Background
Merrill, Charles Edward was born on October 19, 1885 in Green Cove Springs, Florida, United States. Son of Charles Morton (Doctor of Medicine and Octavia (Wilson) M.
Merrill, Charles Edward was born on October 19, 1885 in Green Cove Springs, Florida, United States. Son of Charles Morton (Doctor of Medicine and Octavia (Wilson) M.
Graduate Amherst, 1908, honorary Master of Arts, 1933. Honorary Doctor of Laws, John B. Stetson University, 1946, Amherst College, 1948, Kenyon College, 1949. Doctor of Commercial Science, New York University, 1950.
1 son, James Ingram; married 3d, Kinta Des Mare, March 1939. Partner, Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane. Founder Safeway Stores, Incorporated., 1926, and founder The Family Circle Magazine, 1932.
President Chi Psi Fraternity, 1940-1949.
Member New York Stock Exchange, Sons of the American Revolution. Clubs: Everglades, Seminole, Palm Beach Yacht, Bath and Tennis (Palm Beach, Florida).
Married Eliza Church, April, 1912. Married second, Hellen Ingram, February 1925. Married 3d, Kinta Des Mare, March 1939.
Children: Doris M. (Magowan), Charles Edward.