J.M.. MERRILL, farmer, Whitewater Township,, was born in Stanistead Plains, Lower Canada, in 1838. Moved with his parents to Monroe County, Mich., in 1839. he remained  in that county till 1858, when he came to Whitewater and bought a farm, where he lived till 1862, then moved to East Bay.

Enlisted in 1864; in tie Tenth Michigan Cavalry and served in the Army of the Cumberland till the close of the war. On his return home from the war continued farming till 1869, then built the only hotel in Acme, which he has kept most of the time since. Sold the hotel
in the spring of 1884 and moved to his farm in Whitewater. Married in March, 1862, to Elizabeth P. Beach, who was born in Middlebury, Wyoming County, N.Y., in 1835. ' They have one son, John F., who is telegraph operator at Mad River Station, Clark
County, Ohio.
 

The Traverse region, historical and descriptive, with illustrations of scenery and portraits and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.,