Lora May (Dyer) Merrill papers

Collection

Identifier: Coll. 387

Staff Only

Scope and Content note

Genealogical correspondence and papers of Lora May Merrill and of her daughter, Marion Dyer Merrill, tracing lines from William Brewster (1560-1644), Stephen Hopkins (d.1644), and Thomas Rogers (d. 1621) for membership in the Mayflower Society and from Henry Clark (1717-1804), Ambrose Dyer (b. 1731), and Ebenezer French (1755-1841) for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Dates

Creation: 1907 - 1976

Creator

Merrill, Lora May, 1862- (Person)
General Society of Mayflower Descendants (Organization)
Daughters of the American Revolution (Organization)

Access

Unrestricted

Copyright

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Biographical note

Lora Mary Dyer was born about 1862, in New Sharon, Maine. She was the daughter of Thomas Franklin Dyer (1833-1922) and Frances Willard (Clark) Dyer (1833-1899). In 1888, Lora married Dr. Elmer Delmont Merrill (1865-) in Foxcroft, Maine. By 1910, Elmer and Lora had adopted their daughter Marian. Lora died in 1936 at age 74, in Dover-Foxcroft, and is buried in the Rural Grove Cemetery in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.

Source: WikiTree article on Lora Mary (Dyer) Merrill (1862)