Biography of Hugh Meredith - Pulaski Co. VA


HUGH MEREDITH--one of the farming residents of Pulaski county, was born in 
Montgomery county, Virginia, in 1805, and came to this country in his youth, and 
helped to clear the farm he is now cultivating. It contains about 140 acres of 
tillable land. Hugh and Nancy (SMALLWOOD) MEREDITH were his parents, who settled 
in Pulaski county in 1815. In 1824 he married Katy, daughter of Robert and 
Keziah (FARMER) BELL. She was born in Pulaski county, and their children were 
born: Lucinda, 1825: Nancy, 1827; Kitty, 1829; Jane, 1831; William, 1833; John, 
1835; James R., 1837; Melly, 1839; Daniel, 1841; Sarah A., 1843. Jane and Daniel 
are deceased, the latter taken sick and dying while in the Southern army. Three 
other sons of oh Hugh MEREDITH were in that army, who returned to their homes in 
safety, although one was severely wounded in the service. Hugh MEREDITH held a 
captain's commission in the State militia some years before the war. The second 
wife of Hugh MEREDITH was Melvinia RUPE, and their children were born: H.C., 
1865; Emma S., 1866; S.E., 1868; P.C., 1870; Walker, 1872, deceased; Viola A., 
1874; L.E., 1876; David, 1878, deceased. Mrs. Melvinia MEREDITH departed this 
life in 1878. Hugh MEREDITH's postoffice address is Snowville, Pulaski county, 
Virginia.


Submitted by Sherry Crawford

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