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DeMERITT, Richard N.

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 169

Richard N. DeMERITT, canning business, Waterbury [Washington County, 
Vermont], was born in 1850 at Waterbury Center [Washington County, Vermont], 
son of Albert and Laura (SMITH) DEMERITT. Educated at Green Mountain 
Seminary, Waterbury Center. Was engaged as a commercial traveler, selling 
candy and cigars for H. S. HOWE, Rutland [Rutland County, Vermont], from 
1871-1885, was in the cracker and candy business at Plattsburg [Clinton 
County, New York] from 1885-1905. In 1905 went into the canning business at 
Waterbury. When the DeMeritt & Palmer Packing Company was organized, he was 
made president, which office he still holds. Democrat. Member and trustee 
of the Methodist Church, and superintendent of the Sunday school. Member 
Winooski Lodge No. 49, Free & Accepted Masons; Waterbury Chapter No. 24, 
Royal Arch Masons; Mount Zion Commandery No. 9, Knights Templar, Montpelier; 
and Oriental Temple, Mystic Shrine, Troy, New York. In 1874 Mr. [Richard N.] 
DeMERITT married [Miss?] Elizabeth D. STEARNS of Waterbury; they had three 
sons: Homer D., Henry H., and Roy S. After his first wife's death in 1896, 
Richard N. DEMERITT married [Miss?] Jessie B. LAW of Lachute, Province of 
Quebec, Canada; they have one daughter, Laura E.

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