Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 863.

M. MERWIN

     Is a native of Athens County, Ohio, where he was born August 11, 1852.
Came with his parents to Oregon in 1866, being one of the last parties to cross
the plains with wagons.  He settled in Independence and engaged in
harness-making; was in mercantile business two years in Louisville, and three
years in the harness business, and in 1882 entered partnership with Mr. J.
Claggett in a hardware and agricultural implements store in Independence.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in July 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.