J. Warren Merrill

Joseph Warren Merrill
12th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
In office January 1865 – January 1867
Preceded by	Zebina L. Raymond
Succeeded by	Ezra Parmenter
Personal details
Born	December 13, 1819[1] South Hampton, New Hampshire[1]
Died	November 12, 1889[2]
Spouse	Hannah Brown Wattson ​ ​ (m. 1848)​
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Joseph Warren Merrill (December 13, 1819 – November 12, 1889) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also served as the Chair of the Colby College Board of Trustees from 1885 until his death in 1889.[3]

Personal life

J. Warren Merrill was born on December 13, 1819, in South Hampton, New Hampshire, to Nathan and Sally (Page) Merrill.[3] He married Hannah Brown Wattson in 1848, with whom he had two daughters and four sons.[4] He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 12, 1889.[5]

Notes

1. Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. I, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 230
2. Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol. I, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 232
3. "Mayflower Hill, A History of Colby College." Appendix C. Earl H. Smith. University Press of New England. 2006.
4. Marquis, Albert Nelson (1925). The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy. p. 699. ISBN 9780806303628.
5. White, James Terry (1906). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. p. 166.

Political offices
Preceded by Zebina L. Raymond	Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts January 1865 – January 1867	Succeeded by Ezra Parmenter