G. W. Meriwether, Retired Shelby Farmer, Dead
George Wood Meriwether, 82 years old, died of senility at 4:15 o'clock yesterday morning at the Jewish Hospital. He was one of the best known farmers in Shelby county until his retirement several years ago. He came to this city and made his home at 651 South Seventh street.
Although he lived practically all of his life on a farm, Mr. Meriwether was an ardent Greek and Latin scholar and possessed one of the finest libraries in the State. He is survived by a son, Lewis Meriwether, of this city, and a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Bucher, of Memphis, Tenn. The body will be sent to Shelbyville at noon today. Burial will be at the old Meriwether burial place near Christiansburg.
Louisville Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)
March 6, 1916
Deaths
Meriwether -- Sunday, March 5, 1916, at 4:15 a.m., at the Jewish Hospital, George Wood Meriwether, in his eighty-third year.
Funeral from Cralle's chapel. Burial private in Grove Hill cemetery, Shelbyville, Ky., Monday at 3 o'clock.
George Wood Meriwether, 82 years old, died of senility at 4:15 o'clock yesterday morning at the Jewish Hospital. He was one of the best known farmers in Shelby county until his retirement several years ago. He came to this city and made his home at 651 South Seventh street.
Although he lived practically all of his life on a farm, Mr. Meriwether was an ardent Greek and Latin scholar and possessed one of the finest libraries in the State. He is survived by a son, Lewis Meriwether, of this city, and a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Bucher, of Memphis, Tenn. The body will be sent to Shelbyville at noon today. Burial will be at the old Meriwether burial place near Christiansburg.
Louisville Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)
March 6, 1916
Deaths
Meriwether -- Sunday, March 5, 1916, at 4:15 a.m., at the Jewish Hospital, George Wood Meriwether, in his eighty-third year.
Funeral from Cralle's chapel. Burial private in Grove Hill cemetery, Shelbyville, Ky., Monday at 3 o'clock.
G. W. Meriwether, Retired Shelby Farmer, Dead
George Wood Meriwether, 82 years old, died of senility at 4:15 o'clock yesterday morning at the Jewish Hospital. He was one of the best known farmers in Shelby county until his retirement several years ago. He came to this city and made his home at 651 South Seventh street.
Although he lived practically all of his life on a farm, Mr. Meriwether was an ardent Greek and Latin scholar and possessed one of the finest libraries in the State. He is survived by a son, Lewis Meriwether, of this city, and a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Bucher, of Memphis, Tenn. The body will be sent to Shelbyville at noon today. Burial will be at the old Meriwether burial place near Christiansburg.
Louisville Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)
March 6, 1916
Deaths
Meriwether -- Sunday, March 5, 1916, at 4:15 a.m., at the Jewish Hospital, George Wood Meriwether, in his eighty-third year.
Funeral from Cralle's chapel. Burial private in Grove Hill cemetery, Shelbyville, Ky., Monday at 3 o'clock.
George Wood Meriwether, 82 years old, died of senility at 4:15 o'clock yesterday morning at the Jewish Hospital. He was one of the best known farmers in Shelby county until his retirement several years ago. He came to this city and made his home at 651 South Seventh street.
Although he lived practically all of his life on a farm, Mr. Meriwether was an ardent Greek and Latin scholar and possessed one of the finest libraries in the State. He is survived by a son, Lewis Meriwether, of this city, and a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Bucher, of Memphis, Tenn. The body will be sent to Shelbyville at noon today. Burial will be at the old Meriwether burial place near Christiansburg.
Louisville Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)
March 6, 1916
Deaths
Meriwether -- Sunday, March 5, 1916, at 4:15 a.m., at the Jewish Hospital, George Wood Meriwether, in his eighty-third year.
Funeral from Cralle's chapel. Burial private in Grove Hill cemetery, Shelbyville, Ky., Monday at 3 o'clock.
Gravesite Details
Location No. 257, Section "F". Lot purchased jointly by Thornton Meriwether and George Wood Meriwether, 29 June 1864. Amount paid by George Wood Meriwether: $64.25.
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