Merrill, A. P. (Ayres Phillips), 1793-1873

A.P. Merrill (1787-1873) of Natchez, Miss., was a physician and the cashier of the Agricultural Bank, Natchez, Miss. He married Jane Moore, and the Merrill family home was Elmscourt. Jane Dunbar Ferguson, born near Natchez and a planter of Washington, Miss., was the wife of George Ferguson. Their children included: Dr. George Ferguson, Margaret, Ann, and Charlotte (died ca. 1886), and another son.

Ann married prominent Natchez planter David Hunt. Their family lived at Woodlawn, Natchez. Charlotte married Aylett Buckner. Buckner was born in Virginia, moved to Kentucky with his parents, and settled in Natchez around 1830, where he was a prominent attorney, cotton factor, and director of the Commercial Bank of Natchez.

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