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Mercer, Margaret – Meriwether, David
Mercer, Margaret
philanthropist, author, was born in 1792 in Annapolis, Md. She voluntarily reduced herself from affluence to poverty by freeing her slaves and sending them to Liberia, and she subsequently taught for twenty years in Virginia. She prepared two volumes for her pupils, Studies for Bible Classes; and Ethics, a Series of Lectures to Young Ladies. She died in June, 1846, in Virginia.
Mercur, Anna Hubbard
poet, was born in Lancaster, Mass. While at Rutgers college she took the gold medal for an essay. Her first published poem was set to music for the graduating class by George Root. She has been a constant contributor to magazines and journals, and her letters from France and Germany have been a valuable acquisition to historical literature. She is the author of a work entitled Cosmos and Other Poems, which contains a number of meritorious poems.
Mercur, James
educator, scientist, author, was born in 1842 in Pennsylvania.
He was a scientist and army officer; professor at West Point since 1884; and the author of Elements of the Art of War; and Military Mines, Blasting, and Demolitions. He died in 1896.
Mercur, Ulysses
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 12, 1818, in Towanda, Pa. In 1861 he was appointed president judge of the thirteenth judicial district of Pennsylvania, and elected to the office in October following for a term of ten years, but resigned on being elected, in 1864, a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-ninth congress. He was re-elected to the fortieth and fortyfirst congresses. He died June 6, 1887, in Wallingford, Pa.
Meredith, Elisha E
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 26, 1848, in Sumter county, Ala. He served in the state senate of Virginia from 1883 to 1887; and was presidential elector in 1888. He was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Meredith, Samuel
soldier, financier, congressman, was born in 1740 in Philadelphia, Pa. He served for a time in the colonial legislature of Pennsylvania; and was a delegate from that state to the continental congress in 1787 and 1788. On the organization of the federal government he was appointed treasurer of the United States, in which office he continued until 1801, when he resigned. He died March 10, 1817, in Belmont, Pa.
Meredith, Sullivan Amory
soldier, was born July 5, 1816, in Philadelphia, Pa. He served in the civil war, and was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Dec. 27, 1874, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Meredith, William Morris
lawyer, was born June 8, 1799, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention of 1837; was secretary of the treasury from 1849 to 1850; and attorney-general of Pennsylvania from 1861 to 1867. He was president of the state constitutional convention of 1872. He died Aug. 17, 1873, in Philadelphia.
Meriam, Ebenezer
meteorologist, was born June 20, 1794, in Concord, Mass.
He was the originator of the theory of cycles of atmospherical phenomena, upon which he published articles that attracted the attention of scientists at home and abroad. He began in 1841, at his own expense, the publication of The Municipal Gazette in New York. He died March 19, 1864, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Meriwether, David
soldier, congressman, was born in 1755 in Virginia.
In 1785 he settled in Wilkes county, Ga., which he represented in the legislature for several terms. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1802 to 1807. He died Nov. 16, 1822, near Athens, Ga.