Dunbar Surget Merrill
1859 - 1898
Dunbar Surget Merrill, was born around 1859 to parents Ayres P. Merrill and Jane Surget in Adams County, Mississippi.
The name "Dunbar" comes from his maternal grandmother's, Eliza's, maiden name of the same.
In 1887, he married Charlotte Brandon Stanton, daughter of Aaron Stanton and Ella Brandon. The couple had four children; two of which lived to aduthood.
Dunbar and Charlotte produced two sons, Dunbar Merrill and Aaron Stanton Merrill, who were raised at Brandon Hall, and two daughters, Dorothy Nugent Merrill, whom I have not been able to find any information on, and Elizabeth Elmina Brandon Merrill - who died at the age of 2 and is buried in Brandon Hall Cemetery.