[1]ancestry This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: drdx Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board: [2]Click here Message Board Post: Two mentions of the Cyrus Merriam Farm from Everharts "History of Muskingum COunty, Ohio." Cyrus Merriam, who came from Brandon, Vermont, when about twenty-one years of age, and-engaged in merchandisingâsoon after married the grand-daughter of General Rufus Putnam, now a widow, in her Seventy-seventh year, and to whom we are indebted for this information, in the year 1826, purchased a fruit farm, about two miles southwest of town, and lived there until he died, in November, 1873. In 1828, Mr. Merriam purchased a flock of sheep from Dr. Mathews, and for a few years gave attention to wool growing. In 1843, he and William Baldwin, of Putnam, employed Sandford Howard to go to Massachusetts and purchase for them, and bi'ing to this place, some Durham cattle, for breeding ; also, some Herefords. Mr. Merriam then engaged in raising stock of those varieties, but soon after confined his attention to the shorthorned, and was very successful. He continued in the business as long as he lived, and his sons became his successors. Mrs. Merriam, relict of Cyrus Merriam, and grand daughter of Gen'l. Rufus Putnam, narrates that her husband came to Springfield, when about twenty-one years old, and engaged in the mercantile business. He subsequently bought a fruit farm, about two miles southwest of town, about 1826, and resided there at the time of his death, in November 1873. In 1828, he purchased a flock of sheep, from Dr. Mathews, and for a few years gave attention to wool growing. A mention of Merriam Station from "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio" Zeno is an inland postoffice in the western part of Meigs township, twenty-one miles from Zanesville, and six and one-half miles from Gaysport; Merriam station is its nearest shipping point. It has daily mail from Gaysport. Since the Merriam land is right on the river across from Gaysport and they raised cattle, sheep and had orchards, perhaps they had their own shipping station situated on the river and others used it as well. It was not a Post Office but a shipping point may mean they had an office and a dock. My last post omitted that H. Merriam along with a S. M. Stanbury owned the land in section 19 but they also owned about 80 acres in SE section 20 right along the river which would have been a perfect spot to have some type of river shipping station. It is impossible today to see if there are any old remnants of a dock because all the homes along the road there have some kind of dock or access to the river. if there was a proper station there it is gone or has been transformed into a home. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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