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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Moses MERRILL, farmer and local preacher; P. O. Wilmington; Mr. MERRILL is a native of New 
Hampshire; he was born at Warren, in that State. Married his wife at Haverhill, and removed 
to Ohio in 1838, settling near Cleveland, at the village of Brooklyn; in early life, his plan 
was to enter the ministry; he commenced his course of education to that end; he fitted for 
Dartmouth College at Newbury, Vt., but a severe illness, long protracted, hindered his 
carrying out this idea; nevertheless, be pursued his classical studies, of which he was 
very fond, until he had read the whole college course; he has kept up his Greek to the 
present day, and now, at the age of 78, he reads it with as much ease and correctness as 
a college professor; at Brooklyn he established a school - Brooklyn Academy - of which 
he was Principal for several years, but his health fading him, he made up his mind to 
remove West and engage in farming; he came to this State in 1849, and settled at 
Riverside, his present place of residence, one mile below Wilmington.