Benjamin Baldwin Meriwether
b. 14 November 1845, d. 3 May 1915
- Father: Thomas Meriwether b. 15 March 1812, d. 3 November 1891
- Mother: Elizabeth Matilda Baldwin b. 28 July 1821, d. 14 January 1861
- Benjamin Baldwin Meriwether was born on 14 November 1845 in Montgomery County, Alabama, or possibly 1845.
- Thomas Meriwether and Elizabeth Matilda Baldwin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Alabama, enumerated near Thomas's father, and near the households of his brothers James, Nick and Charles. Other members of the household included Benjamin Baldwin Meriwether, William George Meriwether, Frank Valentine Meriwether, Mary Tabitha Meriwether, Charles L. Meriwether, Joseph Nicholas Meriwether, Nancy Elizabeth Meriwether, Thomas Meriwether, Bird H. Meriwether, David Meriwether and Frances Meriwether.
- He married Sarah Reid on 7 February 1866 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- He married Josephine Mitchell on 27 February 1877 in Elmore County, Alabama, with H. Clay Hall officiating.
- Benjamin Baldwin Meriwether and Josephine Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Greenwood, Bullock County, Alabama, and children not yet recorded.
- Benjamin Baldwin Meriwether became a widower at the 26 April 1915 death of his wife Josephine Mitchell.
- Benjamin Baldwin Meriwether died on 3 May 1915 at age 69 in Bullock County, Alabama.
- He was interred at Crews Cemetery, Fitzpatrick, Bullock County, Alabama, near Mitchell Station.
- Last Edited: 27 Feb 2012
Family 1: Sarah Reid b. circa 1845, d. 17 October 1874
Family 2: Josephine Mitchell b. February 1855, d. 26 April 1915
- Mary Meriwether b. circa 1891, d. 23 February 1971
- Nina Meriwether b. circa 1894, d. 30 January 1967