Merrill Smith Harrison
July 4, 1888-July 6, 1932
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 7, 1932, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
DEATH MERRILL HARRISON
Merrill Smith Harrison, 44, president of the Vaporine Co., of Chicago, and a brother-in-law of W.S. Barron of Niles, died last evening at 7:20 in the home of Mrs. Harrison's mother, Mrs. M.V. Barron in Dowagiac. He had been in ill health since last January. He was born in Peoria, Ill., on July 4, 1888. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Clara B. Harrison, and by three brothers, Lee and Murray Harrison of Chicago and Ward of Los Angeles, Calif. The funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon . . . [illegible] . . . dian Ave., Dowagiac. The Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, of Niles, will officiate. The body will be brought to Niles for burial in Silverbrook cemetery.