Husband:   Joseph Heinrich Karl Merk


Born:   Apr 16, 1834    - immigrated 1854      
Place:  Worstenburg        
Married: July 14, 1865, Sebastian Co., Ar       
Died:    Sep 7, 1913        
Burial:          
Father:   Lucas Merk       
Mother:   Marianna Euper      
Other spouses:
Occupation:  Shoemaker - served in Conf. Army Civil War - Gordans Regt. Arkansas Calv.  


Wife:  Marie Wilhelmina "Minie" Stoppelmann 



Born:  Jul 6,  1846       - immigrated 1856  
Place: Prussia          
Died:  Jun 21, 1902, Ft. Smith, Ar         
Buried:         
Father:  Heinrich Wilhelm  Stoppelmann       
Mother:  Anna Catherina Vinkmann       



CHILDREN 9

Name:     Paulina Wilhelina Merk 
Born:     Sept 26, 1870, Sebastian Co., Arkansas
Died:     May 3, 1938
Married:  Oct 13, 1889 Sebastian Co., Ar
Spouse:   Fredrick W. Grober


Name:     Joseph
Born:     Jul 1873, Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar
Died:   
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Name:     William August
Born:     Aug 28, 1875, Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar
Died:     Dec 17, 1918? Sebastian Co., Ar
Buried:   
Married:   
Spouse:   Elizabeth
 

Name:     Edward
Born:     1877, Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar
Died:     
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Name:     Lucas Carl Christian 
Born:     Sep 9, 1880, Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar
Died:     May 18, 1952
Buried:   Forest Park Cem. Ft. Smith, Ar
Married:  Jan 31, 1907, Sebastian Co., Ar
Spouse:   Ida May Howard-d. Jan 15, 1968 bur. Forest Park Cem
 

Name:     Margaret
Born:     Mar 1892, Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar
Died:     
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