his native village in 1870 and 1871. For thirteen years he was Township Treasurer; in 1880 Census Enumerator.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885