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Sidney Smith Merrill

Date of Birth: 25 May 1828

Born In: Maine

Age: 64

Occupation: Druggist

Marital Status: Widower

Died: 6 Jan 1891

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Death Location: Berkeley

Burial Plot: 149

FindaGrave ID: 47368368

Sidney Smith Merrill

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The funeral of S. S. Merrill took place yesterday afternoon from the residence of his son, Clarence Merrill of Bancroft way. Mr. Merrill came to Berkeley about fourteen years ago from Redwood City, where he was postmaster and also proprietor of a hotel. He was appointed by General U. S. Grant the first postmaster for the town of Berkeley in the year 1876, the United States mail up to that time having been received and distributed at the State University.
Mr. Merrill held the office until long after Grover Cleveland became President of the United States. He was succeeded by the present incumbent, Mr. Byrne. He retired from public life in 1887, since which time he has been an invalid. Mr. Merrill held the office of postmaster with great credit to himself and satisfaction to the community. In office he was characterized for great fairness and urbanity, dealing out justice on every hand regardless of state of standing. In politics, as in everything else, he was a man of decided and unwavering principle.
As in public, his private life was marked by the same exactness and purit, having everywhere, through a remarkably long public and social career, a stainless record. His fondness for home has given great opportunities for mental culture, and his long term of official life gave him unlimited facilites for observing human nature. He was an accomplished and successful physican, adding luster and respectability to his profession; an energenic and valuable business man, and was remembered as a worthy and exemplary Christian. Dr. Merrill was one of the most virtuous generaous and useful men Berkeley ever had; and probably no man in this community ever died more regretted.
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According to the American House Hotel historical marker on Broadway and Main in Redwood City: "The American Hotel burned down in 1864. Sidney Merrill, local druggist, postmaster, and Redwood City’s first tax collector, purchased the site for a new three-story hotel completed in 1867, calling it the American House. This hotel burned in 1878"

Husband of Prudence, father to Arthur and Howard

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    Walter L Merrill

    Date of Birth: 1861

    Born In: San Francisco

    Age: 9 months

    Occupation: Infant

    Marital Status: Single

    Died: 7 May 1861

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    Death Location: San Francisco

    Burial Plot: 149

    FindaGrave ID: 47368579

    Walter L Merrill

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      Benjamin Mesa

      Date of Birth: 1876

      Born In: 

      Age: 55

      Occupation: Laborer

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      Died: 31 Jul 1931

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      Death Location: County Relief Home

      Burial Plot: Z160

      FindaGrave ID: 247652100

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          A Meyer

          Date of Birth: 13 Nov 1888

          Born In: Woodside

          Age: 11 months

          Occupation: Infant

          Marital Status: Single

          Died: 25 Oct 1889

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          Death Location: Woodside

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          FindaGrave ID: 247653169

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            Augusta Lena Meyer

            Date of Birth: 9 Nov 1883

            Born In: Woodside

            Age: 1 month

            Occupation: Infant

            Marital Status: Single

            Died: 23 Dec 1883

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            Death Location: Woodside

            Burial Plot: K31

            FindaGrave ID: 247652358

            Augusta Lena Meyer

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              Emma Ann Meyer

              Date of Birth: 24 Jun 1889

              Born In: Illinois

              Age: 10 months

              Occupation: Infant

              Marital Status: Single

              Died: 10 May 1890

              Cause of Death: Measles

              Death Location: Redwood City

              Burial Plot: K31

              FindaGrave ID: 247653014

              Emma Ann Meyer

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              MEYER - In Redwood City, May 10, Emma Meyer, a native of Illinois, aged 10 months and 16 days.

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                Fritz Meyer

                Date of Birth: 28 Jan 1850

                Born In: Germany

                Age: 44

                Occupation: Teamster

                Marital Status: Married

                Died: 9 Aug 1900

                Cause of Death: Inflammation of stomach and bowels

                Death Location: Woodside

                Burial Plot: K31

                FindaGrave ID: 240236489

                Fritz Meyer

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                FRED MEYER PAINFULLY HURT BY KICKING HORSE
                Woodside, Aug 8 - Fred Meyer, who drives the water wagon at this place, was severely injured early Tuesday morning near Portola. One of his horses became entangled in the harness and while endeavoring to release him the animal kicked Meyer in the stomach. He is now at his home in a critical condition, the doctor not being able to determine the outcome of his injuries for a day or two

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                  Henry Meyer

                  Date of Birth: 26 Dec 1841

                  Born In: Germany

                  Age: 57

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                  Marital Status: Single

                  Died: 7 Apr 1899

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                  Death Location: San Francisco

                  Burial Plot: 35

                  FindaGrave ID: 247653387

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                    Henry Dietrich Meyer

                    Date of Birth: 4 Dec 1879

                    Born In: Woodside

                    Age: 66

                    Occupation: Trail builder

                    Marital Status: Single

                    Died: 28 Jun 1945

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                    Death Location: Woodside

                    Burial Plot: K31

                    FindaGrave ID: 127620006

                    Henry Dietrich Meyer

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                    Son of Fritz and Louisa Meyer

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