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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 November 2024. American explorer and Governor (1774–1809) Meriwether Lewis Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, c. 1807 2nd Governor of the Louisiana Territory In office March 3, 1807 – October 11, 1809 Appointed by Thomas Jefferson Preceded by James Wilkinson Succeeded by Benjamin Howard Commander of ...
Meriwether Lewis collected many hundreds of plants on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. All of the plants Lewis collected in the first months of the Expedition were cached near the Missouri River to be retrieved on the return journey. The cache was completely destroyed by Missouri flood waters.
In November 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark came to the area, built Fort Mandan, and recruited members to the Corps of Discovery. Originally, Lewis and Clark were working with a Frenchman named Larocque, however the relationship became increasingly tense. This led Lewis and Clark to recruit Charbonneau who worked under Laroque. [8]
Elizabeth and John Lewis were the grandparents of Fielding Lewis, who married first George Washington's cousin, and second his sister, both ladies also being grandchildren of Mildred Warner. In addition, Elizabeth and John Lewis were the ancestors of Captain Meriwether Lewis [ 13 ] of the Lewis and Clark Expedition .
The Robidoux family played a major role in settling Canada and America from the 17th to the 19th centuries. This family was instrumental in the history of New France and the expansion of American territories to such places as St. Joseph, Missouri, and San Bernardino, California.
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West (ISBN 0684811073), written by Stephen Ambrose, is a 1996 biography of Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The book is based on journals and letters written by Lewis, William Clark, Thomas Jefferson and the members of the Corps of Discovery.
In 1693 he deeded his 400-acre Assaquin Plantation to his grandson William Meriwether. Four years later he gave his grandson David Meriwether 200 acres of land in St. Paul's Parish. [4] As an elderly man, he was killed by Pamunkey Indians at Assaquin Plantation, New Kent, Virginia in 1710.
Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810-1837) Septimia Anne Randolph (1814-1887) George Wythe Randolph (1816–1867), ∞ 1852 : Mary Elizabeth Adams Pope (1830–1871)