_Samuel W. MERS _____
                                                | (1795 - 1862)       
                           _John Conway MERS ___|
                          | (1823 - 1901)       |
                          |                     |_Christeny PLANK ____
                          |                       (1795 - 1889)       
 _George Tarvin MERS _____|
| (1862 - 1902) m 1885    |
|                         |                      _____________________
|                         |                     |                     
|                         |_Eliza Jane TRIBBY __|
|                           (1824 - 1897)       |
|                                               |_____________________
|                                                                     
|
|--Annabelle MERS 
|  (1891 - ....)
|                                                _Hezekiah BORDERS ___+
|                                               | (1791 - 1857) m 1815
|                          _William BORDERS ____|
|                         | (1825 - 1919) m 1849|
|                         |                     |_Francis DAVIS ______+
|                         |                       (1792 - 1845) m 1815
|_Mariah Cynthia BORDERS _|
  (1863 - 1935) m 1885    |
                          |                      _Lewis MAYO _________
                          |                     | (1796 - 1865)       
                          |_Sarah Julia MAYO ___|
                            (1832 - 1909) m 1849|
                                                |_Mariah JONES _______
                                                  (1797 - 1869)