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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 8/27/1896
Birth Place: Stowe, Vermont
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 10 (1864)
Home County: Warren
Philo Gould Camp Merrill
Warren County

CAPTAIN PHILO G. C. MERRILL was born in Stowe, Vermont, October 16, 1816, and died in this city August 27, 1896. He came to Iowa in 1853, and settled in Warren county. Eleven years afterward he removed to Grinnell, but came here in 1895, to make his home with his son, Mr. John H. Merrill. He was a member of the Grand Army and the Loyal Legion. At one time he was active in politics, and represented Warren county in the 10th General Assembly.

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Senate District 20
Committees
10th GA (1864)
Legislation Sponsored
10th GA (1864)