Hosea Holly Merritt

Hosea married Sarah Frances (Sarah Belle) Sherman about 1868 in Chambers Co, or Jefferson Co, Texas. Sarah (daughter of John T. Sherman and Rachel Summers) was born in 1851 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co, Missouri; died on 13 Dec 1887 in Beaumont Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hattie Bell Merritt was born on 21 Jan 1870 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 7 Jan 1947 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
2. Rapheal S. Merritt was born on 8 Jun 1874 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 18 Oct 1931 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
3. Emmett Merritt was born in 1874 in Chambers Co, or Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1940 in of, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
4. Byron Merritt was born in Nov 1876 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 17 Dec 1905 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
5. Floy A. Merritt was born on 23 Dec 1878 in Orange Co, Texas; died on 5 Jan 1955 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
6. Pansy Bernardo Merritt was born on 21 Feb 1887 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 14 Oct 1962 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
7. Huil Holly Merritt, Sr. was born on 26 Dec 1883 in Orange Co, Texas; died on 4 Jun 1949 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Hosea married Mary Matilda Johnson on 2 Apr 1892 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Johnson and Martha Strahan) was born on 29 Aug 1861 in Johnson Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; died on 2 Apr 1911 in Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 3 Apr 1911 in Block Cem, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]