 1752 - 1837 (84 years)
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| Name |
MERIWETHER Lucy [1] |
| Birth |
4 Feb 1752 |
North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
1837 |
North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA [1] |
Address:
Locust Hill Graveyard
Albemarle County, Va |
| Burial |
North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA [1] |
- She started the Locust Hill Graveyard in 1810, probably on the hopes that she could have Meriwether's body re-interred there from Tennessee, and because her son-in-law Edmund Anderson and a neighbor died that year and needed to be buried. She lived there until her death in 1837 with her widowed daughter Jane Lewis Anderson.
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| Notes |
- Lucy Meriwether Lewis Marks
Lucy Meriwether was born at Cloverfields on February 4, 1752. She married William Lewis of Locust Hill; he died in 1779 and she married Captain John Marks six months later. Lucy Meriwether was well known in Albemarle County throughout her adult life. Besides being the mother of the famed explorer, she had medical skills and often rode throughout the county to treat the sick. Even into old-age, she thought nothing of riding several miles to go treat an ill acquaintance.
She is reported to have notable culinary and intellectual skills as well. She could not afford many books, but collected a small library throughout her life. In her will, she was careful to address the dispersion of the books among her offspring; appraisers valued the total collection at the modern equivalent of several hundred dollars.
With regards to her cooking, Thomas Jefferson reportedly remarked "Merriwether Lewis' mother made very nice hams-better than even Monticello could produce."
A male acquaintance once described her as having a perfect person and complimented her on having "activity beyond her sex." She even scared away a crowd of rowdy British soldiers during the time that she lived at Locust Hill, her husband's family's home, with a rifle. That rifle came in handy as well when a hunting party from Locust Hill failed to kill a deer. A deer however had been cornered onto the grounds of Locust Hill by the party hounds, and Mrs. Lewis-Marks shot it and turned it into a succulent dinner before the party even returned.
Lucy Meriwether Lewis Marks gave birth to Jane Meriwether Lewis, Meriwether Lewis, Lucinda Lewis (who died in childhood) and Reuben Lewis while married to William Lewis and John Marks and Mary Garland Marks while married to Captain John Marks. Both Reuben and John (II) grew up to become doctors, taking after their mother's medicinal abilities.
Lucy Meriwether Lewis Marks was widowed a second time in 1791. She returned to Albemarle for good, and Locust Hill became her property after Meriwether's mysterious death in 1809. She started the Locust Hill Graveyard in 1810, probably on the hopes that she could have Meriwether's body re-interred there from Tennessee, and because her son-in-law Edmund Anderson and a neighbor died that year and needed to be buried. She lived there until her death in 1837 with her widowed daughter Jane Lewis Anderson. [1]
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| Person ID |
I9209 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
9 Sep 2015 |
| Family 1 |
LEWIS William, b. Abt 1735, Locust Hill, Albemarle, Virginia d. 14 Nov 1779, Cloverfields, Albemarle, Virginia (Age ~ 44 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. LEWIS Jane Meriwether, b. 5 Mar 1770 d. 15 Mar 1845 (Age 75 years) |
| | 2. LEWIS Meriwether, b. 18 Aug 1774, North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 11 Oct 1809, Grinder's Switch, Tenn (Age 35 years) |
| | 3. LEWIS Lucinda d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Dr. LEWIS Reuben, b. 1777 d. 1844 (Age 67 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3080 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
11 Jul 2009 |
| Family 2 |
Capt. MARKS John d. 1791 |
| Marriage |
May 1780 |
- Lucy Meriwether was born at Cloverfields on February 4, 1752. She married William Lewis of Locust Hill; he died in 1779 and she married Captain John Marks six months later.
In November of 1779, William Lewis died of Pneumonia. Less than six months later on May 13, 1780, Lucy married Capt. John Marks. [1]
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| Children |
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| Family ID |
F3081 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Dec 2010 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 4 Feb 1752 - North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA |
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| Death - Address:
Locust Hill Graveyard
Albemarle County, Va - 1837 - North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA |
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| Burial - - North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA |
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| Sources |
- [S1048] The Meriwether Family, (http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/students/projects/homesteads/genealogy/meriwethers.html), accessed Jul 1, 2009) (Reliability: 2).
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