Fletcher Newton Merwin
One of the outstanding figures in the newspaper world of Nebraska is Fletcher Newton Merwin who was born at Woodbridge, Connecticut, October 2, 1868. His father, Henry Fletcher Merwin, who was a farmer and publisher, was born at Woodbridge, January 18, 1838, and died at Beaver City, Nebraska, February 6, 1927; he served as a corporal in Company A, of the 10th Connecticut Volunteers during the Civil War. His mother, Lucy Beldea (Blakeslee) Merwin, who was a member of the original woman's suffrage organization, was born at Milford, Connecticut, November 25, 1838, and died at Beaver City, April 7, 1930.
Mr. Merwin established the first newspaper at DuBois, Nebraska in 1885, and at this time is editor of the Times-Tribune at Beaver City. He is past master of the Beaver City Lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, served as secretary. of the Beaver City School Board for 12 years, and served as secretary of the Nebraska Press Association for the past eight years. His hobby is reading.
A Republican, Mr. Merwin served as the first private secretary to Congressman George W. Norris during the latter's first term in Congress. On December 1, 1892, he married Merta Isadora Foland at Beaver City.
They have five children: Henry Chester, born August 27, 1893, who married Evelyn Pointon; Laurence Newton, born March 17, 1898, who married Fawn Weir; Ernest Miles, born July 20, 1902, who married Mary Myrtle Mitzner; Esther Lucile, born February 2, 1909, and Edith Barbara, born September 10, 1914. Henry Chester was graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and has served as first lieutenant in the United States Navy for 14 years. Laurence is postmaster at Beaver City. Residence: Beaver City. (Photograph in Album).
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Fletcher Newton Merwin
BIRTH
2 Oct 1869
New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH
27 Feb 1942 (aged 72)
BURIAL
Mount Hope Cemetery
Beaver City, Furnas County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Parents

Henry Fletcher Merwin
1838–1927




Lucy Blakeslee Merwin
1838–1930



Spouse

Merta Isadora Foland Merwin
1874–1947



Siblings

John Howard Merwin
1865–1877



Children

Henry Chester Merwin
1893–1973




Lillian E. Merwin
1894–1914




Laurence Newton Merwin
1898–1984





Ernest Miles Merwin
1902–1975