last update: 11/14/2005
GRAVESTONE PHOTOS

The Merkle family, I believe, originated in Bennington, Michigan. I would like to trace the family further back than what I have, shown below.

1 George Merkle
...+ Augusta B
.....2 Margaret Helen Merkle (b. 1857 in Bennington, Michigan  d.1930 in Eusti, Florida)
........+ Louis F Goette (b.1863  d.1947)
...........3 William Louis Goette (b.1894 in Berea, Ohio  d.1979 in Winter Park, Florida)
..............+ Nancy Davis Harris (b.1890  d.1981)
.....2 Lena Merkle
........+ Unknown Swarthout
.....2 Amelia Merkle
........+ Charles Stoecker
.....2 Anna M Merkle  (b. c.1870 in Bennington, Michigan  d.1939)
........+ Charles F Goette (b.1870  d.1945)
.....2 Caroline Merkle
........+ Wells W. Parshall (b. c.1855  d.1936)
............3 Wilbur Parshall
............3 Mildred A Parshall
...............+ Arthur H Seibel
............3 Mable Parshall
...............+ Douglas J Gibson