 
The Mershon Association
The Mershon Association
is an organization open to all of the descendants, and
their spouses, of Henry Mershon. The purpose of the
Association is honor the memory of our common ancestor
Henry Mershon II, to locate his descendants, to encourage
bonding of these descendants by holding annual reunions,
and to gather Mershon family history with the goal of
someday publishing this history.
When the Mershon Association
was first conceived in 1923, it did not embrace the
purposes stated above. Rather it was a crusade to rescue
from oblivion the grave of the pioneer Mershon ancestor
buried in the upper graveyard at Lawrenceville. Five
Mershon men met for lunch in New York City to discuss
what they could do concerning this matter. The outcome
of that meeting was a resolution to hold another meeting,
scheduled for September 18th of that year at the Trenton,
N. J. YMCA. To support this meeting, more Mershon descendants
were contacted and invited to attend. Sixty Mershons
showed up for the meeting. This meeting elected an Executive
Committee to undertake the task of providing a new marker
for Henry Mershon II. A resolution was approved to completing
a family genealogy. The second meeting of the Mershon
Association was scheduled for September 24, 1924, to
be held on the grounds of the Presbyterian Church at
Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The main order of business
at the 1924 meeting was a discussion of the task of
providing a new grave marker for Henry II and to solicit
funds to support this effort. It was also announced
that the Association had engaged, at the rate of $1
per hour, an expert genealogist to start the family
genealogy. At the 1925 Association meeting the main
order of business was the dedication of the four and
one-half ton granite field stone bearing a bronze facsimile
of Henry II’s old field stone and inscription.
By the 1926 meeting, the location of the annual meeting
of the Mershon Association had been set at the Presbyterian
Church in Lawrenceville on the Saturday closest to September
20th; the date of Henry II’s death in 1738.
Every year, since the
1924 meeting, our Annual reunion has been held at the
Presbyterian Church in Lawrenceville, except for a couple
of year during World War II. Each reunion is designed
to provide the opportunity to meet Mershon cousins from
all over the world. Family history education is provided
through various reports on our family history, events,
and activities of living cousins. Speakers from local
Historical organizations have talked about the influence
of the Mershon family to the local area. Tours of local
Mershon, and associated families, historical homes have
been provided.
Membership in the Mershon
Association is free; there are no membership dues. Expenses
of the Association are covered by contributions from
individual members. Membership includes receiving a
copy of the annual newsletter that tells of our last
reunion and events scheduled for the near future.
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Comments
and inputs to the newsletter should be sent to:
Dr. James C.
Mershon, M.D., News Bulletin Editor
7617 Donegal Lane
Wichita, KS 67206
Phone:(316)634-2125
E-mail: packardjimbev@cox.net
If you would
like to be added to our mailing list to receive our
newsletter and invitations to our annual reunions, or
if you already receive our newsletter, and have a change
of address(postal or e-mail) please contact:
Mrs. Beverly
Mershon, Corresponding Secretary
7617 Donegal Lane
Wichita, KS 67206
Phone: (316)634-2125
E-mail: Bsmershon@aol.com
If you have a question
or comment about our financial statements, or would
like to make a contribution to the Association, please
contact:
Joan Swearer, Treasurer
60 Maple Avenue
Rahway, NJ 07065
Phone:
(732) 388-9160
E-mail:
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