Lt. James Havey Merrimon


Birth: December 24, 1842
Death: December 21, 1921
Parents: Rev. Branch Hamilin Merrimon (1802-1181) and Mary Evelyn Paxton (1811-1849)
Siblings: 6 Brothers, 3 Sisters, including August Summerfield (CSA), Branch A. (CSA), Erasmus H. (CSA)
Wife: Julia Adelaide Lynch (1844-1873) (Married: May 23, 1865)
Children: James Edward Gibbon Merrimon (1866-1948), Emory Houston Merrimon (1869-1938), Julian Lynch Marrimon (1871-1881), Branch Madison Marrion (1873-1878) 
                  
Confederate Service: Adjutant, Company F, 7th N.C. Cavalry Battalion (later 6th N.C. Cavalry Regiment, sometimes called 65th N.C. Regiment).

Battles: Monticello, KY (1863) Skirmish
             Chickamauga (1863)
             Kinston, NC (1865)