LARKIN MERRITT
25^th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 12 Dec 1820 in Greenville District, SC (Tombstone says 1812)
Died: 1897 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Smith Chapel Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents:

1st Married:  Jane Unknown
Born: abt 1831
Died: July 1879 in Overton County, TN
Buried:
Parents:

Children:

1. John Merritt
2. Margaret Louisa Merritt
3. Isaac Merritt
4. Elizabeth Merritt
5. Nancy Merritt
6. Mary/Martha Merritt
7. Andy Merritt

2nd Married:  Mary Ann "Polly Ann" Unknown
Born: 23 Mar 1846 in Jackson County, TN
Died: 20 Mar 1915 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Smith Chapel Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents:
Widow of: John Smith

Children:

1. Mary Merritt

MILITARY INFORMATION

25^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company I

ABSTRACT:

• Entered military as Private and left as a Private
• Age: 45 years
• Enlisted 1 Aug 1861 at Livingston
• Age: 36 years
• Discharged under the Conscript Act dated 6 Apr 1864

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

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ABSTRACT:

• Filed: 10 Feb 1892
• Rejected
• Residence: Quize, Putnam County
• Enlisted: Company I, 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
• Wounds: Partially lost the use of both arms by muscle contracting & knotting up
• Born: Greenville District, SC on 12 Dec 1820
• Enlisted Jul 1861 in Company I, 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment; Colonel S. S. Stanton; Colonel G. G. Dibrell; Major Tim Williams; Captain W. J. Reed; 1st Lt Wm. Phillips; 2nd Lt. B. M. Swearingim
• Wife is 46 years old.
• Two daughters ages 12 and 6
• Attest: J. H. Curtis and B. H. Stockton

No Supporting Documents

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 109
• 1860 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 160
• 1870 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 261
• 1880 Census:  Jackson County, TN, Page 220D