Lewis had reportedly attempted to take his own life several times a few weeks earlier and was known to suffer from what Jefferson called sensible depressions of mind. Clark had also observed his companions melancholy states. An error has occured while loading the map. This was the apex of a heros career. Parson Maury was a son of Charles Goodyear Maury who was Thomas Jefferson's teacher for two years. Several years after Lewis's death, Thomas Jefferson wrote: Jefferson also stated that Lewis had a "luminous and discriminating intellect.". Obviously, Theodesia's pleas fell on deaf ears. It was in Georgia that he met Eric Parker, who was the first to introduce him to the idea of traveling. Lewis requested a glass of whiskey almost as soon as he climbed down from his horse. Meriwether Lewis | American Battlefield Trust Jefferson selected Captain Meriwether Lewis to lead the proposed expedition, afterward known as the Corps of Discovery. (804) 448-4664. She started the Locust Hill Graveyard in 1810, probably on the hopes that she could have Meriwether's body re-interred there from Tennessee, and because her son-in-law Edmund Anderson and a neighbor died that year and needed to be buried. John Marks, along with his brother Reuben, in 1784. Brother of Jane Meriwether Anderson; Lucinda McFarlane; Dr. Ruben Lewis and Lewis Terms of Use Her daughter and son-in-law put the house for sale on the market at $255,000 in 1982. Mrs. John Grinder who served as his landlady on the last night of his life reported: heard the sound of a gunshot and then the sound of something heavy falling to the floor followed by the words, Oh Lord! heard the sound of another gunshot and in a few moments, Lewis voice Oh, Madame, give me some water and heal my wounds. [she] refused to leave the room where she had been sleeping she waited nearly two hours before [rousing] the servants. At some point in the night she heard multiple gunshots, and what she believed was someone asking for help. His wound hampered him for the rest of the journey. Lewis departed Pittsburgh for St. Louisthe capital of the new Louisiana Territoryvia the Ohio River in the summer of 1803, gathering supplies, equipment, and personnel along the way. Family tree of Meriwether LEWIS - Geneastar Some of the most recognized names in American history are direct descendants of Warner Hall's founder, Augustine Warner - George Washington, the first president of the United States, Robert E. Lee, the most famous Civil War General and Captain Meriwether Lewis, renowned American explorer of the Lewis and Clark expedition.