Louis Marshall VAN METER

                   Date of marriage and name of spouse from Louis Marshall VanMeter family bible.

Obituary, Lexington Herald, §1, p. 8, Saturday, December 13, 1930:     "Mrs. Mae VanMeter Packer, 64 years old, of Winchester, died at the home of A. H. Hampton, of Boonesboro road, last night at 10 o'clock. She is survived by her husband, W. R. Packer, and several brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock."

Obituary, The Winchester Sun, p. 1, Saturday, December 13, 1930:"Mrs. Mae B. VanMeter Packer, wife of Winfred R. Packer, of Las Vegas, NV, died at the home of her cousins A. B. Hampton, Jr., and the Misses Hampton on the Boonesboro Road, on Friday evening, December 12, at 10 o'clock.

"Mrs. Packer was born in Clark County on December 5, 1866, and was the oldest daughter of Lewis Marshall VanMeter and Anna Evelyn Moore VanMeter, and is survived by her husband and three brothers and three sisters, T. M. VanMeter, of Weldon, CO, Dr. L. Marshall VanMeter of Denver, CO, Ben S. VanMeter of Shelbyville, KY, Mrs. Stratton Thomas of Brownsville, TN, Mrs. J. K. Davis of Dade City, FL, and Mrs. Alexander Bruce, of Shelbyville, KY.

"Funeral services will be held at the home of A. H. Hampton, Jr., at 2:30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon by Dr. S. B. Lander. Burial in the Winchester cemetery.

"Pallbearers will be N. P. VanMeter, Jesse Yates, Marshall VanMeter, John M. Wheeler, Ben S. VanMeter, Jr., V. W. Bush, Field VanMeter, and Hamilton Marshall."

KY Death Record: Mae B. Packer; age 64, county of death: Clark, date of birth: 12/5/1866; date of death: 12/12/30; vol. 60, certif. no. 29548, year, 1930.
                  

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Listed in 1900 U.S. Census for Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky in house of parents; gives name and month of birth. In 1907 deed, marital staus is listed as single and place of residence is stated as Memphis, TN, but notary certificate gives place of signing of deed as State of Alabama, County of Morgan, City of Memphis(?). Deed Book G-4, page 136, Shelby County Clerk's office.

Obituary, The Shelby Record, p. 3, Friday, April 9, 1909:   "Mr. John D. VanMeter, formerly of this county, died very suddenly last Saturday night [April 3] or early Sunday morning [April 4] of heart failure. He was in a state room on a steamboat and going from Fairview, Miss. to his home in Memphis, Tenn., when his death occurred. He was found dead in his bed Sunday morning.

"Mr. VanMeter was a civil engineer, with headquarters at Memphis, and was 42 years of age. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. VanMeter, formerly of this county, now of Dade City, Fla. He was never married. Besides his parents, he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. S. S. Thomas, of Brownsville, Tenn., Mrs. Winston Packer, of Evanston, Wyoming, Mrs. Alexander Bruce, and Miss Nancy VanMeter, of Dade City, Fla., and three brothers, Dr. L. M. VanMeter, of Denver, Col., Mr. T. M. VanMeter, of Duel, Col., and Ben S. VanMeter, of this county.

"The remains were brought here Monday evening and taken to the residence of Prof. W. M. Wilson, pending the arrival of the relatives. Wednesday morning after funeral services at the cemetery chapel, by the Revs. Rockwell Smith and A. H. Doak, they were interred in Grove Hill Cemetery."

Date of interment from records of Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky; died unmarried and without issue.
                  

                   BET DEC 1930 AND NOV 1934	1  CAUS Heart attack



Spelling of first name from father's family bible. Date and place of marriage and name of spouse from Louis Marshall VanMeter family bible.

Medical doctor; captain in Army during WWI; moved to Colorado; died in Colorado when had heart attack and car he was driving ran off the road. Ann V. Tilson (14 Aug. 2002).

Range for date of death assumed from obituary of sister, Mae B. VanMeter Packer, who died in December, 1930 (L. Marshall VanMeter is listed as a survivor, living in Denver, CO) and obituary of sister, Evaline VanMeter Thomas, who died in November, 1934 (L. Marshall VanMeter is not included among survivors).  In Elizabeth Barbour Bruce Roberts' family bible, she states that Louis Marshall VanMeter, Jr. died May 22, 1941 in Denver, CO, and his body was cremated.
                  

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Names of parents and spouse from G&BS, pp. 114, 132. B.F. VanMeter gives middle initial as "B.", but niece, Ann V. Tilson (14 Aug. 2002), says middle name was "Hockaday." Louis Marshall VanMeter family bible gives name as "Evaline Moore." Name and date of birth of child of child from 1900 U.S. Census for Shelby County, Kentucky, p 9a. Dates of birth and death from tombstone. Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky.

Obituary, The Shelby News, p. 1, Thursday, November 15, 1934:"Funeral services for Mrs. Eva VanMeter Thomas, who died Tuesday in Ripley, Tenn., will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the residence of her step daughter, Mrs. Ralph Guthrie, of Magnolia Ave. Rev.  Agnus Gordon will officiate and burial will be made in Grove Hill.

"The deceased was formerly Mrs. John S. Hanna and was well known here. She also is survived by a brother, Ben S. VanMeter, two sisters, Mrs. Alexander Bruce, Shelbyville, and Mrs. Joe Davis of Florida, and a daughter, Mrs. LeGrand Harvey, Brownsville, Tenn."
                  

                   Names of parents, wife, date and place of marriage from G&BS, pp. 131-32. Living in Oklahoma in 1901. G&BS, p. 132. Owned farm on the Platte River in Colorado. Ann V. Tilson (14 Aug. 2002); names and dates of birth for children from Louis Marshall VanMeter family bible.

1920 U.S. Census for Colorado, Precinct No. 10, Weldona, Morgan County: lists Thomas M. VanMeter, head of household, owns home, free (not mortgaged), age 46, born KY, father and mother both born KY, occupation farmer; wife Clifford W., age 38(?), daughter, Mary E., age 18, daughter, Isabelle W., age 17, son, Lewis M., age 11, nephew, Hamilton Marshall, age 19.

Places and dates of birth and death from California death records. VanMeter, Thomas Matthew, date of birth: 11/13/1873; mother's name: Bright; father's name: VanMeter; place of birth Kentucky; county of death, Tehama; date of death: 12/12/1951, age 78 yrs.
                  

                   Louis Marshall VanMeter family bible gives name as "Nannie M." and provides date of birth and of death; had gone to Florida to take care of parents; no children.  Ann V. Tilson (14 Aug. 2002).

FL Death Record: Name: Nannie Vanmeter Davis; Vol. 2285, Certif. 36312; Place: Pasco Race: W Gender: F Death Date: Sep 1961.
                  

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Date of birth from 1900 U.S, Census, Shelby County, Kentucky, also listed in 1900 U.S, Census, Madison County, Kentucky as univesity student; place of birth from marriage license, Shelby County Clerk's Office, Book ___, Page190-91. Date and place of death, Kentucky death certificate, vol. 49, certif. 24068.

Obituary, Shelby Sentinel, p. ___, Friday, November 12, 1948: age 71, prominent farmer of Shelby County, died at home on U.S. 60, three miles east of Shelbyville, after an illness of more than a year; native of Winchester, son of the late Lewis Marshall and Ann Moore VanMeter; family moved to the Mulberry neighborhood and owned the farm now belonging to Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Taylor; had lived for past forty years on the farm where he died; graduate of the old Central University, Danville [sic], member of Presbyterian Church; survivors: wife, Elizabeth Hickman VanMeter, daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, Los Angeles, CA, Mrs. Frank B. Nelson, Pittsburgh, PA, Mrs. Ann Tilson, Lexington, sons, Ben VanMeter, Jr.,  Albion, PA, Marshall VanMeter, Paris, two sisters, Mrs. Sallie V. Bruce, Anderson, SC, Mrs. Joe K. Davis, Dade City, FL, brother, Matt VanMeter, Orchard, CO.
                  

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Place of birth inferred from G&BS, p. 114.  Name of spouse from G&BS, p. 123.  Place of death provided by grandson, Helm Roberts.
                  

                   Birth and death from Louis Marshall VanMeter family bible.