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Meriwether Records Website
Sharon Pike has been hard at work compiling various records pertaining to the Meriwether Society and has now created a new web site to contain them. Check out "Meriwether Records" in the Resources section of this web site.
Reunion 2009
Reunion information is now available on the web site, as well as in the latest Meriwether Connections newsletter.
2007 Meriwether Society Reunion Pictures
I have been posting pictures from the 2007 Meriwether Society Reunion held recently in Williamsburg, Virginia. I hope you'll take the time to view them. We had such a great time.
Sharon Pike
New Store Items...
Check out the new Meriwether Crest Christmas ornament and key chain, available in the Society Store!
New resources added...
We've added a few links to the Resources section:
1. Other TMSI Resources - Kentucky Death Index and Abstracts
2. Meriwether Society Photo Collection - a link to our Webshots Photo Album maintained by Sharon. Contact her if you have photos to share or contribute.
Sgt. John Ordway Statue at Fort Lewis...
In 2006, The Meriwether Society was a major donor to the construction of a statue of Capt. Meriwether Lewis and his dog, Seaman, which was dedicated last fall on a public park/plaza at the entrance to Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington. A companion statue of Sgt. John Ordway was also commissioned to honor the non-commissioned officer who was an instrumental part in the success of the Corps of Discovery. The statue is to be dedicated this weekend, with Col. Mike Kendall representing The Meriwether Society. I just received an email from the sculptor, John Jewell, with a link to an article about the new statue and the dedication ceremony, which will be open to the general public. If you are in the area, please try to attend!
Sgt. Ordway Statue Dedication (23 Sep 2006)
Here are companion links:
AUSA info on Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Seaman statues.
For being a major donor to the Lewis statue project, The Meriwether Society received a miniature version of the statue, based on the sculptor's maquette, that will be on display at the Meriwether Reunion in 2007. We then hope to have it on permanent dispay at the Virginia Historical Society rotunda. We'll have more info and pictures on the web of our beautiful miniature soon.
Web site updates...
We've added a link in the Projects section to a description of the Meriwether Book Project. We can always use volunteers to help, so check it out.
Also, Guy Benson has added nice biographical sketches for Francis II (M13) and Thomas (M15). We are missing biographical sketches of many, so if you know something about one of them, write it up and send it to Joe Oglesby!
Finally, a Metrics section has been added to each Family Group page that identifies how many descendants of that Meriwether are documented (some well, some poorly!) in the TMSI Research Database. We've also completed listing the MeriReps for each FG and the Meriwether Book Project planned to update and publish the information about that FG. You'll note a number of Vacancies and missing Book Projects due to lack of a volunteer, so if you have an interest to help, please contact us.
General John Hartwell Cocke of "Bremo"
John Hartwell Cocke's son, Brig. Gen. Phillip St. George Cocke, married Sarah Elizabeth Courtney Bowdoin, a descendant of Jane Meriwether and William Browne (FG M14). The link below is to an interesting research thesis on the effect of slavery on one anti-slavery slaveholder.
Albemarle homes...
The Albemarle Historical Society has pictures of a selected set of Albemarale county homes and plantations on its web site. Quite a few of these are connected to the Meriwether family. If someone sends me a list of those that are, I'll post it.
http://www.albemarlehistory.org
http://www.albemarlehistory.org/MiltonWaffIndex.htm
Other Societies links...
In the Resources section, I have added information on other Societies that Meriwether descendants might be interested in joining. Hope you find it of interest.
New Format!
Welcome to the Meriwether Society Home Page, v2.0! The original site has been around for almost 10 years and was in need of a lot of work. Here is the start of the new site, using modern web tools to allow us to more quickly make changes, plus create a site with a consistent look throughout. We have a lot of info to add, especially to the Resources and Projects sections. I hope you find the new site helpful in your Meriwether research.
In Memorium: Gordon Meriwether
Captain Gordon Kenyon Meriwether, Jr., Ph.D., a past president of The Meriwether Society, passed away Friday, March 10 in Pensacola from complications from pneumonia. The Society expresses our condolences to his family and mourns the loss of a good friend.
New Meriwether
Casey Andrew Poole arrived about 7:45 pm on August 31, 2006. Casey is the son of Adam and Andrea (Boulton) Poole and grandson of Max and Marcia (Meriwether) Bouton. Congratulations on the newest Meriwether!