I believe that Man of the Old Hope is right. The only "history" of Merry that we are given is present in the Appendices and in the Tale of Years. It has information like what Man included above along with Merry's birthday, and suchlike. Unfortunately, Tolkien didn't give us much information on what Merry did before LotR.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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