William Thomas Meriwether biography

William Thomas Meriwether
 [TMSI #13603]

W. T. Meriwether, ranchman of Alpine, Texas, came here in 1922 and established his present ranch, one of the larger in this section.  Mr. Meriwether owns twenty-eight sections of fine ranching land, eight miles out of Alpine, on the Fort Davis road.  This place is well supplied with running water, having nine natural springs, and also a number of windmills.  Mr. Meriwether has a fine herd of Hereford cattle, and in addition to raising cattle also does a large business in buying and selling cattle.  He sells between three and four thousand head of cattle, keeping on hand at all times, from seven hundred to a thousand head. He also has two hundred head of registered cattle.

W. T. Meriwether was born in Guadalupe County, Texas, on the fifteenth day of August, 1870, and is a son of W. T. Meriwether.  The family moved to Frio County, where Mr. Meriwether, Sr. was one of the foremost attorneys for many years.  W. T. Meriwether, Jr. the subject of this sketch, was reared in that county, attending the schools there.  He took special courses in civil engineering, and for a good many years was engaged in oil development work and in the production of oil in the fields of Tampico, Mexico.  He engaged in that work until the latter part of 1921, when he came to Brewster County and bought the ranch he now operates.

Mr. Meriwether was married to Miss Lucy Harkness, a native of Alabama, who was reared in Texas; they have one son, Gay Meriwether, an oil operator of Cisco, Texas.  Mr. And Mrs. Meriwether reside on the ranch, where they have a beautiful ranch home.

Although Mr. Meriwether has engaged in the ranching business but a comparatively short time, he has built up one of the best improved ranches in the Highlands, and is becoming widely known through this section as a breeder of fine Hereford cattle.  Mr. Meriwether is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Alpine, also the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association and the National Cattlemen’s Association.


           
Source:
Ellis A. Davis and Edwin H. Grobe, The New Encyclopedia of Texas, Volume II,  Published by Texas Development Bureau, Dallas, Texas (no date), Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas, Page 1285



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