Austin Merrick and Sylvia Wicher

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Husband Austin Merrick ¹

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           Born: 12 Sep 1801 1
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           Died: 6 Aug 1876 - Corry, Erie Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Pleasantville Cemetery, Oil Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Joseph Merrick (1765-Bef 1831) 4
         Mother: Irene Alden (1772-1858) 1

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       Marriage: 5 Feb 1839 2

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Wife Sylvia Wicher ²

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Austin Merrick

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He was the first postmaster of Pleasantville, Pennsylvania; opened the first general store and taught the first school. He taught 20 consecutive winters. He was a leading member of the Missionary Baptist Church. All of his eight children were born at Pleasantville.

He was one of the first to follow Benedict in the Pleasantville, Venango County, area. He was from New York state, a Baptist in faith, and a Whig in politics. He lived on Main street near the Baptist church, and gave his name to Merrick street. He seems to have been engaged in a variety of occupations. The first school in the village was taught by him; he was the first postmaster at Holland post office, and also farmed to some extent. He was four times married. When the oil excitement began he moved to Corry.

1 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 86.

2 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 96.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 694.

4 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 85.