Background
Weatherly, James Meriwether was born on July 5, 1856 in near Palmetto, in Coweta Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Sobieski and Eliza Gilmer (Taliaferro) Weatherly.
Weatherly, James Meriwether was born on July 5, 1856 in near Palmetto, in Coweta Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Sobieski and Eliza Gilmer (Taliaferro) Weatherly.
Student 6 months University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1871. Bachelor of Laws, University of Alabama, 1879.
Teacher public schools Montgomery, Alabama, 1876-1879. Practiced law at Birmington, 1879-1911. Was attorney Southern Railway, Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, Birmingham Terminal Company, Maryland.
Casualty Company, et cetera
One of 3 commissioner City of Birmingham, by appointment of Governor O’Neal, April 10, 1911, being the 1st commissioner under commission form of government in Alabama, term of 3 years. Reelected, 1914, for 3 years.
Now member of law firm Weatherly, Birch & Hickman.
Member of law firm Weatherly, Birch & Hickman.
Married Florence Milner, of Birmingham, Alabama, December 13, 1882.