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David Meriwether

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David Meriwether

Birth
Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Death
18 Jan 1867 (aged 66)
Turtles Cove, Jasper County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Jasper County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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David Meriwether Sr.
The father of David Meriwether (Jr.), is also David Meriwether (son of Thomas) and was a native of Georgia. He (David Sr.) was married four times, his fourth union being with Mrs. Matilda A. Young, nee Pearson, who was born in the "Cracker" state. From the age of eighteen years he was a resident of Jasper county, where his death occurred in January, 1867. His wife afterward came to Missouri and in 1875 departed this life. By their marriage they had seven children, six of whom reached maturity. They are: Thomas, a resident of Monticello, GA, who married Miss Walker and has three living children; David Meriwether mentioned above; Sarah, wife of Clark Bailey of Sandtown, GA; Charles Matthews, who was named in honor of his grandmother, a daughter of Governor Matthews, of Georgia; Lucy M., wife of John W. Lewis of Marietta, GA, by whom she has two children. Her husband's father, Reverend John W. Lewis reared and educated Governor Brown and James Brown, of Georgia, two of the most prominent characters in that state.

Reference: "David Meriwether," A Memorial Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, pp 67-69.

[TMSI Note: Not named: Louisiana Pearson Meriwether (1846–1874)

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Southern Christian Advocate, 8 March 1867

David Meriwether
Major David Meriwether died in Monticello, Jasper co., Ga., on Friday, the 18th of January, 1867, in the 67th year of his age, leaving a wife and nine children, together with a large family connexion and numerous friends to mourn his death. He was a native of Oglethorpe co., Ga., but in early manhood removed to Jasper co., where he has resided for about 42 years....
∼TMSI [145]: M1221 — 4G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether & Elizabeth (?) Meriwether Browne.
David Meriwether Sr.
The father of David Meriwether (Jr.), is also David Meriwether (son of Thomas) and was a native of Georgia. He (David Sr.) was married four times, his fourth union being with Mrs. Matilda A. Young, nee Pearson, who was born in the "Cracker" state. From the age of eighteen years he was a resident of Jasper county, where his death occurred in January, 1867. His wife afterward came to Missouri and in 1875 departed this life. By their marriage they had seven children, six of whom reached maturity. They are: Thomas, a resident of Monticello, GA, who married Miss Walker and has three living children; David Meriwether mentioned above; Sarah, wife of Clark Bailey of Sandtown, GA; Charles Matthews, who was named in honor of his grandmother, a daughter of Governor Matthews, of Georgia; Lucy M., wife of John W. Lewis of Marietta, GA, by whom she has two children. Her husband's father, Reverend John W. Lewis reared and educated Governor Brown and James Brown, of Georgia, two of the most prominent characters in that state.

Reference: "David Meriwether," A Memorial Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, pp 67-69.

[TMSI Note: Not named: Louisiana Pearson Meriwether (1846–1874)

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Southern Christian Advocate, 8 March 1867

David Meriwether
Major David Meriwether died in Monticello, Jasper co., Ga., on Friday, the 18th of January, 1867, in the 67th year of his age, leaving a wife and nine children, together with a large family connexion and numerous friends to mourn his death. He was a native of Oglethorpe co., Ga., but in early manhood removed to Jasper co., where he has resided for about 42 years....
∼TMSI [145]: M1221 — 4G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether & Elizabeth (?) Meriwether Browne.

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