Individual Details
Benjamin Franklin Van Meter
(30 Jan 1834 - 1 Oct 1927)
Events
| Birth | 30 Jan 1834 | Clark, Kentucky, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 30 Nov 1854 | Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States - Amelia Clay Lewis | | ||
| Census (family) | 20 Aug 1870 | Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States - Amelia Clay Lewis | |||
| Death | 1 Oct 1927 | Clark, Kentucky, United States |  | ||
| Burial | Winchester Cemetery, Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Amelia Clay Lewis (1836 - 1921) |
| Father | Isaac Van Meter (1794 - 1854) |
| Mother | Rebecca Cunningham (1800 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Solomon Van Meter (1818 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Isaac Cunningham Van Meter (1820 - 1898) |
| Sibling | Jacob Van Meter ( - ) |
| Sibling | Susan Tabitha Van Meter (1827 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ann Van Meter ( - ) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Van Meter ( - 1866) |
| Sibling | Eliza C. Van Meter ( - 1866) |
| Sibling | Amanda B. Van Meter ( - 1866) |
| Sibling | William Van Meter ( - 1866) |
| Sibling | Thomas C. Van Meter (1835 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Abram Van Meter (1839 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Lewis Marshall Van Meter (1841 - 1924) |
| Sibling | John Milton Van Meter (1842 - 1925) |
Notes
Death
Obit:Benjamin Franklin Van Meter
Died at 4:00 a.m. at residence, 225 Ashland Avenue, Lexington, after an illness of a few days; native of Clark County, son of Isaac VanMeter and Rebecca Cunningham; lived
in Fayette County for many years; engaged in stock farming and cattle dealing, specializing in the raising of Shorthorn cattle; alumnus of Centre College; elder and charter member of Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church; Children listed in obituary are "three daughters, Emma VanMeter Hamilton, of Lexington, who is now in California; Mrs. Annette VanMeter Pettit and Miss Mabelle VanMeter, both of Lexington; and four sons, Everett L. VanMeter, of Ogden, Utah; T.W.L. VanMeter and Joseph Clay VanMeter, of Lexington, and Dr. B.F. VanMeter, Jr., of Lexington, who is now at Asheville, N.C. Senator Arch L. Hamilton is a grandson of Mr. VanMeter." Pallbearers were Arch Hamilton, Benjamin VanMeter, Prewitt VanMeter, William Pettit, Emanuel VanMeter and Field VanMeter.
Source: Lexington Herald, p. 1, Sunday, October 2, 1927
Endnotes
1. Van Meter, Benjamin Franklin, Genealogies and sketches of some old families who have taken prominent part in the development of Virginia and Kentucky especially, and later of many other states of the Union (Louisville Ky: J.P. Morton, 1901, 207 pgs.), pg 88.
2. Van Meter, Benjamin Franklin, Genealogies and sketches of some old families who have taken prominent part in the development of Virginia and Kentucky especially, and later of many other states of the Union (Louisville Ky: J.P. Morton, 1901, 207 pgs.), pg 88.