MERRILL
MERRIMAN
can governor of Iowa in 1868, and re-elected in
1870, serving 1868-72. The new capitol building,
for which he laid the corner-stone, was com-
menced during liis administration. He was pre-
sident of the Citizens' National Bank of Des
Moines, Iowa, 1872-86 ; superintendent of the
public schools and trustee of Iowa college 1867-
»9. He died in Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 31, 1899.
MERRILL, Selah, diplomatist, was born in
Canton Centre, Conn., May 2, 1837; son of
Daniel and Lydia (Richards) Merrill ; grandson
of Daniel and Diadama (Mills) Merrill and a
descendant of Nathaniel Merrill, an original pro-
prietor of Newbury, Mass. , 1 635. He matriculated
at Yale in the class of 1863, but left before grad-
uation, entered the New Haven Theological
seminary, and was ordained to the Congre-
gational ministry in 1864. He served as chaplain
of the 49th U.S. Colored infantry at Vicksburg,
Miss., 1864-65 ; preached successively at Chester,
Mass., Le Roy, N.Y., San Francisco, Cal., and
Salmon Falls, N.H., 1865-68, and studied in
German universities, 1868-70. He was married,
April 27, 1875, to Adelaide Brewster, daughter of
Oliver B. Taylor, M.D., of Manchester, Conn , a
lineal descendant of Elder Brewster of Plymouth.
He was archaeologist of the American Palestine
I'xploration society in the Holy Land, 1874-77,
was U.S. consul at Jerusalem, 1882-86, and
1S91-94, and was reappointed in 1898, his term of
.ippointment to end in 1906. While in Jerusalem
lie discovered and excavated the second wall of
Jerusalem, olitside of which Christ was crucified,
and thus he secured evidence of great value
as to the disputed site of Calvary. He made a
large collection of Palestinian coins, utensils,
birds, mammals and various natural objects while
in the Holy Land and became curator of the
iiihlical Museum of Andover Theological semi-
nary in 1889. He received the honorary degree
of A.M. from Yale in 1880 "for special services
in biblical learning ;" D.D. from Iowa college in
1S75, and LL.D. from Union college in 1884. He
was a member of the Society of Biblical Litera-
ture and Exegesis and of the British Society of
Biblical Archreology. He contributed numerous
articles to the Bibliotheca Sacra and other
periodicals, also to various cyclopaedias, English
and American, and several reports to the con-
sular monthly reports published by the U.S.
government. He is the author of : East of the
Jordan (1881): Oalilee in the Time of Christ
(1881); parts of Picturesque Palestine (1882-83);
Oreek Inscriptions Collected in the Years 1875-77
in the Country East of the Jordan (1885); Tlie
Site of Calvary (1886); and Reports of the
Country East of the Jordan, in the Fourth State-
ment of the American Palestine Exploration
Society (1887).
MERRILL, Stephen Mason, M.E. bishop,
was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, Sept. 16,
1825 ; son Of Joshua and Rhoda (Crosson) Merrill :
grandson of William Merrill, and a descendant of
Nathaniel Merrill, Newbury, 1635. He attended
the public schools and South Salem academy,
and joined the Ohio conference in 1846 as a
travelling preacher. He preached in Ohio and
Kentucky until 1872, when he was elected a
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church. He
was married, July 18, 1848, to Anna, daughter ot
John Bellmire, of Greenfield, Ohio. He received
the degrees D.D. from Ohio Wesleyan, 1868, and
LL.D. from Northwestern, 1886. He was editor
of the Western Christian Advocate at Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1868-72, and is the author of: Christian
Baptism (1876); Neio Testament Idea of Hell
(1878); The Second Coming of Christ (1879);
Aspects of Christian Experience (1882); Digest of
Methodist Law (1885); Outline Tlioughts on Pro-
hibition (1886); Mary of Nazareth and Her
Family ; Tlie Union of American Methodism ;
The Crisis of This World and Sanctification.
MERRILL, Wniiam Henry, editor, was born in Stockton, N.Y., July 3, 1840 ; son of Eli and Ann Maria (Burr) Merrill ; grandson of Asa Mer- rill, and a descendant of Nathaniel Merrill, and of Eli Burr, one of the original settlers of Hart- ford, Conn., in 1635. He was editor of the Westerm New Yorker, 1861-75 ; a member of the New York state constitutional convention in 1867 ; associate editor of the Golden Rule, Boston, 1875-80, and leading editorial writer of the Boston Herald, 1880-86. He was twice married : first, in 1863, to Flora A. Judd, of Warsaw, N.Y., and, secondly, in 1883, to Julia M. C. Beecher Briggs of Boston, Mass. In 1886 he became an editorial writer on the New York World, and in 1888 the editor, under Joseph Pulitzer.
MERRIMAN, Daniel, clergyman, was born in Manchester, Vt., Dec. 3, 1838; son of Addison and Prudence (Adams) Merriman ; grandson of Capt. Daniel and Martha (Taggert) Merriman and of John and Prudence (White) Adams, and a descendant of Lieut. Nathaniel Merri- man, New Haven, Conn., 1643. He was graduated from Williams college, A.B., 1863, A.M., 1866, and frpm Andover Theological seminary in 1868. He ser\'ed in the civil war as 1st lieutenant and adjutant, 132d Illinois volunteers. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry, Sept. 30, 1868, and was pastor of the Broadway church, Norwich, Conn., 1868-75. He was married, Sept. 1, 1874, to Helen, daughter of Erastus Brighara and Eliza Frances (Means) Bigelow (q.v.). He was without charge in Boston, Mass., 1875-77, and was installed pastor of the Central church, Worcester, Mass., in 1878. He was a trustee and secretary of the corporation of the Worcester
