Farrand Fassett Merrill was born in Montpelier, Vermont on October 24, 1814.
[1][2] Farrand Merrill studied law and worked as his father's deputy while Timothy Merrill was Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives and Secretary of State.
[5] In 1847, he received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the University of Vermont.
[4][11] He had been ill at home during the days leading up to his death, but decided on May 2 to keep an appointment to discuss forming a law partnership with Whitman G.
[4] He began to suffer chest pains at his office, and a doctor was summoned.