Husband: Elias Hudnut MERSHON
Birthdate: 7 June 1854
Birthplace: Flemingsburg, Fleming Co., KY
Death date: 15 December 1922
Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA
Father: Thomas Oliver Mershon MD
Mother: Sarah Jane Secrist

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Wife: Margaretta St. Leon CROSS
Birthdate: 18 March 1858
Birthplace: Lanark, Carroll Co., IL
Death date: 21 March 1946
Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Guy Mishler Mershon
Sex: M
Birthdate: 23 October 1879
Birthplace: Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa
Death date: 26 August 1958
Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co,. CA
Marriage date: 1. 14 September 1904
Marriage place: Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: 1. Zaidee Edith Michael; 2. Helen Beatrice ?? (was a widow)

Child No. 2: Bessie Maud Mershon
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 June 1881
Birthplace: Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa
Death date: 30 October 1967
Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co, CA
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Spouse's name: never married

Child No. 3: Ray Martin Mershon
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1883
Birthplace: Monticello, Jones Co. Iowa
Death date: 1966
Place of death: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA
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Spouse's name: Anna Wortman

Child No. 4: Jennie Mae Mershon
Sex: F
Birthdate: 17 October 1884
Birthplace: Moniticello, Jones Co., Iowa
Death date: 26 December 1968
Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA
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Spouse's name: never married

Child No. 5: Clara Mable Mershon
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Birthdate: 15 February 1887
Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk Co. Iowa
Death date: 1973
Place of death: California
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Spouse's name: 1. Joe Wardrip;; 2. Dan Martin

Child No. 6: Charles Boies Mershon
Sex: M
Birthdate: 5 August 1889
Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk Co. Iowa
Death date: 23 October 1960
Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA
Marriage date: 7 January 1911
Marriage place: Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL
Spouse's name: Hazel Norma Giffen (born in Newell, Buena Vista Co., Iowa)

Child No. 7: Hugh Oliver Mershon
Sex: M
Birthdate: 23 July 1895
Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
Death date: 4 December 1980
Place of death: Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA
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Spouse's name: Louise Menzies

Child No. 8: Ralph Secrist "Ted" Mershon
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 March 1897
Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
Death date: 4 February 1989
Place of death: Laguna Hills, Orange Co., CA
Marriage date: 21 September 1927
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Eleanor Murphy

Child No. 9: Clyde Cross "Ed" Mershon
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 January 1901
Birthplace: Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa
Death date: 1 May 1987
Place of death: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA
Marriage date: 2 June 1926
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Lucile Anna Bigham
 
 
Documentation:
* Family records and copies of vital records.
* The Mershon Association has a set of books on the family genealogy which come down as far as Elias Hudnut Mershon.