- WILLARD MERRILL, A.M., son of James and Sarah (CATLIN) MERRILL,
was born in
- Rome, N.Y., Jan. 16, 1831; fitted for college at Rome Academy,
N.Y. Studied law at Rome, N.Y., and in the law school, Poughkeepsie,
N.Y., '55-'56 ; admitted to the bar, at Watertown, N.Y., Apr.
1, 1856; lawyer, Prairie du Chien, Wis., '56-'60; at Janesville,
Wis., '60-'73; Sec. of North Western Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
Milwaukee, Wis., since '73; member of Wis. Legislature, '70-'71
; of Wis. State Board of Charities and Reform, '72-'74. Married,
Sept. 8, 1858, Clara S., dau. of Gardiner DICKINSON, of Conway.
Three children. P.O. address, Milwaukee, Wis. [Alumnus of Amherst
College, 1854]
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- [Taken from "Biographical Record of the Alumni of
Amherst College During Its First Half Century, 1821-1871"
edited by W. L. Montague; (c)1883 J. E. Williams, Amherst, MA,
p. 281]
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