1 December 1884, p.4 c.5
Coroner Lemon yesterday held an inquest upon the body of John M. Meriwether, aged 70 years, who died suddenly at his home in Mooresville. Mr. Meriwether was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, and moved to Mooresville many years ago. Lately he has lived alone in a house near that of his son, and it has been the custom of his daughter to prepare his meals. Yesterday morning when she went to the house she found the old man lying upon the floor dead. He had arisen and built a fire, after building it dropped dead from heart disease.
Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana)
1 December 1884, p. 4, col. 3
Saturday morning, about 5 o'clock, John Merriwether, an old recluse who resided at Mooresville, a little town in Floyd County, four miles from New Albany, was found dead in his house. Merriwether, who was over seventy years of age, had lived alone for years in a house adjoining that of his son.
(Note: John Montgomery Meriwether who was the son of John Meriwether and Mary Patterson Bell. He married to Cynthia Moore and they were the parents of 10 children.)
1 December 1884, p.4 c.5
Coroner Lemon yesterday held an inquest upon the body of John M. Meriwether, aged 70 years, who died suddenly at his home in Mooresville. Mr. Meriwether was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, and moved to Mooresville many years ago. Lately he has lived alone in a house near that of his son, and it has been the custom of his daughter to prepare his meals. Yesterday morning when she went to the house she found the old man lying upon the floor dead. He had arisen and built a fire, after building it dropped dead from heart disease.
Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana)
1 December 1884, p. 4, col. 3
Saturday morning, about 5 o'clock, John Merriwether, an old recluse who resided at Mooresville, a little town in Floyd County, four miles from New Albany, was found dead in his house. Merriwether, who was over seventy years of age, had lived alone for years in a house adjoining that of his son.
(Note: John Montgomery Meriwether who was the son of John Meriwether and Mary Patterson Bell. He married to Cynthia Moore and they were the parents of 10 children.)
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Our father lies within this grave
God claims the life that He had given.
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Ann T. Meriwether Burton
1800–1840
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Elizabeth Pollard "Eliza" Meriwether Redfield Scott
1802–1863
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James Patterson Meriwether
1804–1882
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Louisa R Meriwether Cornelison
1806–1875
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Lucinda Caroline Meriwether Smith
1806–1885
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Hugh Finley Luckey Meriwether
1808–1844
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Mary Jane Meriwether
1811–1829
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Virginia Meriwether
1813–1830
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Sarah C. Merriwether Hand
1819–1861
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James Sylvester Meriwether
1839–1917
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William Henry Meriwether
1841–1922
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David Gregg Meriwether
1843–1933
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Louisa Meriwether
1845–1845
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Lucinda Meriwether
1845–1846
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Mary Bell Meriwether
1848–1849
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John Montgomery Meriwether Jr
1850–1934
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Elizabeth Meriwether
1853–1860
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Isaac Wesley "Ike" Meriwether
1854–1941
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George Richard Meriwether
1857–1863
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