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                       _Samuel W. MERS _____|
                      | (1795 - 1862)       |
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 _John Conway MERS ___|
| (1823 - 1901)       |
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|                     |_Christeny PLANK ____|
|                       (1795 - 1889)       |
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|--Mary (Molly) MERS 
|  (1858 - 1928)
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|_Eliza Jane TRIBBY __|
  (1824 - 1897)       |
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