[capitan_refugio]

The Times reported that they were friends and neighbors. Your silly road map does not preclude that they were ever neighbors and says nothing about being acquainted. Try again.

[nolu chan]

Taney lived in Washington D.C. and Merryman lived in Cockeysville, Md. When Taney stayed with his daughter in Baltimore, he came within 23 MILES of Merryman. That is Refugian proof that they were neighbors.

According to capitan_kerryfugio, there were people named Merryman who were buried in Baltimore, proving that the corpses were neighbors and friends of Taney, and by extension, that made John Merryman a neighbor.

Merryman was in the cavalry and had a pony that was a lot like Lincoln, proving a family tie.

Taney was 46 years older than Merryman. The experienced Taney knew all the hot places to pick up babes, and he and Merryman hung out together.

The official record proves that Merryman was arrested at home in Cockeysville and transported by train to Baltimore.

[GOPcapitalist]

The Times reported that they were friends and neighbors

No. The Times editorialized that they were friends and neighbors without providing any evidence to that end. The Times lied much like you are lying right now.

Merryman lived in Cockeysville. Taney lived in Washington and, when in Baltimore, stayed at his daughter's house downtown. The closest they ever lived to each others houses was some 20 miles. Therefore they were not neighbors