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• Name: James Burnley Meriwether
• Sex: M
• Birth: 22 NOV 1799 in Shelby County, Kentucky
• Death: 19 JUL 1856 in Ray, Morgan County, Indiana
• Burial: Samaria Cemetery, Paragon, Morgan County, Indiana.
• Person Id: I9991
• Tree Id: 621061

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Parents
Father:

• James Meriwether: Birth: 1756 in Virginia. Death: 24 OCT 1801 in Jefferson County, Kentucky
Mother:

• Sarah Meriwether: Birth: 12 FEB 1764 in Goochland County, Virginia. Death: ABT 1814 in Shelby County, Kentucky

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Louisa Cardwell on 1 MAY 1823 at Shelby County, Kentucky.
  
• Louisa Cardwell: Birth: ABT 1806 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Death: 21 FEB 1875 in Mercer County, Kentucky

Children:

1. James Burnley Meriwether: Birth: 1 MAY 1824 in Kentucky. Death: 20 DEC 1831 in Kentucky

2. Mary George Meriwether: Birth: 29 MAR 1827 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Death: 24 JUL 1828 in Kentucky

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Elizabeth Maxey Taylor on 19 DEC 1830 at Floyd County, Indiana.
  
• Elizabeth Maxey Taylor: Birth: ABT 1809 in Kentucky.

Children:

1. Nancy Burnley Meriwether: Birth: 22 DEC 1831 in Floyd County, Indiana. Death: 6 FEB 1905 in Neal, Cumberland County, Illinois

2. Mary V. Meriwether: Birth: 3 JUN 1833 in Floyd County, Indiana. Death: 17 APR 1904 in Toledo, Cumberland County, Illinois

3. Robert T. Merriweather: Birth: ABT 1835 in Indiana or Kentucky. Death: 22 FEB 1863 in Rutherford County, Tennessee

4. Beason Overstreet Meriwether: Birth: ABT 1836 in Indiana. Death: 6 FEB 1891 in Indiana

5. Sarah J. Meriwether: Birth: ABT 1838 in Indiana.

6. William Dale Meriwether: Birth: 14 MAR 1841 in Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. Death: 12 AUG 1910 in Toledo, Cumberland County, Illinois

7. Elizabeth Meriwether: Birth: 9 OCT 1843 in Morgan County, Indiana. Death: 10 JUN 1911 in Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois

8. James Meriwether: Birth: 1845–1846 in Morgan County, Indiana. Death: 3 JUN 1880 in Gosport, Owen County, Indiana

9. Rachel Meriwether: Birth: 1 SEP 1848 in Ray, Morgan County, Indiana. Death: 20 MAY 1922 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri

10. Cleopatra "Cleo" Meriwether: Birth: 26 JUL 1852 in Morgan County, Illinois. Death: 28 AUG 1928 in Effingham, Montrose County, Indiana

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