Death and Family
Merritt retired from the Army in 1900 and died ten years later in Natural Bridge, Virginia. He is buried in the Post cemetery, United States Military Academy.
General Merritt was married twice. His first wife was Caroline Warren Merritt, who died on June 12, 1893, at the age of 44. Caroline Warren Merritt is at rest in the cemetery at the United States Military Academy, at West Point. General Merritt's second wife was Laura Williams Merritt, whom he met in the late 1890s, when she was in her mid-twenties. General Merritt and Laura Williams were married on October 24, 1898. On December 3, 1910, General Merritt died, with the cause identified as arteriosclerosis, at the age of 74.
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