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Note: N2779 The Hernando Press (Hernando, DeSoto County, MS), 25 May 1871, Thursday
Died at his residence in Hernando, on Saturday the 20th inst., Col. Charles Meriwether, in the sixty-seventh year of his age.
Col. Meriwether was born in Oglethorpe county, Georgia, of that family of Meriwethers' [sic] who have borne a distinguished place in the public affairs of several Southern States, as well as the Federal Government.
He spent his early years and up to middle age near Lexington, in his native county, where he was much known for his success as a planter and for his energy and skill in every business which he undertook. It was often remarked that his example as a cultivator of the soil, was worth many thousands of dollars to his neighborhood. He was quite methodical and uniform in his conduct--doing the same thing often and always in the same way—quiet in forming his opinions—inflexible in his decision and prompt to carry them out.
In his business relations he was the soul of honor—tenaciously adhering to his engagements and carrying them out with punctuality, not in letter merely but in spirit. In his family he was kind and affectionate, a good husband, and a liberal father. He was for many years a member of the Methodist church, illustrating the character of a Christian man—correct without ostentation and pious and humble without affectation—and when called away by his master, he went cheerfully without a murmur at the summons.
No man could have been taken from the community, who will be more missed or more regretted--his family will miss his affection and kind support—his friend the true and tried companion—and the country the upright citizen.
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