James
Beverley
Meriweather

December 23, 1831 - May 31, 1899

Louisville, Kentucky

James Beverley Meriwether
Indiana State Journal (Indianapolis, IN), 7 June 1899

Jeffersonville, Ind., June 1—Col. James B. Merriwether, aged sixty-nine (sic-67), who was one of the best-known men in Indiana, died shortly after midnight in this city. For several years he been failing in health and suffered much from rheumatism, which almost entirely disabled him. Other complications set in about four months ago and it has been known for some time that he could not live but a short time. By his first wife he had two sons. His second wife survives him, but has no children. He was a Mason, Knight of Honor, Member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Grand Army. The funeral will take place Sunday.

Note: Headstone states he was born in 1838, but family histories have 1831 and all his Census entries indicate 1831/1832.