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Note: N2950 Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL), 23 May 1915
Benjamin Baldwin Meriwether was born in Montgomery County, near Matthews Station, Ala., November, 1842, and died near Mitchell's Station, Bullock County, within three miles of where he was born, May 3, 1915, in the seventy-third year of his age.
In April, 1861, when the call for volunteers was made, Ben Meriwether was one of the first to enroll his name on the roster of the Metropolitan Guards, a Company composed of the flower and pick of Montgomery County. Winston Hunter was elected Captain and Lomax, Colonel of the Third Alabama Regiment, to which the Metropolitan Guards was attached. Lomax, than whom a braver man never donned a soldier's uniform, was killed while leading his regiment at the battle of Seven Pines. Ben Meriwether remained in Virginia, following Jackson and Lee until Lee surrendered at Appomattox, April 9, 1865. He returned to the home of his youth, there settled down, went to work to help build up its waste places.
He was twice married and both wives preceded him to the grave, the last one just one week. His first wife was Sallie White Reid, a niece of ex-Governor Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who was afterward United States Senator from Alabama. Her father was once sheriff of Montgomery County. His second wife was Miss Josie Mitchell, daughter of Captain Thomas Mitchell, of Elmore County.
He leaves three sons and four daughters to mourn his loss, who are Mrs. N. G. Lifford, David and R. E. Meriwether of Mongtomery, Mrs. R. O. Campbell of Fitzpatrick, P. F., Mary and Nina Meriwether of Matthews.
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Note: N2953 The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama), 4 May 1915 (Tuesday)
FUNERAL NOTICE
Friends and acquintance of Mrs. R. O. Campbell, Mrs. W. G. Lillard, P. F. Merriweather, B. F. Merriweather, F. B. Merriweather and Miss Mary and Nina Merriweather are requested to attend the funeral of their father, B B. Merriweather at the Crews Cemetery, Tuesday, May 4, 3 P.M.
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Note: N2951 He served for the Confederate States of America, being a sergeant in the Third Alabama, Company "F", the members of which were known as the Sharpshooters. His name appears on the marble arch in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala., in commemoration of his service to the Cause.
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