Hester (Austin) Merriweather (abt. 1825 - 1895)

Born about 1825 in Salisbury, Wicomico, Maryland, United States

Wife of Reuben Handy (Merriweather) Meriweather — married 3 Nov 1846 in District of Columbia, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1895 at about age 70 in Long Creek Township, Macon, Illinois, United States

Biography

Hester was born about 1825 and died in 1895.

Sources

• "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNR1-9K6 : 1 June 2015), Reubin H Merriweather and Hester A Austin, 03 Nov 1846; citing p. 25, Records Office, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,079,172.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4Q-QHL : 4 April 2020), Rueben Merryweather, Baltimore county, part of, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing family 1937, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4Z-8KS : 13 December 2017), Horton Meriwether in entry for Reuben Meriwether, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HQ-LWW : 11 June 2019), Hester Merriweather in entry for Reuben Merriweather, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVN-VWT : 19 August 2017), Hester A Merriweather in household of Rueben H Merriweather, Long Creek, Macon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 156, sheet 477C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,229.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #82966141
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4D-7J7 : accessed 27 September 2019), Reuben K Meriwether, Long Creek Township, Macon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 2A, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,324. Marital status: widowed
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3JK-J7G : 8 March 2018), Hester A. Austin in entry for Herbert Merriweather, 30 May 1925; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,503,935.
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ77-2GX : 9 March 2018), Hester A Austen in entry for John Austin Merriweather, 03 Mar 1933; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,684,957.