Life History

Notes

• "Leo and Oda Merryman have been united in marriage for more than 70 years.  The young couple were wed in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on January 1, 1911."
  --  "After 70-years, she's still his sweetheart," Grandview Herald, Grandview, Washington, 30 april 1981, p 1, accessed 18 April 2016, coiurtesy of Naomi Merryman, Ancestry.com
  
  Family background and connections are helpfully provided by a descendant of one of David's sons, Leo Merryman.
  
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  Leo Earl Merryman and Oda N. Reynolds
  
  My Great-Grandfather Leo Merryman, born in Kully Chaha (Kulli Cha ha), Sugar Loaf Co., Moshulatubbee Dist., Choctaw Nation, Ind.Ter., (near present Poteau, LeFlore Co., Oklahoma) and later married Oda N. Reynolds....
  
  My Great-Grandfather (Leo) was born in 1891 and his father before him was David C. Merryman born also in the Choctaw Nation in 1853; while his grandmother Anny Scott-Merryman (and David's mother) was born in Mississippi before the 'Trail of Tears' removal to the new Choctaw Nation there in what of course became Oklahoma (aka land of the "red people").  Other spellings in past generations on Merryman - Merriman.
  --  Russ Merryman choctawSonaol.com, Oklahoma Chahta Clan of California, accessed 19 January 2015, http://www.oklachahta.org/Smoke%20Signals.htm
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  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Phoenix, Arizona, City Directory, 1937, p 346
  Merryman Leo E (Oda) h 1725 S 1st av
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Phoenix, Arizona, City Directory, 1940, p 322
  Merryman Leo E (Oda) h 1725 S 1st av
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Phoenix, Arizona, City Directory, 1947, p 369
  Merryman Leo E (Oda) h 2034 W Hadley
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Phoenix, Arizona, City Directory, 1948, p 539
  Merryman Leo (Oda) E h 2048 W Hadley
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Oda R. Merryman
  Born 7 Apr 1897
  Died Sep 1991
  Last Residence Grandview, Yakima, Washington 98930
  SSN 554-22-5793 issued California (Before 1951)
  
  California, Death Index, 1940-1997
  Oda Neomi Merryman [Oda Neomi Reynolds]
  Birth 7 Apr 1897 Oklahoma
  Death 25 Sep 1991 Los Angeles
  Mother's Maiden Name Norris
  Father's Surname Reynolds
  Social Security #554225793
  
  A memorial for Oda on Find a Grave inlcudes several records with details.
  
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  Oda Naomi Reynolds Merryman
  Birth Apr 7, 1897 Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas
  Death Sep 25, 1991 Grandview, Yakima County, Washington
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Oda R Merryman
  Birth 7 Apr 1897
  Death Sep 1991 Grandview, Yakima, Washington
  
  California, Death Index, 1940-1997
  Oda Neomi Merryman
  Birth 7 Apr 1897 Oklahoma
  Death 25 Sep 1991 Los Angeles
  
  Spouse Leo Earl Merryman (1891 - 1981)
  Inscription:  Married 11/1911
  
  Burial Grandview Cemetery, Grandview, Yakima County, Washington, Blk 5, Lot 2, Space 5
  
  Maintained by Naomi Merryman, Originally Created by lloker Dec 27, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #63353783, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63353783
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Sources

• 1. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Oklahoma Chahta Clan of California
• 4. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Phoenix, Arizona, City Directory, 1948, p 539
• 5. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Phoenix, Arizona, City Directory, 1937, p 346
• 6. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Phoenix, Arizona, City Directory, 1947, p 369
• 7. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Phoenix, Arizona, City Directory, 1940, p 322
• 8. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 9. Grandview Herald, Grandview, Washington