REUBEN HANDY MERIWEATHER ESQ.
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Rueben Handy Meriweather Esq.
b. June 20, 1820
Cooksville, Howard County, Maryland
d. June 10, 1910
Long Creek Township, Macon County, Illinois
buried: June 15, 1910
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FATHER
Thomas Beale Dorsey Meriweather
(1786-1836)
MOTHER
Maria Handy
(1795-1847)
MARRIED
Hester Ann Austin
(1825-1895)
November 3, 1846
Washington, District of Columbia, Maryland
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CHILDREN
with Hester
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NOTE:
Reuben's grandfather,
Reuben Meriweather,
fought in the
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
a lawyer & member of Congress
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* Rueben was friends and went to Kenyon College in Ohio with Rutherfor B. Hayes
who later became president of the United States.
* 1855 - February 5. Appointed U. S. Postmaster, Ilahester Mills, Howard County, Maryland.
* It is believed that Reuben was the first college graduate in Macon County.
* Served as Deputy Circuit Clerk for 4 years under William Hammer.
* Served as Master of Chancery for Macon County 1864-1873.
* Became a lawyer.
* Mayor of Decatur - 1875-1876. Known for the decisive vote changing the current private library -
"Ladies' Library Society" into a public library.
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The Decatur Herald
(Decatur, Illinois)
11 JUN 1910 * page 2
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