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| date_of_birth =[[March 16]], [[1864]]
| place_of_birth =Russell County, Alabama
| date_of_death =[[January 29]], [[1937]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Shipbroker, businessman
| religion =Presbyterian
| spouse =[[Mary Turner Merritt]]
| parents =[[Louis Lucius Manlius Merritt|Louis M.]] and [[Elizabeth McGaughy Merritt|Elizabeth Merritt]]| children =Mary Elizabeth Merritt<br/>E. M. Emma Turner Merritt<br/>John A. Merritt, Jr.<br/>Doris W. Merritt<br/>Richard H. Merritt
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==Early life==
Merritt was born in Russell County, Alabama, in [[1864]]. His father, [[Louis Lucius Manlius Merritt]], was away in England seeking supplies for the Confederacy. The Merritt family came to Pensacola in July [[1869]] aboard the ship ''Mine Lizzie''.<ref name="stjohns">[http://www.stjohnshistoriccemetery.com/pensacolas_heritages/business.htm#john_a_merritt St. John's Historic Cemetery]</ref>
The young Merritt was educated first in local schools, then at University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and the Bingham School in Mebane, North Carolina.<ref>Florida Historical Society. [http://books.google.com/books?id=yDo6VhLx6fEC&pg=PA313 ''Makers of America: An Historical and Biographical Work By an Able Corps of Writers'']. Jacksonville, 1909.</ref>
