Merritt SPINNING

1835 -

• Name	Merritt SPINNING
  Birth	18 Dec 1835	Lee?, Oneida, NY
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I2078	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Alpheus SPINNING
  Mother	Polly BARNARD,   b. 13 Mar 1796   d. 28 Jan 1864 (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Ann SEXTON
  Marriage	19 Feb 1859
  Children	+ 1. Fred M. SPINNING,   b. Apr 1861, NY + 2. Harry L. SPINNING,   b. Abt 1864, NY   3. Dora J. SPINNING,   b. Abt 1866, NY + 4. Anne Belle SPINNING,   b. 9 Mar 1871, Dover, DE d. 28 Feb 1917, Rome, Oneida, NY (Age 45 years)   5. Nellie M. SPINNING,   b. Abt 1873, NY
  Family ID	F809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Merritt Spinning (18 Dec. 1835 Lee?, Oneida, NY - ), per Gary VanDeWalker (efc@snowcrest.net), posting on Ancestry.com Family Trees, viewed by WMB 15 Feb. 2004 Merritt Spinning, 24 years of age, male, Book Keeper, $5000 real property, $2000 personal property, born NY, residing with Betsy Leonard, 69 years of age, female, $5000 real property, $2000 personal property, born NY [NOTE: the property isprobably Betsy's, not Merritt's---WMB], per 1860 federal census, 1st ward, Rome, Oneida, NY, Roll M653_824, part 1, p. 396, 12 June 1960 Merritt was last heard from in Indian territory, 1905, per Gary VanDeWalker (efc@snowcrest.net), posting on Ancestry.com Family Trees, viewed by WMB 15 Feb. 2004 THIS MAY BE MERRITT SPINNING EN ROUTE TO INDIAN TERRITORIES; HE IS NOT LISTED WITH FAMILY IN 1880 CENSUS BACK IN LEE, ONEIDA, NY: Merrett SPINNING, Other (listed with family of Charles and Elizabeth Bath), male, single, white, 40 years of age, born CAN, Occ: Employ Of Dairy Co, father born NY, mother born NY, 1880 federal census, 4th Ward, East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, Source: FHL Film 1254246 National Archives Film T9-0246, Page 129B, per FamilySearch 1880 United States Census and National Index Merritt married Emma Ann Sexton (11 Sept. 1839 Lee, Oneida, NY -- 3 Apr. 1893 Buffalo, NY), daughter of Wills Dixon Sexton (11 Apr. 1805 Lee, Oneida, NY - ) and Rhoda Cornish (4 Dec. 1808 Plymouth, MA - ), 19 Feb. 1859, per Gary VanDeWalker (efc@snowcrest.net), posting on Ancestry.com Family Trees, viewed by WMB 15 Feb. 2004 Emma SPINNING, Self, female, married, white, 42 years of age, born NY, Occ: Housekeeper, father born NY, mother born MA, 1880 federal census, Lee, Oneida, New York, Source: FHL Film 1254902 National Archives Film T9-0902, Page 305D, per FamilySearch 1880 United States Census and National Index 1880 federal census, Lee, Oneida, New York, Source: FHL Film 1254902 National Archives Film T9-0902, Page 305D, per FamilySearch 1880 United States Census and National Index Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Emma SPINNING Self F M W 42NY Occ: Housekeeper Fa: NY Mo: MA Fred M. SPINNING Son M S W 18 NY Occ: Works On Farm Fa: NY Mo: NY Harry L. SPIUNING Son M S W 16 NY Occ: Works On Farm Fa: NY Mo: NY Dora J. SPIUNING Dau F S W 14 NY Occ: House Work Fa: NY Mo: NY Anna B. SPIUNING Dau F S W 9 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY Nellie M. SPIUNING Dau F S W 7 NY Fa: NY Mo: NY