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    Catherine Meredith (Keppele)

    Birth: 2-20-1801

    Death: 6-28-1853

Relationships

Spouse

Meredith, William Morris

Children

Meredith, William

Ralston, Elizabeth Caldwell

Biddle, Gertrude Governor

Meredith, Catherine Keppele

Norris, Euphemia Odgen

Biography

Catherine Meredith was the wife of William Morris Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury during the Zachary Taylor administration. She was the daughter of Michael Keppele. Catherine and William had six children together: William, Catherine, Elizabeth, Pidgy, Gertrude, and Euphemia.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 11, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 19, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 2, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 4, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 26, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 19, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 10, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 3, 1850

Citations

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Catherine Meredith was the wife of William Morris Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury during the Zachary Taylor administration. She was the daughter of Michael Keppele. Catherine and William had six children together: William, Catherine, Elizabeth, Pidgy, Gertrude, and Euphemia.

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Birth date unverified as no image of the gravestone exists. It is verified that she died in 1853, likely in June, however, as the Pennsylvania Burial Records state she was buried on July 1, 1853. See here: https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=PAChurchTownRecords&h=2020993807&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2451 Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History