Eighth Generation

997. Rutherford Hayes Merriam was born on 4 March 1877 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY. He lived in Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH in 1953. He died on 25 January 1963 in Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. Rutherford was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. He attended the German Conservatory of Music in NYC and later published several compositions among them the march "Old Glory Goes By". He was associated with the American News Company in NYC and a salesman for the American Book Co. until his retirement in 1943. He removed to Fremont in 1953.

Rutherford Hayes Merriam and Helen M Tiffany were married on 22 August 1910 in Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ. Helen M Tiffany was born on 10 June 1875 in Hudson, Columbia Co., NY. She died on 30 May 1946 in Summit, Union Co., NJ.

Rutherford Hayes Merriam and Helen M Tiffany had the following children:

+1144	i.	Rev. Rutherford Douglas Merriam.
1145	ii.	John Tiffany Merriam was born on 24 November 1917 in Belleville, Essex Co., NJ. He lived in 116 Clover St., Fremont, OH between 1959 and 1985. He died on 27 January 1985 in Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. John was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. He worked for the Fremont Kraut Company and was an Army veteran of World War II.

Rutherford Hayes Merriam and Nellie A. Ross were married on 23 May 1953 in Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. At St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fremont, OH Nellie A. Ross was born on 29 May 1875 in Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH. She died on 16 December 1960 in Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH.