Edward Folsom Merrill

Background

Merrill, Edward Folsom was born on April 11, 1883 in Skowhegan, Maine, United States. Son of Edward Newton and Anna (Folsom) Merrill.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1903, Doctor of Laws, 1950. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard University 1906. Doctor of Laws, Portland University, 1954.

Career

Admitted to Maine bar, 1906, practiced in Skowhegan as member firm Merrill & Merrill, 1906-1945, senior partner, 1918-1945. County attorney, Somerset County, 1920-1921. Justice Superior Court, State of Maine, 1945-1948.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, 1948-1953. chief justice, 1953-1954.

Retired; now practicing law as attorneys consultant. President and director Sowhegan Water Company, 1919-1928.

Legislative counsel Central Maine Power Company, 1917-1945. Director Forster Manufacturing Company Trustee Bloomfield Academy.

Achievements

• Edward Folsom Merrill has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Maine State Board Bar Examiners, 1928-1945, chairman, 1928, 33, 38, 43. Member Alumni Council. Bowdoin College.; Member Institute Judicial Administration, American Judicature Society.

American, Maine (president 1933-1935), Somerset County (president 1956) bar associations, Zeta Psi.

Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 33°, Shriner). Club: Rotary.

Connections

Married Daisy Ina Day, October 9, 1906. Children: Mary, Edward North., Stephen Evans, Anna (Mistress Charles East. Hearne).

Father:

Edward Newton Merrill

Mother:

Anna (Folsom) Merrill

Spouse:

Daisy Ina Day

child:

Anna Merrill (Mistress Charles East. Hearne)

child:

Stephen Evans Merrill

child:

Edward North. Merrill

child:

Mary Merrill