Martha DARROUGH lived with her daughter Ella Merrick CALDWELL (wife of
Albert Newton CALDWELL) on Holly St. in Indianapolis in 1920 or so when
she died. I have always suspected that she was buried in Boone County,
IN since that's where her husbands James A. DARROUGH and George MERRICK
were buried. I've now exhausted the Boone County theory and have turned
to Clinton County trying to find Martha's grave.
Martha and James DARROUGH both married in 1907 Boone County. It was a
late second marriage for both of them after their long-time first
spouses died. Martha was first married to George M. MERRICK and had all
of her 14 children with him. She may hae been buried under the MERRICK
surname or the DARROUGH surname.
I have made several trips to Boone County from my home in Florida but
have found no trace of Martha. I've been unable to find time to get up
to Clinton County to continue researching. If anyone is working any of
these named families up there in Indiana or knows anything about Martha
DARROUGH's grave site, I'd really appreciate it if you could send me the
date of her death and where she's buried. She's my
great-great-grandmother and I've been looking for this last piece of her
history for a long time now.
Jerry Merritt
jerrym(a)beaches.net