DR AYRES P. MERRILL

AYRES WAS SON OF HOSEA MERRILL, HE STUDIED MEDICINE WTH DR HENRY CHILDS OF PITTSFIELD AND GRADUATED FROM MEDICAL COLLEGE IN FAIRFIELD, NY. AT 21, HE RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION, AS A SURGEON IN THE ARMY DEPT OF THE SOUTH.HE WORKED 2 YEARS UNDER GENERAL RIPLEY IN PENSACOLA, NEW ORLEANS, AND BAY OF ST FLORIS, MISS. HE THEN WENT TO AHSLEY,MISS AND WORKED AS A SURGEON. HE MARRIED LAURA MOORE, DAUGHTER OF JAMES MOORE . HE DIED NOV 3, 1873 IN ST CLOUD HOTEL , NEW YORK. HIS SON AYRES C MERRILL GRADUATED FROM HARVARD IN 1845 AND WAS UNITED STATES MISISTER TO BELGIUM.