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• Name: Richard Meriwether
• Sex: M
• Birth: 10 OCT 1777 in Virginia
• Death: 17 MAY 1850 in Shelby County, Kentucky
• Burial: Meriwether Cemetery, Christianburg, Shelby County, Kentucky.
• Person Id: I5747
• Tree Id: 621061

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Parents
Father:

• Nicholas Meriwether: Birth: 4 JUN 1749 in Goochland County, Virginia. Death: 28 APR 1828 in Shelby County, Kentucky
Mother:

• Elizabeth Meriwether: Birth: ABT 28 FEB 1755 in Goochland County, Virginia. Death: 27 NOV 1784 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Thornton on AFT 9 NOV 1818 at Jefferson County, Kentucky.
  
• Elizabeth Fitzhugh Thornton: Birth: 22 JAN 1796. Death: 29 JAN 1822 in Shelby County, Kentucky

Children:

1. Richard Meriwether: Birth: 20 SEP 1819 in Kentucky. Death: ABT JUN 1871

2. Fitzhugh Meriwether: Birth: 1820/1822. Death: 1822

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Susannah Fitzhugh Thornton on 8 or 10 Jul 1823 at Caroline County, Virginia.
  
• Susannah Fitzhugh Thornton: Birth: 22 JAN 1796 in Virginia. Death: in Shelby County, Kentucky

Children:

1. Thornton Meriwether: Birth: 25 JUL 1824 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Death: 12 MAR 1868 in Shelby County, Kentucky

2. Anthony Meriwether: Birth: 18 AUG 1829 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Death: 30 JUN 1849 in Kentucky

3. Elizabeth Fitzhugh "Bettie" Meriwether: Birth: 10 MAY 1831 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Death: 16 JUL 1854 in Shelby County, Kentucky

4. George Wood Meriwether: Birth: 28 JAN 1834 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Death: 5 MAR 1916 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

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