Background
Merriman was born July 9, 1846 in Beallsville, Ohio, the son of Colbert and Catherine Elizabeth (Crupper) Harris. Merriman married Flora L. Best October 23, 1873, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. They had two daughters, Florence and Elizabeth.
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Primary Sources, Historical Collections: Christianity in Japan, with a foreword by T. S. Wentworth
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Christianity in Japan by Merriman Colbert Harris (2008-10-09)
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Merriman Colbert Harris
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Following the end of the war, he attended the Washington Academy in Ohio, and the Harlem Springs Seminary. He then attended Scio College, earning the Bachelor of Arts degree (1873) and the Master of Arts
Career
Degree (1877) from Allegheny College. Merriman entered the ministry of the Pittsburgh Annual Conference of the Mechanical Engineering Church in 1869, serving as a pastor and a missionary. He was sent to Japan in 1873 and was stationed at Hakodate on the northern island of Hokkaido.
During his first stay in Japan, his converts included Kanzo Uchimura, Inazo Nitobe, and Akira Sato.
He left Japan in 1892, and established Japanese missions on the Pacific Coast of the United States and in Hawaii in areas with large numbers of Japanese emigrants. He became the Superintendent of Japanese missions in San Francisco, California in 1886.
He also served as Superintendent of all Pacific Coast Methodist Japanese missions, including the Hawaiian Islands, in 1890. During this period, Yosuke Matsuoka was one of his converts.
Merriman Colbert Harris was elected a Missionary Bishop by the 1904 General Conference of the Mechanical Engineering Church.
He was assigned of Korea and Japan, where he remained until his death. As a Missionary Bishop he served with distinction. He died May 8, 1921 in Aoyama, Tokyo and his grave is at the Aoyama Cemetery.
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Primary Sources, Historical Collections: Christianity in Japan, with a foreword by T. S. Wentworth
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Christianity in Japan
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Christianity in Japan - Scholar's Choice Edition
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- Christianity in Japan by Merriman Colbert Harris (2008-10-09)
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Primary Sources, Historical Collections: Christianity in Japan, with a foreword by T. S. Wentworth
Membership
Served 3 years in 12th Ohio cavalry in Civil War. Joined Pittsburgh Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1869.
Connections
Married Flora Lydia Best, October 23, 1873 (died 1909).
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