City: Clarksville
MERRITT, Henry Clay, attorney at law, banker; born near Guthrie, Todd Co., Ky., April 12, 1839; English descent; son of Daniel R. and Penelope (Hannum) MERRITT; father’s occupation physician and farmer; paternal grandfather Samuel MERRITT, paternal grandmother Sarah (Ross) MERRITT, maternal grandfather Richard M. HANNUM, maternal grandmother Charlotte (Ruston) HANNUM; educated in country school and Cumberland University; graduated from the latter April, 1861; married Maud BAILEY Dec. 6, 1882; prohibition Democrat; Confederate soldier from April, 1861, to the close of the Civil war; Lieutenant in Morgan’s cavalry; began business career as a lawyer; afterward became interested in the banking business and has been president of the National Bank, Clarksville, Tenn., since 1876; actively interested in educational enterprises, one of the original advocates of public school system of Clarksville, Tenn.; member of Presbyterian church.
