"Sherburne/Sherburn S. Merrill (1818-1885,) the son of Moses Merrill, a farmer, and Mariam Barnard Merrill, was born in South Alexandria, Grafton County, New Hampshire, was educated in New Hampshire common schools, worked in a Concord, New Hampshire, hotel, then worked for Moses Kimball in Boston, Massachusetts, then was a hotel clerk in Troy, New York, resided at Bristol, New Hampshire, was a Lieu" . . . .