STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1902, page 1, column 7

LUZETTE B. (BARNARD) MERRILL, 12 Mar 1837 - 26 May 1902

   Mrs. Ira Merrill, east of town, died Monday morning at 11 o'clock.  
Mrs. Merrill was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Barnard, who were among 
the early settlers of Millgrove township, and well known to all the older 
citizens.  Her husband, a daughter and an adopted daughter preceded Mrs. 
Merrill into the beyond.  A sister, and the only survivor of a large 
family, resides in California, Mrs. Keoka Adams.  Mrs. Merrill submitted 
to an operation last Friday, from which she did not rally.  Funeral, 
Wednesday, afternoon, in the Baptist church, of which she has been a 
member for many years, burial in Green Lawn cemetery.
("Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" lists last name as Merrell, 
1st name as Luzette or Luzatte.)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Luzette B. (Barnard) Merrell, 12 Mar (Apr. in Cem. Book) - 26 May 1902, 
daughter of Lewis Barnard, 12 Dec 1803 - 17 Sep 1863, and Patty (Dudley) 
Barnard, 05 Apr 1807 - 30 Oct 1863, married Ira D. Merrell, 22 Nov 1837 - 
07 Feb 1898, son of Harvey F. Merrell, 17 Feb 1804 - 27 Jul 1854, and 
Louisa (Tillotson) Merrell, 24 May 1815 - 18 May 1904.  Burial place of 
Lewis Barnard not specifically identified, all others are buried at 
Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, Indiana, Sec. B, Lot 24.  
There must have been a Barnard - Merrell plot.

CHILDREN:
   Patty L. Merrell, 27 Jul 1873 - 06 Aug 1874, buried at Greenlawn 
Cemetery, Sec. B, Lot 24.
   Rose Belle Merrell, 06 Aug 1876 - 05 Oct 1894, buried at Greenlawn 
Cemetery, Sec. B, Lot 24.

SIBLINGS OF Luzette:
   Infant brother, 27 Jan 1827 - 30 Jun 1827, born in Vermont. Inscripiton 
on monument states buried at Greenlawn, Sec. B, Lot 24, but buried in the 
state of Vermont.
   Hannah (Barnard) Smith, 12 Feb 1831 - 22 Oct 1856, died in Topeka, 
Kansas, on 25 Dec 1854, married Matthew Smith, son of Hezekiah Smith and 
1st wife, Mary (Calkins) Smith.  Hannah is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, 
Sec. B, Lot 24.

IDENTIFIED AS SIBLINGS because they are all buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, 
Sec. B, Lot 24:

   Sophia H. Barnard, 10 Apr 1828 - 15 Oct 1856, in Topeka, Kansas. 
   J. Dudley Barnard, 07 Dec 1829 - 10 Nov 1850, in California.
   John G. Barnard, 22 Nov 1831 - 13 Oct 1863. 
   Myron D. Barnard, 26 Oct 1840 - 16 Dec 1863.

"History of Steuben County, IN - 1885, page 497:  "'Vermont Settlement' 
grew rapidly in 1836----Lewis Barnard, wife and four children, from Ohio."

Steuben Republican, 27 Aug 1902, "The Pioneers".
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990", by Audree Seibel Lewis, 
Vol. 1, pages 90, 91; Vol. 2, pages 1250, 1687.
Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail: hilbeck123@att.net