Individual Details

Merrill Haskins OBER

(2 Sep 1832 - 7 Oct 1852)

Loring/Toomey/Ober 147a: "See diary, New England Quar., Vol. 1, No. 1, 1926 (at age 16). He was employed at 19 and 20 by U. S. Geodetic Survey in Washington, D.C., but died at 20. See 32 Congress, U. S. Senate Doc., No. 3, p. 93; and Report of Supt. of U.S. Coast Survey, 1852, p.59. A few letters still extant of Merrill Ober to John7 [b. 1831-32]."

Events

Birth2 Sep 1832Bridport, Addison, Vermont, United States
Birth2 Sep 1832probably - Crown Point, Essex, New York, United States
OccupationAbt 1852mathematician with the Geodetic Survey - Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death7 Oct 1852
DeathAbt 1853Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Alt nameMerrill OBER
BurialWashington Parish Burial Ground (Congressional Cemetery), Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Families

FatherJoseph OBER (1797 - 1868)
MotherLydia Haskins PALMER (1797 - 1849)
SiblingArvilla OBER (1833 - )
SiblingJoseph Aurelian OBER (1835 - 1910)

Endnotes

1. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entry 86, 147a; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

2. Merrill Hoskins Ober, "Journal," 1; image of transcription by William Ober Clough, Fall of 1848; privately held by grandson of writer's brother, William Ober Clough, , 1964. Image held by Penfield Homestead Museum.

3. Merrill Hoskins Ober, "Journal," 1; image of transcription by William Ober Clough, Fall of 1848; privately held by grandson of writer's brother, William Ober Clough, , 1964. Image held by Penfield Homestead Museum.

4. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entry 86, 147a; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

5. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entry 86, 147a; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

6. Merrill Hoskins Ober, "Journal," 1; image of transcription by William Ober Clough, Fall of 1848; privately held by grandson of writer's brother, William Ober Clough, , 1964. Image held by Penfield Homestead Museum.

7. Katherine P. Loring, May Toomey, "Genealogy of the Ober Family," as annotated by Wilson Ober Clough, entry 86, 147a; Mss A 1917, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA.

8. Merrill Hoskins Ober, "Journal," 1; image of transcription by William Ober Clough, Fall of 1848; privately held by grandson of writer's brother, William Ober Clough, , 1964. Image held by Penfield Homestead Museum.