| Caleb MERRILL was born on 26 October 1735 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. Spouse: Susanna TOMPKINS. Susanna TOMPKINS and Caleb MERRILL were married on 5 November 1753 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. Children were: Ichabod MERRILL, Rachel MERRILL. Dudley Justin MERRILL was born on 5 April 1833 in Elby, Gensee, New York. He died on 10 January 1885 in St. David, Cochise, Arizona. He was buried on 16 January 1885 in St. David, Cochise, Arizona. Parents: Orrin MERRILL and Emily MERRILL. Spouse: Almira HUNTSMAN. Almira HUNTSMAN and Dudley Justin MERRILL were married on 24 July 1852 in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah. Children were: Emily Almira MERRILL, Orren Dudley MERRILL, Mary Ellen MERRILL, Lucy Ann MERRILL, Rialdo MERRILL, Orlando MERRILL. Ebenezer MERRILL was born (date unknown). Edwin MERRILL was born in 1825 in Byron, Genesee, New York. He died in 1825. Parents: Orrin MERRILL and Emily MERRILL. Edwin D'Lafayette MERRILL was born on 9 January 1836 in Byron, Genesee, New York. Parents: Orrin MERRILL and Emily MERRILL. Spouse: Unknown PERKINS. Unknown PERKINS and Edwin D'Lafayette MERRILL were married on 2 November 1865 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Emily MERRILL was born on 2 February 1804 in Byron, Genesee, New York. She died on 29 December 1890 in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho. Parents: Samuel MERRILL and Phoebe ODELL. Spouse: Orrin MERRILL. Emily MERRILL and Orrin MERRILL were married in 1825 in Byron, Genesee, New York. Children were: Edwin MERRILL, Lucy MERRILL, Samuel MERRILL, Virgil Levi MERRILL, Dudley Justin MERRILL, Mary Freelove MERRILL, Edwin D'Lafayette MERRILL, Mary Melissa MERRILL, Orrin Phelps MERRILL. Emily Almira MERRILL was born on 8 July 1853 in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah. She died on 2 August 1923 in Ogden, Weber, Utah. She was buried on 5 August 1923 in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho. Wife #1. Parents: Dudley Justin MERRILL and Almira HUNTSMAN. Spouse: John COZZENS. Emily Almira MERRILL and John COZZENS were married on 5 July 1870 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Children were: Emily Almira COZZENS, James Dudley COZZENS, William Ernest COZZENS, Lucy COZZENS, Oren Mose COZZENS, Mark COZZENS, Earl Lavon COZZENS, Mary Lucile COZZENS. Estelle MERRILL2885 was born on 27 July 1873. She died on 18 May 1945. She was buried. Parents: Wesley MERRILL and Lucie Ann WINSTON. Spouse: Adelburt MCINTOSH. Estelle MERRILL and Adelburt MCINTOSH were married on 3 October 1894 in Chenango Forks, New York. Children were: LeRoy Albert MCINTOSH, Stanley Winston MCINTOSH. George MERRILL was born about 1791 in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut. Spouse: Nabby PHELPS. Ichabod MERRILL was born on 17 June 1754 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. Parents: Caleb MERRILL and Susanna TOMPKINS. Spouse: Sarah FRISBIE. Sarah FRISBIE and Ichabod MERRILL were married on 23 December 1780 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. Israel MERRILL was born on 15 April 1716 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. He died on 15 October 1784 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. He was buried on 17 October 1784 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Spouse: Abigail CADWELL. Abigail CADWELL and Israel MERRILL were married in 1739 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Children were: Jared MERRILL. Jared MERRILL was born in 1754 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. He died on 7 May 1832 in Byron, Genesee, New York. He was buried on 9 May 1832 in Byron, Genesee, New York. Parents: Israel MERRILL and Abigail CADWELL. Spouse: Abigail PHELPS. Children were: Levi MERRILL. Levi MERRILL was born in 1779 in Loudon, Berskshire, Massachusetts. He died on 22 September 1842 in Byron, Genesee, New York. He was buried in Bergen, Genesee, New York. Parents: Jared MERRILL and Abigail PHELPS. Spouse: Almira STEELE. Children were: Orrin MERRILL. Lucy MERRILL was born on 25 July 1826 in Byron, Genesee, New York. Parents: Orrin MERRILL and Emily MERRILL. Spouse: Lorenzo PETTIT. Lorenzo PETTIT and Lucy MERRILL were married on 23 November 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Lucy Ann MERRILL was born on 16 June 1860 in Smithfield, Cache, Utah. She died on 8 May 1884 in St. David, Cochise, Arizona. Parents: Dudley Justin MERRILL and Almira HUNTSMAN. Spouse: Seth Adelbert MERRILL. Lucy Ann MERRILL and Seth Adelbert MERRILL were married on 28 October 1876 in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho. Mary Ellen MERRILL was born on 15 May 1858 in Lehi, Utah, Utah. She died on 26 November 1945 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arkansas. She was buried on 29 November 1945 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arkansas. Parents: Dudley Justin MERRILL and Almira HUNTSMAN. Spouse: Daniel Philemon JONES. Mary Ellen MERRILL and Daniel Philemon JONES were married on 26 August 1877 in Lehi, Utah, Utah. Mary Freelove MERRILL was born on 30 July 1834 in Byron, Genesee, New York. Parents: Orrin MERRILL and Emily MERRILL. Mary Melissa MERRILL was born on 28 July 1842 in Byron, Genese, New York. She died on 2 June 1917 in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho. She was buried on 4 June 1917 in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho. Parents: Orrin MERRILL and Emily MERRILL. Spouse: Thomas Jefferson LUTZ. Mary Melissa MERRILL and Thomas Jefferson LUTZ were married on 21 March 1868 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Orlando MERRILL was born on 10 January 1866 in Bennington, Bear Lake, Idaho. He died on 28 May 1932 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arkansas. He was buried on 29 May 1932. Parents: Dudley Justin MERRILL and Almira HUNTSMAN. Spouse: Eleanor Eliza HARPER. Eleanor Eliza HARPER and Orlando MERRILL were married on 26 July 1893 in Randolph, Richmond, Utah. Spouse: Lucy Mae SCHWARZ. Lucy Mae SCHWARZ and Orlando MERRILL were married on 19 November 1904 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. Orren Dudley MERRILL was born on 30 October 1855 in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah. He died on 18 June 1947 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. He was buried on 20 June 1947 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. Parents: Dudley Justin MERRILL and Almira HUNTSMAN. Spouse: Ettie Isabel KIMBALL. Ettie Isabel KIMBALL and Orren Dudley MERRILL were married on 11 January 1877. Spouse: Effie Isabelle KIMBALL. Effie Isabelle KIMBALL and Orren Dudley MERRILL were married on 25 December 1883 in St. David, Cochise, Arizona. Orrin MERRILL was born between 20 July 1800 and 5 in Whitestown, Oneida, New York. He died in 1844. Parents: Levi MERRILL and Almira STEELE. Spouse: Emily MERRILL. Emily MERRILL and Orrin MERRILL were married in 1825 in Byron, Genesee, New York. Children were: Edwin MERRILL, Lucy MERRILL, Samuel MERRILL, Virgil Levi MERRILL, Dudley Justin MERRILL, Mary Freelove MERRILL, Edwin D'Lafayette MERRILL, Mary Melissa MERRILL, Orrin Phelps MERRILL. Orrin Phelps MERRILL was born on 30 December 1843 in Byron, Genesee, New York. He died on 23 July 1853. Parents: Orrin MERRILL and Emily MERRILL. Rachel MERRILL was born on 30 January 1759 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. Parents: Caleb MERRILL and Susanna TOMPKINS. Spouse: Jared HICKOK. Rachel MERRILL and Jared HICKOK were married on 7 February 1777 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. Rialdo MERRILL was born in 1864 in Smithfield, Cache, Utah. He died on 16 January 1891. Parents: Dudley Justin MERRILL and Almira HUNTSMAN. Samuel MERRILL was born on 25 September 1780 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut. He died on 25 September 1878 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. He was buried on 28 September 1878 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Spouse: Phoebe ODELL. Phoebe ODELL and Samuel MERRILL were married on 10 September 1802 in Whitestown, Oneida, New York. Children were: Emily MERRILL. Samuel MERRILL was born on 1 September 1827 in Byron, Genesee, New York. Parents: Orrin MERRILL and Emily MERRILL. Seth Adelbert MERRILL was born (date unknown). Spouse: Lucy Ann MERRILL. Lucy Ann MERRILL and Seth Adelbert MERRILL were married on 28 October 1876 in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho. Virgil Levi MERRILL was born on 23 May 1830 in Byron, Genesee, New York. He died on 27 January 1914 in Smithfield, Cache, Utah. He was buried in Smithfield, Cache, Utah. Parents: Orrin MERRILL and Emily MERRILL. Spouse: Stacy Ann LEMMON. Stacy Ann LEMMON and Virgil Levi MERRILL were married in 1858. Wesley MERRILL was born on 26 November 1842. He died on 31 December 1927. Spouse: Lucie Ann WINSTON. Lucie Ann WINSTON and Wesley MERRILL were married on 29 February 1872. Children were: Estelle MERRILL. William O. MERRILL was born (date unknown). Spouse: Calista Adelia LOOMIS. Jasper Q. MERRIMAN was born (date unknown). Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth CARNES. William MERRIMAN was born (date unknown). Spouse: Mary Etta CARNES. Calvin MERRITT was born (date unknown). Spouse: Eliza SHATTUCK. Eliza SHATTUCK and Calvin MERRITT were married on 15 June 1823. Unknown MERRITT was born (date unknown). Spouse: Flora J. STONE. Elizabeth MERRY was born (date unknown). Spouse: Samuel STEELE. Elizabeth MERRY and Samuel STEELE were married on 20 December 1739 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Agnes MERSMAN was born on 24 August 1826 in Doehm, Alsace, France. She was buried in 1907 in Spring Grove Cemetery - Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. She died on 21 August 1907 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey. The Galveston News, Tuesday, January 22, 1907 ONLY WOMAN CIRCUS OWNER She Hailed From Cincinnati, Married “Wild Bill” Hickok, and Had a Remarkable Career. The Only woman in the world who has even owned and managed a circus, traveling with it from town to town and superintending every detail, from the driving of the first stake to the erection of the center pole, is Mme. Agnes Lake, widow of “Wild Bill” Hickok. She is now living at 101 Garrison Avenue, Jersey City. She was in the old circus days “Queen of the High Wire” and one of the foremost equestriennes in the business. Her life has been an eventful one, and nearly all of its 80 years have been lived in the glare of the big lights. Her first husband, Bill Lake, was one of the oldest showmen in the country when he was killed in 1869 by a desperado at Granby, Mo., and left her to carry on his business. Hers was the first circus with which the premier showman, James A. Bailey, ever traveled. His foster father, Frederick Bailey, was at one time advance agent for the Lake shows, and after becoming acquainted with the boy, whose real name was Gordon, prevailed upon him to leave his employment in the country hotel and travel with the circus. Mme. Lake is an Alsatian. Her name was Agnes Mersman, and she came to this country with her parents in 1829, when she was 3 years old. They settled in Cincinnati. The family was very religious, and she was sent to a parochial school at an early age. Up to her 15th year nothing of greater importance than a broken doll or a torn frock had come into her life. It was during her 16th year Robinson & Eldred’s circus visited Cincinnati. The tents were pitched on a field which is the site of the present Burnet House, and within a few blocks of the Mersman home. Bill Lake was the star clown with the show. He saw Agnes swinging in the yard one day as he passed the house. She had not been permitted to go to the circus, and there developed a pronounced case of love at first sight. Lake asked her to marry him and she consented, but her youth was so very evident that it was impossible to get any one to perform the ceremony in Cincinnati, and it was determined that she should go to St. Louis and be married there. She agreed to this, but would not go on the same boat with Lake. Arrangements were made for her to leave on the White Cloud, a boat which sailed down the Ohio a week after the show had left town. When she arrived in St. Louis it was found that the legal bar to their marriage was impossible in Missouri also, and the wedding had to be postponed pending their arrival in New Orleans. The future Mrs. Lake meanwhile placed herself under the protection of the wife of Nick Saunders, another of the clowns, who was traveling with the show, and shared her stateroom during the trip down the river. But even at New Orleans the goal of their happiness was not reached, and these two fond hearts who had been traveling thousands of miles seeking an opportunity to be made happy had to cover another ten miles and go to the town of Lafayette to be married by tender-hearted Judge Raynell. Mrs. Lake was a born circus woman. The saddle had been her cradle, almost, and even before her marriage she was accounted an expert rider. It did not take much training to fit her for the ring, and ten days after joining the show with her husband she was taking an active part of every performance. Her ambitions, however, ran to higher things than the back of a horse, and she began almost immediately to practice at wire walking. It was while on the wire that she gained her reputation as a performer. Some of her acts have never been duplicated. With a spirit absolutely alien to fear she soon outdid her teachers and put on a slack wire act that was hair-raising. Her wire was stretched between two twenty-foot posts and allowed to belly almost to the ground, and all of her business on the wire was done while it was gyrating to and fro in a fifteen-foot swing. At New Orleans, Bill Lake and Nick Saunders joined Rich’s circus for a tour of Mexico, and left the women in that city to await their return. They didn’t return soon. Just about that time Mexico was losing her grasp on the State of Texas, and as the United States was held responsible by most Mexicans, Americans were abused at the slightest excuse. Rich’s circus was confiscated and Lake and his partner barely escaped with their lives to be hidden in a cellar by a friendly priest. Meanwhile, Mrs. Lake, hearing nothing of her husband, was in such reduced circumstances that it became a question where the next meal was to come from. At this juncture she met Mrs. Kent, who was playing with Wallack in “Hamlet.” Mrs. Kent secured a position in the chorus for her protégé, and Mrs. Lake declares that the $20 a week which she drew during the six weeks of her stay with the Wallack company made her feel richer than she had ever felt before or has ever felt since. Just after she had closed her engagement with Wallack her husband returned from Mexico and failing to secure work for either of them, they determined to go back to Cincinnati. Her family was very bitter, and he laughs heartily when she tells of the deal which she and her husband fixed up when they went home. He did not go in with her, but arranged for her to signal him the condition of things. If everything was all right she was to hand a white rag out of her window, and if they refused to see him the rage was to be black. She went in and made her plea, but her parents were obdurate, so she went up and hung the white rag out so that her husband would come in and help her argue. Is it anything to be wondered at that a woman who was so cute at 16 should make a successful circus manager twenty years later? Between them they convinced the parents that everything would come out all right, and were permitted to stay. Lake soon won the confidence of his folk-in-law, and left his wife at home while he went out with the Sam Stickney circus as a clown. Mrs. Lake had had experience of the road, however, and was not content; so she joined a cheap theatrical troupe which was organizing at Cincinnati and played parts on a tour of Indiana and Illinois until her husband made a quick trip and kidnapped her. That was the beginning of her permanent circus career. She and her husband joined Rich’s circus, which had been reorganized, and she took up the slack wire while he worked as a clown with performing dogs. This engagement lasted two seasons and was followed by one of eleven years which was put in with the Spalding & Rodgers circus. It was with Spaulding & Rodgers that Mrs. Lake gained her great reputation as a wire performer. Her principal act (unreadable) a wire stretched tight from the ground to the top of an eight foot center pole and a wheelbarrow. Twice a day she wheeled a barrow up the wire and backed again with it. She is the only one who ever accomplished this feat. The high wire and equestrienne acts did not exhaust Mrs. Lake’s repertoire of startling feats. She was the first woman in the world who ever went into a cage with wild animals. Absolutely without fear, she would undertake anything that was suggested to her. As a result she soon became the highest salaried feature act in the circus business. For years she was the idol of the youth of the Western part of the United States, who placed her on a pedestal. It meant something to be a circus performer in those days. There was no artist at that time who was considered good enough to be put on for a single turn only. It was not unusual for one person to make three or four attempts to amuse during one session of the show. Mrs. Lake, however, broke all records, in the latter part of her engagement with Spaulding Rodgers, this was her part of the program: The great “Free open-air performance consisted of her perilous climb up a wire with a wheelbarrow; this completed, she would run to her dressing room, don a habit and lead the grand entry into the ring; then came an equestrienne act, which was followed after a quick change of costume by a performance on the slack wire. The circus included a concert in which she did a single turn with her husband. Six times she appeared in the ring at every performance. The interviewer from the Moring Telegraph, who had sought her out, asked her if this strenuous labor was not too much for a woman. She laughed; “Before I was 50,” she said, “never knew what it was to be tired.” And it must be remembered that this was long before the days of the palace car. A night between the sheets was an unusual luxury even for a woman during those times. Weeks often passed when all of her rest was secured on the soft side of one of the seats in the band wagon. And “She was never tired.” And vaudevillians nowadays are kicking against two a day. In 1860 the Lakes left Spaulding & Rodgers, and in 1861 Bill Lake formed a partnership with John Robinson, the veteran showman of them all, and this show known as Robinson & Lake circus was on the read for two seasons. In 1863 Lake started a show of his own, and from that time until his death was one of the best known circus proprietors in the country. It was during the time of the Lake Robinson partnership that James A. Bailey made his debut in the circus world. It was the general agent of this show, Frederick Bailey, who “discovered” the boy who was to become the head of the “greatest show on earth.” Jim Bailey, who real name was Gordon, was working as a general utility boy in a little hotel in Pontiac, Mich. Bailey stopped at the hotel, and was so favorably impressed that he offered to take him on the road. Jim was willing, and accepted his first position in the show business at a salary of $8 per month. After the close of the season of the Robinson & Lake circus, Madam Lake made a tour of Europe, appearing during the winter of 1863 in her great character part of Mazeppa before the German Kaiser. She returned home in time to open with the William Lake circus the next spring. She herself adapted Lord Byron’s poem the year before, and it was without doubt the first dramatic production ever seen in the circus ring. She had the name part and was ably assisted by a famous dapple, gray, trained to act as the Wild Horse of Tartary. During the action of the play she was seized, and, after struggling valiantly for freedom, was strapped on the back of the gray, which gave a very realistic rendition of its part. Tied hand and foot, she was carried around the ring in a spirit moving dash that made the spectators rise to their feet whenever the act was put on. It was considered the most finished and difficult circus act of its day. The Lake show continued on the road under the direction of Bill Lake until 1869. During the tour that year one of the towns played was Granby, MO. The Lakes were perfectly happy now. With their 15 year old daughter, who also took part in the performance, they arrived at Granby, prosperous and free from care. There was nothing to indicate that the little town of Granby was to be the scene of the family’s greatest bereavement. At the afternoon performance one of the spectators was Jake Killian, a local desperado, who was continually on a still hunt for trouble and generally found it. He concluded to stay for the concert without paying the extra admission. Lake objected. The bully left and the incident was thought closed, when Lake went out to the front entrance, where he was accustomed to stand during the progress of the performance. The bad man came back with a gun, and walking up to the group at the door reached over the shoulder of one of Lake’s companions and shot him through the heart. The desperado escaped, leaving the victim to the gentle but useless ministrations of his wife and child. Lake was beyond reach of aid. The flapping and fluttering of the gaudy side-show banners became a mockery, and the morning’s happy song of the wind as it struck the circus cordage was changed to the doleful monotone of a dirge. He was buried by the local lodge of Odd Fellows. Killian, the murderer of Lake, surrendered to the authorities after the circus had left that section. He had been a Union soldier, of ill repute, it must be said, and in those days a very bad element controlled matters in Newton County, where the tragedy occurred. The Sheriff, an ex-Union soldier himself, was a good man, but the better people being (unreadable), he was forced to draw his jury from among those who, under the Drake Constitution, could take the “iron clad oath.” Witnesses for the prosecution were scattered far and wide, but witnesses for the defense were not lacking. They came forward and swore that Lake had threatened Killian, and some of them even went so far as to say that the murderer’s reputation as a law-abiding citizen was good. And this in spite of the fact that another “Bill,” Bill Norton, a sutler’s clerk during the war, had on a certain occasion caught Killian in the act of robbery and shot his right eye out. The worst Killian got was three years and ten months in the State prison. After the war Norton studied law, and in 1876, the yar of the remarriage of Madame Lake he was practicing his profession in Galena, Kansas. Killian having served his term, went back to Granby, and later settled in Galena, which is a lead mining town just across the Missouri line. A coward at heart, he steers clear of Norton, but when in his cups, which was frequently, he boasted he would yet get “an eye for an eye.” The stories reached Norton, who stood high in the community, and one afternoon he loaded a double-barreled shotgun and went after Killian. The one eyed desperado was buried two days later. The grand jury of Cherokee County, Kansas did not even indict Norton. Madame Lake after Lake’s murder was left in sole charge of what in those days was a large property. She never faltered. On the morning after the funeral she called together all of the employees of the show, and mounting the high seat of the band wagon, addressed them: “Mr. Lake is dead,” she said, “and in the future I intend to run the Lake circus. If any of you think me incapable, all I ask is that you give me tow weeks notice and I shall try to fill your places. It’s hard to get white men to work for you in this section of the country, but I am determined to keep this show on the road, and I shall succeed.” She did succeed. Not a man in her employ gave her “two weeks” notice. Not until she saw the loyal attitude of the men did she break down. It was their cheers, as they promised to “stand by” her after her speech from the band wagon that brought a flood of tears and reaction that was a blessing in disguise. But this natural weakness did not last long. Mme. Lake determined she would forget, as far as possible, her great sorrow by turning her attention to the business her husband founded. Her ability and capacity as a circus proprietor was wonderful. The show became a veritable gold mine under her direction, and she planned a tour of the Far West. At Cheyenne, Wyo., she met William Hickok, “Wild Bill.” He was a Deputy Marshall of the city and naturally drifted to the “door” of the Lake tent. It is one of the prequisties of a “Marshall” to enter shows without paying admission. He and Mme. Lake formed a friendship which was continued through correspondence for several months. As a result of their mutual esteem, they were married at Cheyenne in 1876. This was after Mme. Lake had sold the circus and had traveled with her daughter, Emma Lake, with old John Robinson. Emma Lake was married to “Gil” Robinson, a son of “Old John,” in 1875, a year before her mother’s second matrimonial adventure. After her marriage Madam Lake returned to Cincinnati to her daughter’s home, and “Wild Bill” went to Deadwood, SD., in pursuance of his official duties. He was destined to meet the same fate which had overtaken Bill Lake, in the same cowardly manner. While seated in a saloon at Deadwood playing poker he was approached from behind by Jack McCall, a “bad Man,” and assassinated. McCall used a .45 revolver, and shot Hickok through the head. The latter died instantly. The “bad man” made no effort to get away and stood trial for the shooting. He was first acquitted by a jury of miners under the primitive laws of the mining camp. Later a United States grand jury indicted him, Sought Dakota then being a territory. He was found guilty of murder in the first degree and hanged. After this tragic ending of her second matrimonial venture Madam Lake remained in Cincinnati with the avowed intention of retiring from public life and public gaze. She bought a farm in Newport, KY., just across from the Ohio, and stocked it was horses, and she devoted her time to the training of these animals until the infirmities of age crept upon her and she was no longer able to ride. In 1883 she moved to Jersey City, and has lived in that town ever since. Living with Madam Lake are her ascendants to the fourth generation. Her only child, Emma, is the wife of “Gil” Robinson, one of the best known men in the circus world; her only grandchild is also the wife of a circus man, William Lteed, and her only great-grandchild is now a fairy of 5, who is the light of the household. Madam Lake is 80 years old, hale and hearty and good for many another year of life and its enjoyment. The remarkable faculties which made her a successful circus proprietor are unimpaired. After talking with her one may well believe her when she says, “I could mange a circus better today than lots of men who are in the business.” No. 101 Garrison avenue, Jersey City, is a house of joy and good cheer, and no one does more to make it an than “Granny, as Madam Lake is affectionately called by her children. New York Telegraph. Parents: unknown MERSMAN. Spouse: James Butler HICKOK. Agnes MERSMAN and James Butler HICKOK were married on 5 March 1876 in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming. Spouse: William Lake THATCHER. Agnes MERSMAN and William Lake THATCHER were married in 1842. Elizabeth MERSMAN was born (date unknown). Parents: unknown MERSMAN. Frank MERSMAN was born (date unknown). Parents: unknown MERSMAN. Henry MERSMAN was born (date unknown). Parents: unknown MERSMAN. Joseph J. MERSMAN was born in 1824. He died on 26 March 1892. Parents: unknown MERSMAN. Spouse: Claudine UNKNOWN. unknown MERSMAN was born (date unknown). Children were: Henry MERSMAN, Frank MERSMAN, Elizabeth MERSMAN, Joseph J. MERSMAN, Agnes MERSMAN. Jerome MESSENGER was born (date unknown). Spouse: Miranda THOMAS. Miranda THOMAS and Jerome MESSENGER were married on 26 April 1831 in Ohio. Children were: Tersey MESSENGER. Tersey MESSENGER was born on 1 February 1839 in Mantua, Portage, Ohio. She died on 11 October 1922 in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan. Parents: Jerome MESSENGER and Miranda THOMAS. Lydia Newton MESSER was born (date unknown). Spouse: Seth Seward LOOMIS. Lydia Newton MESSER and Seth Seward LOOMIS were married on 11 December 1845. Linda METROPOLIS was born (date unknown). Spouse: Joseph M. MILLER. Children were: Jason MILLER, Christopher MILLER. Margaret MEYER was born in Bath, Mason, Illinois. Spouse: Jacob EBERLE. Children were: Albert J. EBERLE. Pat MEYER was born on 29 March 1955 in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio. Children were: Sarah Elizabeth BRENO, John Christopher BRENO. Jo Ann MEYERS was born (date unknown). Wife #2 Parents: John MEYERS and Patricia LAMISON. Spouse: William Laurence BEACHNAU. Jo Ann MEYERS and William Laurence BEACHNAU were married on 26 July 1986 in Charlotte, Michigan. John MEYERS was born (date unknown). Spouse: Patricia LAMISON. Children were: Jo Ann MEYERS. Pearl MICHAEL was born (date unknown). Spouse: Harry PROBERT. Children were: Albertis PROBERT. |