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• Name: James Sylvester Meriwether
• Sex: M
• Birth: 29 JAN 1839 in Mooresville, Floyd County, Indiana
• Death: 22 MAY 1917 in Liberty Township, Crawford County, Indiana
• Person Id: I7451
• Tree Id: 616922

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Parents
Father:

• John Montgomery Meriwether: Birth: 11 MAR 1815 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Death: 29 NOV 1884 in Mooresville, Floyd County, Indiana
Mother:

• Cynthia Moore: Birth: 22 OCT 1820 in Mooresville, Floyd County, Indiana. Death: 14 NOV 1887 in Mooresville, Floyd County, Indiana

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Wealthy Scott on 25 OCT 1861 at Clark County, Indiana.
  
• Wealthy Scott: Birth: 12 JUN 1841 in Clark County, Indiana. Death: 31 JAN 1929 in Marengo, Crawford County, Indiana

Children:

1. David Henry Meriwether: Birth: 18 JUL 1862 in Indiana. Death: 3 NOV 1943 in Sycamore, Montgomery County, Kansas

2. Chesterfield "Chester" Meriwether: Birth: 30 APR 1864 in Crawford County, Indiana. Death: 15 SEP 1948 in Crawford County, Indiana

3. William Sherman Meriwether: Birth: 18 APR 1866 in Crawford County, Indiana. Death: 7 FEB 1929 in Marengo, Crawford County, Indiana

4. Ida Ann Meriwether: Birth: 21 MAY 1868 in Crawford County, Indiana. Death: 1952 in Marengo, Crawford County, Indiana

5. Della Jane Meriwether: Birth: 6 APR 1870 in Liberty Township, Crawford County, Indiana. Death: 17 APR 1965 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

6. Cora Belle Meriwether: Birth: 25 MAR 1872 in Crawford County, Indiana. Death: 1954 in Marengo, Crawford County, Indiana

7. James LeRoy Meriwether: Birth: 20 JAN 1874 in Crawford County, Indiana. Death: 23 FEB 1961 in Caddo County, Oklahoma

8. Lafayette Monroe "Lafe" Meriwether: Birth: 8 FEB 1876 in Crawford County, Indiana. Death: 15 FEB 1967 in Hydro, Caddo County, Oklahoma

9. Dora Laurettie Meriwether: Birth: 5 DEC 1877 in Crawford County, Indiana. Death: 23 JUL 1919 in Tillman County, Oklahoma

10. Effie Pearl Meriwether: Birth: 8 JAN 1880 in Marengo, Crawford County, Indiana. Death: 20 SEP 1966 in Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma

11. Emma Grace Meriwether: Birth: 21 MAR 1882 in Crawford County, Indiana. Death: 26 OCT 1965 in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana

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