Alfred E. DeMerritt (1866-1944) was born in Madbury, New Hampshire, and died in Reading, Massachusetts. He worked as a salesman and married Sarah M. Richardson in Orange, Massachusetts, in 1893. They both joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 1, 1900 and were members of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Reading, Massachusetts. DeMerritt took Primary class instruction with Julia E. Prescott, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, and was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner in Reading from 1904-1905.

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