Merritt married Ida Jane Hayes on 4 Aug 1879 in Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, USA. Ida (daughter of Mitchell Hayes and Harriet Electa Bowen) was born on 28 Mar 1860 in Jackson, Iowa, USA; died on 29 Dec 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Rebecca Sigsbee was born in 1879; died in 1895.
2. Maybelle Lucretia Sigsbee was born on 15 Apr 1879 in Smith, Kansas, USA; died in Dec 1945 in Superior, Nuckolls, Nebraska, USA.
3. John Sigsbee was born in 1882; died in 1882.
4. George Benton Sigsbee was born on 27 Nov 1892 in Scandia, Republic, Kansas, USA; died on 10 Oct 1949 in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, USA.