Some Other Mercks
There are several prominent persons who share the surname Merck for whom I have not found a link to our family line.
Several Merck families reside in Southeastern United States, descendants of Andrew, Balthasar and Conrad Merck who arrived in this country in 1764 among the Palatines from the Rhine Valley who settled in South Carolina. A descendant, Baulser Merck, born in Alabama, was among those who participated in the famous Oklahoma land rush. His descendants now reside mostly in Texas. Others include George W. Merck, scientist and president of the American giant Merck & Co., who was an adviser to President Roosevelt during World War II and an early backer of the political ambitions of Eisenhower. He established the Merck Family Foundation which supports conservation efforts, and founded an area in Vermont now called the Merck Forest and Farm. Earlier, Friedrich Jacob Merck purchased a small pharmacy in Darmstadt, Germany, which was the beginning of the oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company in the world, Merck KGaA. His son, Johann Heinrich Merck was an author and critic and good friend of the young genius Goethe. John Merck is a lecturer and Assistant Director of the Earth, Life and Time Program at the University of Maryland.
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Several Merck families reside in Southeastern United States, descendants of Andrew, Balthasar and Conrad Merck who arrived in this country in 1764 among the Palatines from the Rhine Valley who settled in South Carolina. A descendant, Baulser Merck, born in Alabama, was among those who participated in the famous Oklahoma land rush. His descendants now reside mostly in Texas. Others include George W. Merck, scientist and president of the American giant Merck & Co., who was an adviser to President Roosevelt during World War II and an early backer of the political ambitions of Eisenhower. He established the Merck Family Foundation which supports conservation efforts, and founded an area in Vermont now called the Merck Forest and Farm. Earlier, Friedrich Jacob Merck purchased a small pharmacy in Darmstadt, Germany, which was the beginning of the oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company in the world, Merck KGaA. His son, Johann Heinrich Merck was an author and critic and good friend of the young genius Goethe. John Merck is a lecturer and Assistant Director of the Earth, Life and Time Program at the University of Maryland.
Read more about some other Mercks at the link.
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