Robert Samuel Meriwether (1855-1934)

Robert Samuel Meriwether

Birth

1 Oct 1855

Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama, USA

Death

15 Nov 1934 (aged 79)

Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA

Burial

Greenwood Cemetery

Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA Show Map

Plot

Section 3

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Robert was one of eleven children born to James Sturdivant Meriwether and Susan T. Reid.He married Ardelia J. "Delia" Sellers on 2 Sep 1879 in Hayneville, Alabama; they were the parents of three children. After the death of Delia in 1884, he married Georgia Alabama "Allie" Hornaday on 30 Nov 1890 in Fort Deposit, Alabama. They were the parents of six children. Robert was a farmer or farm manager during his lifetime. He died in Montgomery, with his sons serving as pallbearers.

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The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama), 16 November 1934, Friday

Robert Meriwether Dies At Home Here
Robert S. Meriwether, 79, a resident of Montgomery for more than 30 years, died at his heme on the Narrow Lane Road at 10 o'clock last night after a long illness.

Mr. Meriwether was a native of Lowndes County, where be was born Oct. 1, 1855. He was a prominent farmer and business man in Lowndes County before moving to Montgomery, having wide interests in the dairy industry.

For many years be was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church, and the Big Brothers Bible Class.

Surviving are his widow, five sons, G. A. and J. H. Meriwether, both of Mobile, Robert Meriwether, of Pensacola, Fla., Joseph F. Meriwether, of Selma. and Gordon K. Meriwether, of Montgomery; three daughters, Mrs. Marshall H. Green and Mrs. Allen A. Poindexter, Jr, both of Montgomery, and Mrs. A. A. Williams, of Evergreen, and a number of grandchildren.

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The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama), 18 November 1934, Sunday

ROBERT SAMUEL MERIWETHER.
The funeral for Robert Samuel Meriwether was held from Memory Chapel yesterday at 11 a m. Pallbearer were J. H. Meriwether, G. A. Meriwether, Bob Meriwether, Joe F. Meriwether, Gordon K. Meriwether, and Brannon Meriwether. Dr. H. M. Andrew and Dr. Donald O. MacGuire officiated. Burial was in Greenwood.
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