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Meriwether (name)
Meriwether has been used as both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Chuck Meriwether (1956-2019), American Major League Baseball umpire * Colyer Meriwether (1858–1920), American historian, educator and writer * David Meriwether (other), multiple people, including: **David Meriwether (Georgia politician) (1755–1822), Congressional Representative from Georgia ** David Meriwether (Kentucky politician) (1800–1893), Senator from Kentucky and Governor of New Mexico * Delano Meriwether (born 1943), American doctor and track and field athlete * Elizabeth Meriwether (born 1981), American playwright and screenwriter * Elizabeth Avery Meriwether (1824–1916), American author, publisher and activist in the women's suffrage movement * James Meriwether (1789–1854), American politician and lawyer from Georgia * James Archibald Meriwether (1806–1852), American politician and lawyer from Georgia * John Meriwether (born 1947), American hed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Meriwether
Julius Edward "Chuck" Meriwether (June 30, 1956 – October 26, 2019) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire. After working in the American League (AL) from 1988 to 1999, he umpired in both leagues from 2000 to 2009. Meriwether originally wore number 32, but in 2004 switched to number 14. Career After graduating from Athens State College in 1978, he first umpired in the minor leagues in 1979, reaching the American Association in 1986 before continuing up to the AL. He was an umpire in the 2004 World Series and the 2007 World Series, and in the All-Star Game in 1996 and 2002. He also umpired in the 2003 National League Championship Series and the 2006 American League Championship Series, and in eight Division Series (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, and 2009). He was the third base umpire for the single-game playoff to decide the National League's 2007 wild card team. He was the third base umpire for David Cone's perfect game on July 18, 1999, and the second base umpir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Meriwether
Louise Meriwether (born May 8, 1923) is an American novelist, essayist, journalist and activist, as well as a writer of biographies of historically important African Americans for children. She is best known for her first novel, '' Daddy Was a Number Runner'' (1970), which draws on autobiographical elements about growing up in Harlem during the Depression and in the era after the Harlem Renaissance. Early life and education She was born in Haverstraw, New York, to the married couple Marion Lloyd Jenkins and Julia Jenkins. After the stock market crash of October 1929, her parents had migrated north in search of work, from South Carolina, where her father was a painter and bricklayer and her mother worked as a domestic.Meriwether, Louise Jenkins (1923– ) Blackpast.org. Meriwether grew up in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriwether (other)
Meriwether may refer to: People * Meriwether (name), includes a list of people with the name * Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809), American explorer, soldier, and public administrator Places * Meriwether, Louisville, a neighborhood in Kentucky, United States * Meriwether, Georgia, an unincorporated community, United States * Meriwether County, Georgia, United States Other * SS ''Meriwether Lewis'', a Liberty ship built in the US during World War II * Meriwether (band), American rock band, and the title to their 2004 EP * Meriwether National Golf Club, located near Hillsboro, Oregon * The Meriwether, a pair of condominium towers in Portland, Oregon See also * Camp Meriwether (other) * Merryweather (other) * Merriweather Merriweather is a surname deriving from the Middle English ''merie'', meaning 'merry pleasant' and ''wether'', meaning weather. Notable people with the surname "Merriweather" include *Alfred Merriweather (1918–1999), British missionary and polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriwether Lewis Walker
Meriwether Lewis Walker (September 30, 1869 – July 29, 1947) was an officer in the United States Army with the rank of Brigadier General, who served as a Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1924 to 1928. Biography Walker was born on September 30, 1869 in Lynchburg, Virginia as the son of Thomas Lidsay and Catherine Dabney Walker. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated from this institution in the summer of 1893. He was also commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , colors = , anniversaries = 16 June (Organization Day) , battles = , battles_label = Wars , website = , commander1 = .... He served as a director of the Army Field Engineering School from 1912 to 1914. He served as chief engineer of Punitive Expeditions into Mexico from 1916 to 1917. He was chief engineer of American E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriwether Smith
Meriwether Smith (1730 – January 25, 1790) was an American planter from Essex County, Virginia. Smith was first elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1770. He was a vocal opponent of the 1765 Stamp Act, and a representative in the revolutionary conventions that replaced the burgesses in 1775 and 1776. He was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1778, 1779, and 1780, although he did not serve the 1779 term. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1776 to 1778 and again in 1781. In 1788 he was a member of the Virginia convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution; an Anti-Federalist Anti-Federalism was a late-18th century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed History of the United States Constitution#1788 ratification, the ratification of the 1787 United St ..., he voted against ratification. Smith was married twice, first to Alice Lee in 1760 and after her death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark. Their mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, establish trade with, and sovereignty over the natives near the Missouri River, and claim the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Country for the United States before European nations. They also collected scientific data, and information on indigenous nations. President Thomas Jefferson appointed him Governor of Upper Louisiana in 1806. He died of gunshot wounds in what was either a murder or suicide, in 1809. Life and work Meriwether Lewis was born August 18, 1774, on Locust Hill Plantation in Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, in the present-day community of Ivy. He was the son of William Lewis, of Welsh ancestry, and Lucy Meriwether, of English ancestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr
Meriwether may refer to: People * Meriwether (name), includes a list of people with the name * Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809), American explorer, soldier, and public administrator Places * Meriwether, Louisville, a neighborhood in Kentucky, United States * Meriwether, Georgia, an unincorporated community, United States * Meriwether County, Georgia, United States Other * SS ''Meriwether Lewis'', a Liberty ship built in the US during World War II * Meriwether (band), American rock band, and the title to their 2004 EP * Meriwether National Golf Club, located near Hillsboro, Oregon * The Meriwether, a pair of condominium towers in Portland, Oregon See also * Camp Meriwether (other) * Merryweather (other) * Merriweather Merriweather is a surname deriving from the Middle English ''merie'', meaning 'merry pleasant' and ''wether'', meaning weather. Notable people with the surname "Merriweather" include *Alfred Merriweather (1918–1999), British missionary and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr
Meriwether may refer to: People * Meriwether (name), includes a list of people with the name * Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809), American explorer, soldier, and public administrator Places * Meriwether, Louisville, a neighborhood in Kentucky, United States * Meriwether, Georgia, an unincorporated community, United States * Meriwether County, Georgia, United States Other * SS ''Meriwether Lewis'', a Liberty ship built in the US during World War II * Meriwether (band), American rock band, and the title to their 2004 EP * Meriwether National Golf Club, located near Hillsboro, Oregon * The Meriwether, a pair of condominium towers in Portland, Oregon See also * Camp Meriwether (other) * Merryweather (other) * Merriweather Merriweather is a surname deriving from the Middle English ''merie'', meaning 'merry pleasant' and ''wether'', meaning weather. Notable people with the surname "Merriweather" include *Alfred Merriweather (1918–1999), British missionary an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriwether Clark (other) (1846–1899), American businessman and horse racing manager
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Meriwether Clark may refer to: * Meriwether Lewis Clark (1809–1879), U.S. Army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil War * Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. (January 27, 1846 – April 22, 1899) was the founder of the Louisville Jockey Club and the builder of Churchill Downs, where the Kentucky Derby is run. Life and career He was grandson of explorer and Missouri governor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter Meriwether
Porter Louis Meriwether (March 16, 1940 – November 13, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Syracuse Nationals after a collegiate career at Tennessee State University. Meriwether scored 119 points in his NBA career. He was drafted by the Hawaii Chiefs of the ABL, but chose to sign with the Nationals in the more established NBA. From 1963-1969, Meriwether played with the Chicago Bombers. Beginning in 1964-1965, he led the North American Basketball League The North American Basketball League (NABL) is an American minor professional basketball league organization founded in 2016. History Formed in 2016, the NABL began with 10 teams based in the South and Southwest regions of the United States. ... in scoring for three consecutive seasons, averaging 28.1, 28.3 and 29.9 points. Following his basketball career, he was employed by the Cook County (Illinois) Public Defender Office.http://boards.a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Meriwether
Col. Nicholas Meriwether (October 26, 1665 – 1744) was a wealthy land owner of Colony of Virginia. Meriwether amassed a huge quantity of land; owning around 33,000 acres in total. In 1735 he began building his plantation home known as "The Farm", in Goochland County, Virginia. The area later became the site of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia in Albemarle County. He married Elizabeth Crawford, the daughter of Col. David Crawford one time Virginia Burgess.Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family, Merrow Egerton Sorley, page 806, 1935. They had nine children, four sons and five daughters. The will of Nicholas Meriwether is notable as being one of the longest on record during the colonial period of Virginia. It was witnessed by the father of Thomas Jefferson, Peter Jefferson Peter Jefferson (February 29, 1708 – August 17, 1757) was a planter, cartographer and politician in colonial Virginia best known for being the father of the third president of the United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Meriwether
Nana Meriwether (born May 24, 1985) is an American philanthropist, former professional volleyball player, and beauty pageant titleholder. She competed at Miss USA 2012, representing Maryland, and finished as the first runner-up. On December 19, 2012, winner Olivia Culpo won Miss Universe 2012, and Meriwether assumed the title of Miss USA three weeks later. She is additionally the cofounder of the nonprofit organization the Meriwether Foundation, and a two-time All-American volleyball player at University of California, Los Angeles. Life and career Early life Meriwether was born on May 24, 1985, in Acornhoek, Tintswalo Hospital, South Africa. Her father is Delano Meriwether, the first African-American student at Duke University School of Medicine, while her mother, Nomvimbi Meriwether, is South African and works as a lawyer. Her parents had been doing volunteer work in South Africa at the time of Meriwether's birth. She was raised in Potomac, Maryland and graduated from Sidwel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
