This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Merritt Bradford Benton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pV.2ADI/459.1 Message Board Post: I am also looking for a Merritt family - My Robert E. Bradford married Minnie Meah Merritt in Fayetteville Arkansas in May, 1911. We know that she had a brother Edgar B. Merritt, who was asst. commissioner of Indian Affairs during a period at least covering 1915 to 1926. He was married, but the wife's name is not known. A local notice tells of her brother, Sidney Benton, who visited while on leave from Camp Pike in May 1918. The 1910 census, which answers a few questions, ties Meah and Sidney, adjusting some spelling, and shows that her father is obviously out of the picture for whatever reason, since at least 1886, since Lucinda and Bethel Benton have been married that long. Based on this, there are two more living children, possibly Merritt or Benton names, born to Lucinda that are not accounted for. Census information - Mera M. Merrit age 37 (single) shows up as stepdaughter in the household of Bethel D. Benton and Lucinda J. Benton. Both parents age 58, married for 24 years, his first marriage, her second. She had 5 children, all 5 living in 1910. He shows born in Georgia, as well as his parents She shows born in Arkansas, both parents born in Alabama. They lived at 109 Block Street in the 2nd ward of Fayetteville. There is also a son, Sidney S. Benton, age 15. NARA series T624, Roll 67 Page 239