Meriwether, John H.

Born: 1808-07-02 Baltimore County, Maryland

Died: 1863-10-15 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: Sangamon County, Illinois

In 1834, Meriwether married Elizabeth Hummell in Ohio. In 1839, they moved west to Springfield, Illinois, where Meriwether established himself as a merchant and later as a farmer.

John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 519-20.