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I. J. MERRITT.
I. J. Merritt, who had been troubled with dropsy of the heart, died; February —, 1885, after a long and severe sickness, aged sixty-seven years.. He was born in Newcastle, Westchester county, New York, where he remained until able to start out on life's journey for himself. On his-journey around he landed at Greenville on the twenty-fourth day of April, 1861. The place suited him and he erected the first steam saw mill in the-city (then a village) of Greenville. It was situated on the south side of the-river in the west part of the town. When not busy he used to take his gun, and go hunting after game, which was plentiful in those days.
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