Slumbering Souls: Mead Merrill (and the 1806 Eclipse)
Since October of 1850, within the old stone walls of the peaceful Conable Cemetery, a soldier of the American Revolution lies at rest on land that was once his. Mead Merrill was born on August 22, 1762, in Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut, to David Merrill and Esther Howe. Little is known about Mead Merrill’s life before he came to Cortland County, however, we do know that he enlisted on February 2, 1777, in the 6th regiment of the Connecticut Line and served for four years. He was 14 years old at the time of his enlistment. He later married Anne Hotchkiss, and by 1794, theyRead More →