Biographical Sketch of Hon. Robert Meriwether, Phelps County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Hon. Robert Meriwether, judge of the probate court of Phelps county,
Mo., and a resident of Rolla, is a native of Lewis county, Mo., where 
he was born in 1853.  Judge Meriwether received his rudimentary educa-
tion in his native county, and his collegiate education at Louisiana,
Mo., attending the college at that place for three years.  In 1870 he
became a disciple of Blackstone, and in 1872 was admitted to the bar
to practice in Louisiana.  Six years later he became a resident of
Phelps county, Mo.  At the age of eighteen he engaged in the teacher's
profession, and followed this occupation for five years, teaching one 
year in Phelps county.  In 1875 he married Miss Alice J. Bondurant, a
native of Lewis county, Mo., born in 1855, and the daughter of Joseph
A. Bondurant.  Two children are the fruits of this union, Carl and 
Roy B.  Judge Meriwether resided at St. James until 1884, when he came
to Rolla and here continued his practice.  In 1886 he was elected pro-
bate judge of Phelps county, by a majority of 600, by the Democratic
party.  The Judge is a young man of fine legal ability, and is one of
the coming attorneys of Phelps county.  He is highly respected and a
very excellent citizen.  He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and Farmers
& Mechanics Mutual Aid Association of St. Louis, and Mrs. Meriwether
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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