Marriage date: 25 Dec 1887 (3)
Marriage place: Livermore, Humboldt Co. IA (3)

Wife: Lydia May Tucker REESE (4 )
Birthdate: 25 Oct 1857 (5) but more likely 1860 (6)
Birthplace: prob. Lynnwood, Benton Co. IA (7)
Death date: 25 Feb 1939 (5)
Place of death: Yamhill, Yamhill Co. OR (5)
Father: Enos S. TUCKER
Mother: Celinda BIRDSALL

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Lena M. MERRISS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Feb 1889 (8)
Birthplace: Iowa (8), prob. Humboldt Co.
Death date: 01 Aug 1957 (9)
Place of death: Yamhill Co. OR (9)
Marriage date: 28 Mar 1917 (10)
Marriage place: Gallatin Co. MT (10), prob. in Belgrade
Spouse's name: Gaston Emil RAULIN (of France)

Child No. 2: Clarence Walter MERRISS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 12 Jan 1891 (11)
Birthplace: Livermore, Humboldt Co. IA (11)
Death date: 26 Jan 1956 (12)
Place of death: Yamhill Co. OR (12)
Marriage date: after 2 Jan 1920 and before 2 Apr 1930 (13)
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Levina E. HARTLEY (dau. of John U. HARTLEY)

Documentation:
(1) per gravestone
(2) per 1885 Iowa state census
(3) Humboldt Co., IA marriage record, # unknown
(4) Her first husband James Henry Reese died in a train accident. After the death of Walter Merriss, she married Edward A. Knowles, who survived her.
(5) per Yamhill Co., OR death record #44
(6) 1857 is probably an error made by the informant. The 1900 federal census gives her birth as Oct 1860. This year computes with her age as given on her death certificate: 80 years and 4 months.
(7) the residence of her parents at the time of the 1860 census
(8) per her census entry at Humboldt, Humboldt Co. IA on 8 Jun 1900
(9) Yamhill Co. OR death record #10099
(10) Gallatin Co. MT marriage record #3366 in Bk. 1
(11) per his Montana World War I draft registration card #242
(12) Death Certificate #1213, as published in the Oregon Death Index 1903-98 on Ancestry.com
(13) On the first date given he was single and living with his mother and stepfather in Yamhill, Yamhill Co. OR. On the second date given he was married and living with his wife and father-in-law in Portland, Multnomah Co. OR.

Notes:
*This is a collateral family.