William Nicholas Meriwether, b: 1810

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}

^{1789 George Washington first president}
^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}

^{1740 Colony population = 1.5 million}
^{1754 - 1763 Anglo-French War}
^{1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion}
^{1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War}
^{1776 Declaration of Independence}


^{George Douglas Meriwether}^{b.1834 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1842 Bedford Co, Virginia}

^{Nathaniel Manson Meriwether}^{b.1836 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1880 Pike Co, Missouri}		^{Francis Thornton Meriwether}^{b.1768 Albemarle Co, Virginia d.1814 Boonsboro, VA}

^{Francis Thornton Meriwether}^{b.1838 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1919 Louisiana, Missouri}	^{William Nicholas Meriwether}^{b.1810 Boonsboro, VA d.1887 Bedford Co, Virginia}		^{Henry Landon Davies}^{b.1745 Goochland Co, Virginia d.1808 Bedford Co, Virginia}

^{William Nicholas Meriwether}^{b.1840 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1918 Pike Co, Missouri}		^{Catharine Elizabeth Davies}^{b.1772 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1827 Boonsboro, VA}	^{Anne Whiting Clayton}^{b.1746 Gloucester Co, Virginia d.1784 Amherst Co, Virginia}

^{George Douglas Meriwether}^{b.1842 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1928 Buena Vista, Virginia}

^{John Lee Meriwether}^{b.1845 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1900 Bedford Co, Virginia}

^{Emmet Manson Meriwether}^{b.1848 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1897 Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois}	^{Martha Louisa Manson}^{b.1812, Virginia d.1904 Bedford Co, Virginia}

^{Sally Manson Meriwether}^{b.1850 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1931 Buena Vista, Virginia}

^{James Addison Meriwether}^{b.1852 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1935, Missouri}

^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}

^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}


			^{Odin Green Clay}^{b.1801 Forest, Virginia d.1883 Lynchburg, VA}

		^{Cyrus Boyle Clay}^{b.1823 Campbell Co, Virginia d.1879 Forest, Virginia}	^{Anne Clayton Elizabeth Davies}^{b.1803 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1848 Bedford Co, Virginia}

	^{Boyle Davies Clay}^{b.1875 James Riv Dist, VA d.1962 Bedford Co, Virginia}

^{Lewis Calhoun Clay}^{b.1903 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1950}		^{Mary Coles Meriwether}^{b.1833 Boonsboro, VA d.1910 Thaxton, Virginia}	^{Elizabeth Wortley Whiting Davies}^{b.1808 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1880 Boonsboro, VA}

^{James Odin Clay}^{b.1910 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1975 Bedford Co, Virginia}



	^{Willie Ann B. Lindsay}^{b.1870 d.1957}

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


		^{Cyrus Boyle Clay}^{b.1823 Campbell Co, Virginia d.1879 Forest, Virginia}

	^{Boyle Davies Clay}^{b.1875 James Riv Dist, VA d.1962 Bedford Co, Virginia}	^{Mary Coles Meriwether}^{b.1833 Boonsboro, VA d.1910 Thaxton, Virginia}

^{James Odin Clay}^{b.1910 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1975 Bedford Co, Virginia}

	^{Willie Ann B. Lindsay}^{b.1870 d.1957}





^{Mary Pete Magann}^{b.1905 d.1992 Thaxton, Virginia}

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}


			^{Cyrus Boyle Clay}^{b.1823 Campbell Co, Virginia d.1879 Forest, Virginia}

		^{Boyle Davies Clay}^{b.1875 James Riv Dist, VA d.1962 Bedford Co, Virginia}	^{Mary Coles Meriwether}^{b.1833 Boonsboro, VA d.1910 Thaxton, Virginia}

	^{Lewis Calhoun Clay}^{b.1903 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1950}

^{Louis Davies Clay}^{b. d.}		^{Willie Ann B. Lindsay}^{b.1870 d.1957}

^{Edward Earl Clay}^{b. d.}



	^{Nannie Katherine Milner}^{b.1907 d.2003}

^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}

^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}

^{1773 Boston Tea Party tax rebellion}
^{1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War}
^{1776 Declaration of Independence}
^{1789 George Washington first president}
^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}


^{James Addison Meriwether}^{b.1855 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1918 Boonsboro, VA}			^{Francis Thornton Meriwether}^{b.1768 Albemarle Co, Virginia d.1814 Boonsboro, VA}

^{Margaret Douglas Meriwether}^{b.1858 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1887 Bedford Co, Virginia}		^{Francis Thornton Meriwether}^{b.1805 Boonsboro, VA d.1834 Boonsboro, VA}	^{Catharine Elizabeth Davies}^{b.1772 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1827 Boonsboro, VA}

^{Elizabeth Dandridge Meriwether}^{b.1860 Bedford Co, Virginia d.}	^{Charles James Meriwether}^{b.1831 Boonsboro, VA d.1887 Lynchburg, VA}

^{William Douglas Meriwether}^{b.1863 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1931 Sanford, Florida}		^{Margaret Douglas Meriwether}^{b.1809 Albemarle Co, Virginia d.1882 Albemarle Co, Virginia}

^{Charles Walker Meriwether}^{b.1866 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1869}			^{Francis Thornton Meriwether}^{b.1768 Albemarle Co, Virginia d.1814 Boonsboro, VA}

^{Mary Walker Meriwether}^{b.1872 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1894 Bedford Co, Virginia}			^{Catharine Elizabeth Davies}^{b.1772 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1827 Boonsboro, VA}

^{Catherine Bernice Meriwether}^{b.1875 Boonsboro, VA d.1959 Lynchburg, VA}	^{Ellen Douglas Meriwether}^{b.1835 Boonsboro, VA d.1908 Boonsboro, VA}		^{Tamerlane William Whiting Davies}^{b.1782 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1823}

^{Francis Marbury Meriwether}^{b.1877 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1959 Jacksonville, Florida}		^{Elizabeth Wortley Whiting Davies}^{b.1808 Bedford Co, Virginia d.1880 Boonsboro, VA}	^{Jane Smith Payne}^{b.1784 Marysville, VA d.1848}