Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. - Founder of Churchill Downs and the current "Kentucky Derby"

1846 - 1899  (52 years)

• Name	Meriwether Lewis Clark  [1]
  Suffix	Jr. - Founder of Churchill Downs and the current "Kentucky Derby"
  Birth	27 Jan 1846	Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1899  [1]
  Burial	Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America   [1]
  Person ID	I16814	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Meriwether Lewis Clark, Sr,   b. 10 Jan 1809, Saint Louis, City of St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America d. 28 Oct 1881, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, United States of America (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Abigail Prather Clark,   b. 9 Mar 1817, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America d. 14 Jan 1852, Saint Louis, City of St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7963/meriwether-lewis-clark