Unpublished manuscript on Stypmann family genealogy, compiled by Charles Otto Stypmann (1903-1985). Dated 1 Mar 1983. Includes letters to archives, cemeteries, and other genealogists; copies of vital documents, including death certificates; clippings; all focused chiefly on his grandfather and several of his brothers:
Ernest Christopher Stypmann (ggrandfather)
Charles D. Stypmann (grandfather)
Otto Stypmann (great uncle)
Albert Stypmann (great uncle)
Paul Stypmann (great uncle)
Arnold Dumond "Duke" Merwin (1904-1991). Published in Sandra Thurlow's book, Historic Jensen and Eden on Florida's Indian River (2004) with the caption: "Arnold Dumond Merwin was born in his grandmother's home in New Hampshire but was convinced he had been conceived at Edenlawn Plantation. He returned to Eden in 1908, when he was four years old, and considered it his home forever after."
Arthur H. "Phil" Phillips, longtime partner of Duke Merwin. Together they developed Edenlawn into a prominent fernery, starting in the 1930s, then continuing after WWII. Phil was awarded the Bronze Star in WWII. In the 1940s, they focused on making Edenlawn a resort with a successful restaurant.
