Adeline Elizabeth Meriwether
Louisville Courier Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)
December 18, 1965
Last Member of Pioneer Family Dies
Adeline Elizabeth Meriwether, last surviving member of one of Kentucky's oldest families, died at 6:30 p.m. Friday at her home, 969 Cherokee Road. She was 88.
She was a direct descendant of John J. Crittenden, and early Kentucky governor; of Meriwether Lewis, famed for the Lewis and Clark expedition, and of Zachary Taylor. She was the granddaughter of the late Col. Edmund Taylor, of Frankfort.
Miss Meriwether was a graduate of Collegiate School for Girls. She made her debut in Louisville in 1898, with the late Mrs. Cole Porter. She was a former member of the Colonial Dames.
Her brother, the late Edmund T. Meriwether, former vice president and cashier of Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co., died in 1961.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane. A private burial service will be in Cave Hill Cemetery. The body will be the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday.
Louisville Courier Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)
December 18, 1965
Last Member of Pioneer Family Dies
Adeline Elizabeth Meriwether, last surviving member of one of Kentucky's oldest families, died at 6:30 p.m. Friday at her home, 969 Cherokee Road. She was 88.
She was a direct descendant of John J. Crittenden, and early Kentucky governor; of Meriwether Lewis, famed for the Lewis and Clark expedition, and of Zachary Taylor. She was the granddaughter of the late Col. Edmund Taylor, of Frankfort.
Miss Meriwether was a graduate of Collegiate School for Girls. She made her debut in Louisville in 1898, with the late Mrs. Cole Porter. She was a former member of the Colonial Dames.
Her brother, the late Edmund T. Meriwether, former vice president and cashier of Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co., died in 1961.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane. A private burial service will be in Cave Hill Cemetery. The body will be the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday.
Adeline Elizabeth Meriwether
Louisville Courier Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)
December 18, 1965
Last Member of Pioneer Family Dies
Adeline Elizabeth Meriwether, last surviving member of one of Kentucky's oldest families, died at 6:30 p.m. Friday at her home, 969 Cherokee Road. She was 88.
She was a direct descendant of John J. Crittenden, and early Kentucky governor; of Meriwether Lewis, famed for the Lewis and Clark expedition, and of Zachary Taylor. She was the granddaughter of the late Col. Edmund Taylor, of Frankfort.
Miss Meriwether was a graduate of Collegiate School for Girls. She made her debut in Louisville in 1898, with the late Mrs. Cole Porter. She was a former member of the Colonial Dames.
Her brother, the late Edmund T. Meriwether, former vice president and cashier of Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co., died in 1961.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane. A private burial service will be in Cave Hill Cemetery. The body will be the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday.
Louisville Courier Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)
December 18, 1965
Last Member of Pioneer Family Dies
Adeline Elizabeth Meriwether, last surviving member of one of Kentucky's oldest families, died at 6:30 p.m. Friday at her home, 969 Cherokee Road. She was 88.
She was a direct descendant of John J. Crittenden, and early Kentucky governor; of Meriwether Lewis, famed for the Lewis and Clark expedition, and of Zachary Taylor. She was the granddaughter of the late Col. Edmund Taylor, of Frankfort.
Miss Meriwether was a graduate of Collegiate School for Girls. She made her debut in Louisville in 1898, with the late Mrs. Cole Porter. She was a former member of the Colonial Dames.
Her brother, the late Edmund T. Meriwether, former vice president and cashier of Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co., died in 1961.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Pearson's, 149 Breckenridge Lane. A private burial service will be in Cave Hill Cemetery. The body will be the funeral home after 2 p.m. Saturday.
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