1860 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky, 31 July, PO Prestonburg, page 69, Hse/Fam #448 Rhodes Mead 31 M Farmer $300 Real Estate $350 Personal born Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1829] Seatta Mead 24 F Seamstress born Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1836] Thomas Mead 7 M born Kentucky [b abt 1853] Clarinda Mead 4 F born Kentucky [b abt 1856] Mack Mead 2 M born Kentucky [b abt 1858]
1860 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky, 31 July, PO Prestonburg, page 69, Hse/Fam #448 Rhodes Mead 31 M Farmer $300 Real Estate $350 Personal born Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1829] Seatta Mead 24 F Seamstress born Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1836] Thomas Mead 7 M born Kentucky [b abt 1853] Clarinda Mead 4 F born Kentucky [b abt 1856] Mack Mead 2 M born Kentucky [b abt 1858]
Family Data Collection - Births Rhodes Meade Father Thomas Meade Mother Mary Polly Hall Birth 1830 Floyd County, KY Family Data Collection - Individual Records Rhodes Mead Spouse Seatta Justice Parents Thomas Mead, Mary Polly Hall Birth 1830 Floyd Co, KY Marriage 30 Sep 1850 Floyd Co, KY 1860 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky, 31 July, PO Prestonburg, page 69, Hse/Fam #448 Rhodes Mead 31 M Farmer $300 Real Estate $350 Personal born Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1829] Seatta Mead 24 F Seamstress born Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1836] Thomas Mead 7 M born Kentucky [b abt 1853] Clarinda Mead 4 F born Kentucky [b abt 1856] Mack Mead 2 M born Kentucky [b abt 1858]
1860 Federal Census, Floyd County, Kentucky, 31 July, PO Prestonburg, page 69, Hse/Fam #448 Rhodes Mead 31 M Farmer $300 Real Estate $350 Personal born Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1829] Seatta Mead 24 F Seamstress born Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1836] Thomas Mead 7 M born Kentucky [b abt 1853] Clarinda Mead 4 F born Kentucky [b abt 1856] Mack Mead 2 M born Kentucky [b abt 1858]
"In May, 1720, RICHARD GREGORY was a witness to the noncupative will of John Meador, Junior, of Essex County. ... FN4 Essex County Records. Memorand. of the verbal will of John Meador Junr. who deceased May 14th 1720 at his own dwelling house in this county of Essex in his last sickness called the deponents to be evidences to this his last will Wch. is as followeth: Item. I give unto my daughter Susannah Meador all my whole estate ..." -- "Gregory Family of Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia," in Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, by Clayton Torrence (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927), pp 245-246 "Susannah Meadows was the daughter of John Meadows, Junior, who died in Essex County May 14, 1720. Richard Gregory was one of the parties summoned by said Meadows to be "evidence . . . to his last will," which he verÂbally declared. William Bourn, who is named in the above order of court as "guardn. of Susannah Meadows" was one of the executors named in the will of John Meadows, Junior." -- "Gregory Family of Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia," in Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, by Clayton Torrence (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927), pp 247-248 "I, Richard Grigory in Essex County South Farnham Parish, beÂing very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory ... [notes from probate for Richard Gregory:] that no admr be granted till ye heir at law be summoned. It is therefore ordered that Wm Bourn, guardn of Susannah Meadows be summoned to appear at ye next court to declare whether he will admr, on ye esta. of ye sd Richd Gregory, decd. ... How was Susannah Meadows "heir at law" to Richard Gregory? ... William Bourn and Richard Gregory were half-brothers." -- "Gregory Family of Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia," in Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, by Clayton Torrence (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927), pp 246-248 "John Meadows, Junior, probably marÂried one of the daughters of Richard and Katherine Gregory, and thus a sister of Richard Gregory (died 1725), and that she became the mother of Susannah Meadows, who would thus have been a niece of Richard Gregory's. It is impossible to see how otherwise Susannah Meadows could have been 'heir at law' to the said Richard Gregory." -- "Gregory Family of Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia," in Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, by Clayton Torrence (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927), p 248
"In May, 1720, RICHARD GREGORY was a witness to the noncupaÂtive will of John Meador, Junior, of Essex County. ... FN4 Essex County Records. Memorand. of the verbal will of John Meador Junr. who deceased May 14th 1720 at his own dwelling house in this county of Essex in his last sickness called the deponents to be evidences to this his last will Wch. is as followeth: Item. I give unto my daughter Susannah Meador all my whole estate ..." -- "Gregory Family of Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia," in Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, by Clayton Torrence (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927), pp 245-246 "Susannah Meadows was the daughter of John Meadows, Junior, who died in Essex County May 14, 1720. Richard Gregory was one of the parties summoned by said Meadows to be "evidence . . . to his last will," which he verÂbally declared. William Bourn, who is named in the above order of court as "guardn. of Susannah Meadows" was one of the executors named in the will of John Meadows, Junior." -- "Gregory Family of Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia," in Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, by Clayton Torrence (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927), pp 247-248 "I, Richard Grigory in Essex County South Farnham Parish, beÂing very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory ... [notes from probate for Richard Gregory:] that no admr be granted till ye heir at law be summoned. It is therefore ordered that Wm Bourn, guardn of Susannah Meadows be summoned to appear at ye next court to declare whether he will admr, on ye esta. of ye sd Richd Gregory, decd. ... How was Susannah Meadows "heir at law" to Richard Gregory? ... William Bourn and Richard Gregory were half-brothers." -- "Gregory Family of Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia," in Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, by Clayton Torrence (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927), pp 246-248 "John Meadows, Junior, probably marÂried one of the daughters of Richard and Katherine Gregory, and thus a sister of Richard Gregory (died 1725), and that she became the mother of Susannah Meadows, who would thus have been a niece of Richard Gregory's. It is impossible to see how otherwise Susannah Meadows could have been 'heir at law' to the said Richard Gregory." -- "Gregory Family of Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia," in Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, by Clayton Torrence (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927), p 248
Delilah Meadow Birth 1768 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield District, South Carolina Death 1843 in Sumter, Alabama Parents: Thomas Meadow 1738 - 1827 Keziah Moberly 1747 - 1830 Marriage to Jesse Jackson Sr Abt 1798 Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina -- Search for Burch, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/80054212/person/34409989971
One genealogy in the One World Tree of Ancestry.com reports the birth place as Prince Georges, Maryland, where death also occurred and later generations are associated. But the Trail Family information as reported by Mike Taylor, has birthplaces in Virginia for both Rebecca and her husband Joseph P West. Because of the great detail in the Trail genealogy cited by Taylor, I am using the Virginia location for the birth place. The birth date is a range of years, so I am using the exact year of birth given in One World Tree, 1674
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 Josie E Dempsey Gender Female Age 50, Birth Year abt 1901 Residence Jacksonville, Pulaski, Arkansas Spouse's Name Joe L Medcalf Spouse's Gender Male Spouse's Age 51 Spouse's Residence Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas Marriage 7 Mar 1951 Faulkner County Marriage License Date 7 Mar 1951 U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1958, p 740 Medcalf Joe L (Josie) formn City Bd of Comnrs 2330 S Topeka av
Caswell Medling Birth 1830 in Milton, Rutherford, Tennessee Death in Texas Parents John Medlin 1792 - 1848, Sarah Susannah Lasater 1796 - 1845 -- Lyle, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5215144/person/1408509112?ssrc=&ftm=1 1860 Federal Census, Hunt County, Texas, 3 October, Precinct 8, P O Farmersville Collin County, p 39 (scan 340), Hse/Fam #985 John Briscoe 45 M Stock Raiser $1280 Real Estate $10000 Personal Born Virginia [born abt 1815] Elizabeth Briscoe 32 F b Tenn [born abt 1828] Caroline Briscoe 18 F b Mo [born abt 1842] Isaac N Briscoe 15 M b Mo [born abt 1845] John B Briscoe 14 M b Mo [born abt 1846] Ephraim Briscoe 11 M b Texas [born abt 1849] Theodocia Medling 7 F b Tenn [born abt 1853] Mary W Medling 5 F b Texas [born abt 1858] William H MEDLING was born on _________, died around 1857. He married October 18, 1852 Elizabeth Mildred LASITER, was born Jan 2, 1828, died March 24, 1915, daughter of Thomas J Lasiter(Lasater) and Sarah Weaver. Children of William H MEDLING and Elizabeth Mildred LASITER were as follows: 1. Theodocia, born1853 2. Mary W born March 5, 1856 in Harrison County TX, died February 24, 1934 in Wheeler County, Shamrock TX. -- Mary Molly Marvel Davis, born 1866, By Jeff Davis, Genealogy.com, http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/marvel/371/
Caswell Medling Birth 1830 in Milton, Rutherford, Tennessee Death in Texas Parents John Medlin 1792 - 1848, Sarah Susannah Lasater 1796 - 1845 -- Lyle, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5215144/person/1408509112?ssrc=&ftm=1 1860 Federal Census, Hunt County, Texas, 3 October, Precinct 8, P O Farmersville Collin County, p 39 (scan 340), Hse/Fam #985 John Briscoe 45 M Stock Raiser $1280 Real Estate $10000 Personal Born Virginia [born abt 1815] Elizabeth Briscoe 32 F b Tenn [born abt 1828] Caroline Briscoe 18 F b Mo [born abt 1842] Isaac N Briscoe 15 M b Mo [born abt 1845] John B Briscoe 14 M b Mo [born abt 1846] Ephraim Briscoe 11 M b Texas [born abt 1849] Theodocia Medling 7 F b Tenn [born abt 1853] Mary W Medling 5 F b Texas [born abt 1858]
William H MEDLING was born on _________, died around 1857. He married October 18, 1852 Elizabeth Mildred LASITER, was born Jan 2, 1828, died March 24, 1915, daughter of Thomas J Lasiter(Lasater) and Sarah Weaver. Children of William H MEDLING and Elizabeth Mildred LASITER were as follows: 1. Theodocia, born1853 2. Mary W born March 5, 1856 in Harrison County TX, died February 24, 1934 in Wheeler County, Shamrock TX. -- Mary Molly Marvel Davis, born 1866, By Jeff Davis, Genealogy.com, http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/marvel/371/In trying to find the first husband of Elizabeth Medling, I first found a reference to a Caswell Medling, born in Tennessee and died in Texas. This genealogy had no documentation and no wife for Caswell. Caswell Medling Birth 1830 in Milton, Rutherford, Tennessee Death in Texas Parents John Medlin 1792 - 1848, Sarah Susannah Lasater 1796 - 1845 -- Lyle, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5215144/person/1408509112?ssrc=&ftm=1 With these clues I searched on Tennessee marriage records, finding only one match in Rutherford, Tennessee. But the groom's name was William A Medling. Searching on this name, another set of genealogies turned up with family info on William H Medling, whose wife was Elizabeth Lasiter, and their children matched the two girls in the Briscoe household in the 1860 census. I have not resolved William's middle initial. 1860 Federal Census, Hunt County, Texas, 3 October, Precinct 8, P O Farmersville Collin County, p 39 (scan 340), Hse/Fam #985 John Briscoe 45 M Stock Raiser $1280 Real Estate $10000 Personal Born Virginia [born abt 1815] Elizabeth Briscoe 32 F b Tenn [born abt 1828] Caroline Briscoe 18 F b Mo [born abt 1842] Isaac N Briscoe 15 M b Mo [born abt 1845] John B Briscoe 14 M b Mo [born abt 1846] Ephraim Briscoe 11 M b Texas [born abt 1849] Theodocia Medling 7 F b Tenn [born abt 1853] Mary W Medling 5 F b Texas [born abt 1858]
I was given Reedie's name by Charles Christian, the son of her first husband Matthew Christian, by Matthew's second wife, Ruth Bledsoe. "My Dad's first wife Reedie Joan Meek returned to Chickasha, Okla and raised my half brother Ralph Christian. I visited Ralph and his wife Ann in Chickasha and continued to send Christmas cards until his death several years ago.". -- Charles Christian, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, January 2008 But another genealogist, Alice Boydstun, reports Reedie's full name as Reedie Ione Meek. She cites Reedie's children Charles and Nila Ruth. "Reedie Ione Meek: Personal knowledge of children, Charles and Nila Ruth of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, given independently of each other, Kern-Schneider-Kiesaw Funeral Home, Clinton, OK 73601" -- Alice Boydstun, comment on 1910 census record on Ancestry.com, 15 December 2008, accessed 10 October 2014 1920 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 7 January, Bessie Township, District 184, page 2A, Hse #27, Family #30 Dew, Ray Head Rents M W 27 MO OH MO Farmer (b abt 1892) Dew, Reddie Wife F W 24 No children OK US KS (b abt 1895) Dew [Christian], Ralph [Step-]Son M W 8 OK MO OK (b abt 1911) Dew, Charles Son M W 7mos OK MO OK (b abt 1919) Willard, Arnel Boarder M W 70 IL US US (b abt 1850) The child Rallph above is Joan's son from her first husband Matthew Henry Christian, from whom she was divorced. 1930 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 24 April, Turkey Creek, District 28, page 6B, Hse #125, Fam #132 Dew, Ray Head Rents M W 39 First married at age 27 MO OH MO Farmer Dew, Reedie Wife F W 35 First married at age 23 OK KS OK Dew, Charles Son M W 10 Single OK MO OK Dew, Niley Dau F W 8 Single AR MO OK Christian, Ralph F Step Son W 19 Single OK OK OK Note that the 1930 census reports that Reedie was first married at age 23. If she is 35, that means she was born about 1895, it could have been 1894. That is consistent with the record in the 1920 census. If she was fist married (to Matthew Henry Christian) at age 23, that would make it 1918. But in January 1920 her son Ralph Christian is already 8, meaning he was born about 1911. Since in 1920, she is age 24 and already married to Ray Dew, she must be reporting the age at which she married Ray, not when she was first married, which is what the census asks. More specific marriage dates are provided by Alice Boydstun, who has searched the marriage records and obtained information from Reedie's daughter. Marriage to Matthew Christian 28 Nov 1910 (Age 15) Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma Marriage Record, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, Book 3, p. 309 Marriage to Willis Albert Raymond Dew 27 Oct 1917 (Age 22) Foss, Washita, Oklahoma Personal knowledge of her dau, Nila Ruth Browning, told to John & Alice Lynne Boydstun 8 Jun 1970 and again in correspondence 24 Sep 1989. -- Alice Boudstun, Ancestry Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/44425054/person/6200707349?ssrc=&ml_rpos=4 So if her son Ralph was born in 1911, how old was Reedie when Ralph was born? The birth year on her gravestone is 1895. 1895-1911 makes her only 16 when she had her first child. Between 15 and 16, so married at an early 15 or maybe even 14 years old? On the outside, if born in 1894, she could have been almost 17 when Ralph was born. Gravestone of Ray and Reedie Dew, Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Custer County,Oklahoma Dew Reedie 1895-1938 Ray 1891-1955 Her birth and death states were added to her memorial on Find a Grave when I submitted this information.. Reedie Dew Birth 1895 Kansas Death 1938 Oklahoma Spouses: Matthew H. Christian (1892 - 1972) Willis A Ray Dew (1891 - 1955) Children: Ralph Fletcher Christian (1911 - 1986) Charles E Dew (1919 - 2009) Same marker as Ray Dew Burial Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Custer County, Oklahoma, Plot: 2-L27 Created by Dolores Colwell Willis Jan 24, 2012 -- Find A Grave Memorial #83935143, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83935143
"W.A.J. died about 1856, Mary Ann died 06 Nov 1862, and Isaac died of disease on 17 Jul 1862 while serving with Company E, 26th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA. My great grandmother, Emma [daughter of William and Mary Ann Cook], ended up with all of the land, which totaled around 320 acres. She married my great grandfather, William Floyd Meeks, on 28 Feb 1867." -- Robert L. (Bob) Meeks, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 December 2014 Before Emma married William John Meeks, she had been married to someone named Ussery. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 William F Meeks Age 28, Birth Year abt 1839 Residence Desha County, Arkansas Spouse's Name Emma Ussery Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Age 26 Spouse's Residence Desha, Arkansas Marriage 27 Feb 1867 Desha County 1870 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 22 July, Jefferson Township, PO Cypress Creek, page 14, Hse/Fam #141 Meeks, William F 32 M W Farmer $2000 Real Estate $1200 Personal born Georgia [b abt 1838] Meeks, Emma 28 F W Keeping House b Ark [b abt 1842] Meeks, William B 10mos b Sept [1869] M W born Ark 1880 Federal Census, Drew County, Arkansas, 8 June, Franklin Township, District 92, page 6-7, Hse/Fam #11 Meeks, W F W M 42 Head Farmer GA GA GA [b abt 1838] -page 7 - Meeks, Emma W F 40 Wife Keeping House AR KY AR [abt 1840] Meeks, Edgar W M 10 Son Farming AR GA AR [b abt 1870] Meeks, Bennie W M 4 Son Farming AR GA AR [b abt 1876] Meeks, Fannie W F 7 Dau Single At Home AR GA AR [abt 1873] The is little information about the Cook and Meeks family. Some genealogies provide what appears to be information from family sources, but have no documentation. I have not been able to find death and burial documentation for Emmaline Cook Meeks. The information in the Dalton genealogy matches the grave information on Floyd Meeks. Emmaline Amelia Cook Birth 1839 in Arkansas Death 06 APR 1898 in White County, Arkansas Spouse William Floyd Meeks Birth 1835 in Franklin Co. GA Death 1918 in Desha Co. Arkansas -- Utah Daltons, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22866893/person/1315643062 William's date of birth on his grave is different from the earlier sources reporting birth date or age, which would make his birth more like 1838, instead of 1835 as the gravestone reports. 1870 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 22 July, Jefferson Township, PO Cypress Creek, page 14, Hse/Fam #141 Meeks, William F 32 M W Farmer $2000 Real Estate $1200 Personal born Georgia [b abt 1838] Meeks, Emma 28 F W Keeping House b Ark [b abt 1842] Meeks, William B 10mos b Sept [1869] M W born Ark --------------------- Lieut William Floyd Meeks Birth 1835 Death 1918 (13 Mar 1918 in Arkansas City AR ) MEEKS, William Floyd 2LT, Co. E, 26th Ark Inf, CSA; Unit also known as Morgan's Regiment; also served as 3SGT prior to promotion; Enlisted on 12 May 1862 under Capt. J.P. Stanley; Promoted to 2LT on 16 Dec 1863 (special order #44); Participated in battles of Prairie Grove, Devil's Backbone, Jenkins Ferry, and Pleasant Hill (LA) as well as the evacuation of Fort Smith; After the war he returned to Desha Co., AR and married Emmaline Amelia Cook on 28 Feb 1867; They had 5 children of which 3 reached adulthood; the family remained in the Drew and Desha Co. areas for the rest of their lives; William Floyd became a successful planter and also served as Deputy Sheriff of (now extinct) Napoleon, Arkansas; his wife died 06 Apr 1898. Source: Bob Meeks Carthage, MO Family links: Children: Ida E Meeks (1868 - 1868) Fannie E Meeks (1876 - 1886) Wilma Ethel Meeks Robinson (1882 - 1956) Burial Scott Cemetery, Winchester, Drew County, Arkansas Created by Bev Dec 27, 2004 -- Find A Grave Memorial #10178751, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10178751 ---------------------