• Born: 26 Oct 1827, Mount Gilead OH
• Marriage (1): Cynthia Brockway Grandy on 22 Mar 1851 in , Morrow, OH
• Died: 2 Sep 1900, Jacksonville FL

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He worked before 1865 as a silversmith and jeweler in Shelby OH

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Shelby OH, listed as a silversmth.

• He was a partner in 1865-1870 with Nathaniel B. Dare in Cleveland OH as BURT & DARE.

• He was a partner in 1871-1875 with Isaac Reynolds in Cleveland OH as BURT & REYNOLDS.

• He was a partner in 1871-1875 with Lucius S. Cady in Cleveland OH as BURT, CADY & Co.

• He was a partner in 1875-1880 with William G. Barnes in Cleveland OH as BURT & BARNES.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Galion OH, listed as a jeweler.

Merritt married Cynthia Brockway Grandy, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 22 Mar 1851 in , Morrow, OH. (Cynthia Brockway Grandy was born about 1826 in Stockholm, St. Lawrence, NY and died in Aug 1900.)