William Thomas Meriwether
Full Name: William Thomas MeriwetherOther surnames: Merriwether
Date of birth: April 16, 1843
Date of death: December 27, 1898
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 81 | Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 | 19th | Democrat | Pearsall / Frio | Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala |
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House District 81
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 Legislatures: 19th Party: Democrat Home City/County: Pearsall / Frio Counties in district: Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala |
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Resolutions and Journal entries
- W.T. Merriwether. House Journal.
- Memorial resolution, 19th Legislature, 3/21/1885, pp. 369. Condolences on the death of George Meriwether extended to the Honorable Thomas Meriwether. Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, W.T. Merriwether, pp. 42-43. Born 4/16/1846 in the western district of Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, William Thomas Meriwether, pp. 518-519. Born 4/16/1843 in Obion County, Tennessee, married Lucy Hill on 11/20/1866 in Victoria County, Texas. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, 4th Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade, enlisted 5/17/1862. William Thomas Meriwether, death date 12/27/1898 in Bexar County; widow Mrs. Lucy Meriwether, marriage date 11/15/1866 in Victoria County. Pension File No. 18495, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Includes memorial resolution adopted at meeting of the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp, No. 144, United Confederate Veterans, San Antonio, Texas; birth date 4/16/1843, death date 12/27/1898. Ancestry.com.
- Confederate States Army, Private, Company D, 4th Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, W.T. Meriweather, birth date 4/16/1843, death date 12/19/1898, burial in Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County. Includes biographical information and reprint of obituary in the Daily Express (San Antonio, Texas), 12/28/1898. Find a Grave.
Other Resources
- William T. Meriwether. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
- Note on legislative proceedings, 4/4/1885, p. 3. ". . . whereas George Merriwether, member of the 18th legislature, was killed at Goliad yesterday, the sympathy of the legislature be extended to his brother, Hon. Tom Merriwether, a member of this house. . ." Relatives: George Merriwether and William Thomas Merriwether, brothers. Wise County Messenger.
Photographs
- Photograph. W.T. Merriwether, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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19th R.S. - 1885
Judiciary No. 1 Penitentiaries Stock and Stock Raising |
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