"J. MONROE MERCER, who was at one time connected with the freight department of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company, and well-known in Baltimore, died at his residence at Font Hill, near Ilchester, Howard county, on Saturday morning, of a malignant form of typhoid fever, from which he had been suffering but a few days. Mr. Mercer was forty-nine years old, the son of late Colonel John Mercer, of West River, Anne Arundel county, and a nephew of ex-Governor Swann. He married a neice (sic) of the late Johns Hopkins, and leaves a widow and four children. During his illness Mr. Mercer became a member of the Catholic Church. The remains will be interred at Greenmount this afternoon."
The Baltimore Sun. 24 June 1878
The Baltimore Sun. 24 June 1878
"J. MONROE MERCER, who was at one time connected with the freight department of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company, and well-known in Baltimore, died at his residence at Font Hill, near Ilchester, Howard county, on Saturday morning, of a malignant form of typhoid fever, from which he had been suffering but a few days. Mr. Mercer was forty-nine years old, the son of late Colonel John Mercer, of West River, Anne Arundel county, and a nephew of ex-Governor Swann. He married a neice (sic) of the late Johns Hopkins, and leaves a widow and four children. During his illness Mr. Mercer became a member of the Catholic Church. The remains will be interred at Greenmount this afternoon."
The Baltimore Sun. 24 June 1878
The Baltimore Sun. 24 June 1878
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