Benjamin Franklin VAN METER

                   Buried in Winchester, KY, Cemetery in lot of Benjamin F. VanMeter; tombstone lists only as "Infant, son of B.F. & A.C. VanMeter."
                  

                   Section H-1, lot 6


G&BS, pp. 91-92. Stated to live on homestead, Kirklevington, Fayette County, KY.

Date of birth and death from tombstone. Lexington Cemetery.

KY Death Record:    Hamilton, Emma, age 87, place of residence and of death: Fayette, date of death: 01-20-1942, vol. 002, certif.  00709, year  1942.
                  

                   In 1901, resided in Chicago, Illinois; member of Drum Flato Livestock Company, head cattle salesman at Union Stockyard, Chicago, IL. G&BS, pp. 92-93; Dates of birth and marriage, and spouse's name from G&BS;  From father's obituary, was living in Ogden, Utah in October, 1927; year of death from tombstone.

Obituary, Lexington Leader, p. 2, Thursday, November 29, 1928:"   Everett L. Van Meter, aged 68 years, and a native of Winchester, died at his apartment, Hotel Bigelow, Ogden, Utah, Wednesday morning after a brief illness. His sister, Miss Mabelle Van Meter, was with her brother when he passed away having been called to Ogden upon his ser5ious illness. He was the son of Benjamin F. and Amelia C. Lewis Van Meter, and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Bigelow Van Meter; three brothers, T. W. Van Meter, Joe C. Van Meter and Dr. B. F. Van Meter; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Hamilton, Mrs. William Pettit and Miss Mabelle Van Meter, all of Lexington. The body of Mr. Van Meter accompanied by members of the family will arrive here Sunday night on the 9:10 o'clock Carolina Special and be taken to the home of his sister, Miss Mabelle Van Meter, 225 South Ashland Avenue. Funeral services having been held at Ogden, committal services will take place at the grave in the family lot in the cemetery at Winchester Monday. Notice of time will be announced later."

1920 U. S. Census for Utah:   VanMeter, Everett L., Age: 56, Birthplace: Kentucky; Race: White; County: Weber, Township: Ogden City; occupation cashier of a bank; wife listed as "Jessie L." age 53, born in New York, in next household to Henry Bigelow, age 76.  Year 1920, Roll T625_1869, Page 13B, ED: 166, Image 1006
                  

                   Section 4, lot 6, 83


"Genealogies & sketches of some prominent old families", by Benj. F. Van Meter, Louisville 1901, Jno P. Morton & Co., p. 93,
ÒAnnette Van Meter, second daughter and third child of B. F. Van Meter and his wife, Amelia C. Lewis, was born January 31, 1862; educated at Sayer Institute, Lexington, Kentucky; married William Pettit of Fayette Co., Ky, October 2, 1895; resides with Mr. Pettit in the suburbs of Lexingon."


Obituary, Lexington Herald-Leader, p. 1, March 8, 1953:     age 91, widow of William Pettit, died at 8:30 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 1953 at residence, 225 S. Ashland Av., Lexington, after a brief illness; daughter of late Benjamin F. and Amelia Lewis VanMeter, born January 31, 1862 in Clark County; educated by private tutors and attended Sayre Female Institute; charter member, Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church, devoted much of her time and means in promoting interest in the mission field; survivors, sons, William Pettit, Harold Pettit, both of Lexington, sister, Mabelle VanMeter, Lexington, four grandchildren, Mrs. W. O. Shropshire, William Pettit, III, Miss Dunster Pettit, Lexington, Harrison Foster Pettit, U.S. Air Force, and two great-grandchildren; burial in Lexington Cemetery.

KY death Record: vol. 010, certif. no. 04920, year 1953.
                  

                   Obituary: was farmer; resided at 304 Ridgeway Road, Lexington, KY at time of death; born in Winchester, son of Amelia Lewis and Benjamin F. VanMeter, but had lived in Lexington for 15 years; early education in Winchester, attended Central University in Richmond; member of Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church; wife: Holloway VanMeter, daughters, Mrs. John F. Day of Maysville and Mrs. Amelia V. Rogers of Lexington, one son T.E. VanMeter; three sisters, Mrs. William Pettit, Mrs. Emma V. Hamilton, and Miss Mabelle VanMeter, and five grandchildren. Pallbearers: Dr. Farra VanMeter, Field VanMeter, Nelson VanMeter, Willis VanMeter, William Pettit, and Harold G. Pettit. Lexington Herald, Monday, December 5, 1938, p. 1.
                  

                   Owner of HIS EMINENCE, winner 1901 Kentucky Derby.
                  

                   823 E. Main St.

cremated


Obituary, Lexington Herald, p. 2, Monday August 21, 1967: Miss Mabelle VanMeter, age 99, resided 823 E. Main St., Lexington, died at 4:00 p.m. yesterday [August 20, 1967]; native of Clark County, daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin VanMeter and Amelia Clay Lewis VanMeter; graduate of Sayre Institute in Lexington, and of Bellevue Hospital School for Nurses in New York; worked as a nurse until 1914, when she retired and returned to Lexington; survivors include five nieces, Mrs. Stanley Leland, Napa CA, Mrs. John F. Day, Bradenton, FL, Miss Martha P. VanMeter, Mrs. Lloyd Averett, and Mrs. Amelia V. Rogers, all of Lexington, two nephews, Benjamin F. VanMeter, III, Pasadena, CA, and Harold G. Pettit, Melbourne Beach, FL, nine-great-nieces, and five great-nephews. Body to be cremated, graveside services 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at Winchester Cemetery.
                  

                   G&BS, pp. 98-99. Ran for Kentucky State Treasurer, 1911.

KY death certificate vol. 7, cert. 3395.
                  

                   Section 17, lot 152


Born in Clark County, Kentucky on June 19, 1873, post medical degree course at Mothers' and Babies Hospital in New York and Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled in New York (June 1898); August 23, 1898, contracted with U.S. Government to serve as assistant acting surgeon in the army at Fort Thomas, KY, November 16, 1898, was assigned to the Sixth Infantry and ordered to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, May, 1899, sent to San Francisco with Sixth Infantry for embarkation to Manila, arrived Manila Bay, June 13, 1899, as surgeon of the First Battalion, campaigned over islands for several months, until latter part of November when he was assigned to surgical ward of Hospital No. 3, Manila, in June, 1900 sailed for United States; From beginning 1901, returned to Lexington, practicing specialty of surgery; met May H. Wetherill while on duty at Fort Sam Houston, married after his return from the Phillipines. Charles Kerr, 3 History of Kentucky, p. 391 (American Historical Society, Chicago & New York 1922).

Obituary, Lexington Leader, p. 1, Thursday, March 8, 1934: age 60, prominent physician and surgeon, formerly of Lexington, died March 8. 1934 at 7:30 a.m. at home in Rancho Santa Fe, California after a long illness; moved to California about 1931; had served as army surgeon during Spanish- American War and World War I; rank of major during WWI; native of Clark County, Kentucky, son of Benjamin F. and Amelia Lewis VanMeter; received early education at private school in Winchester and at Kentucky State College, graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York in 1897, post graduate work at other New York hospitals; returned to Lexington to live and practice after the Spanish-American War; in 1917, was made Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; served as president of the Fayette County Medical Society, attending surgeon at both local hospitals, chief surgeon of the Kentucky National Guard; survivors: wife, May Hubbard Wetherill VanMeter, son, Benjamin F. VanMeter, III, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Averitt, Lexington, KY, Mrs. Stanley Leland, New York City, sisters, Miss Mabelle VanMeter and Mrs. Emma V. Hamilton, both of Lexington, and brother, Thomas VanMeter, Lexington, KY.

Will Book 16, page 308, Fayette County Clerk's office, dated 28 May 1930, probated 9 April 1934; wife May W. VanMeter, children, Margaret V. Averett, Isabella V. Leland, Benjamin F. VanMeter, Jr.