Henry Basil Meek

• 36. Basil Duvalle Meek was born on 6 Dec 1828 in Jennings Co., IN. He died on 3 Apr 1909. He was buried in Meek Cemetery, near Eureka, IL. He was an attorney. He was elected County Treasurer for 2 terms, and in 1857 County Judge. He was a Lt. Colonel in Civil War, was in the battle of Shiloh and others. Returned in 1863. His wife may have been Sarah E. Ward. He is listed in the census of Woodford Co., IL from 1850-1880. In 1860 his wife's name was Elizabeth, age 21. Living with them was Fanny, age 2, and John F. F. Ward, age 56. In 1870 his wife's name was Frances, age 31, and John Ward continues with them. In 1880 his wife's name is Sarah E., age 42. In 1910 Elizabeth age 72 was listed as the mother of Louis F. Meek Jr.
• 151. Parthenia Frances was born about 1858 in Woodford Co., IL. She married William Charles Mitchell on 24 Jan 1878. He was born on 29 Oct 1853 in Bloomington, IL.
• 152. William Doddridge Meek was born on 21 Jun 1860 in Woodford Co., IL. Lived in Chicago and Lewiston, IL in 1909. He married Hanna Hedwig Elfstrom on 10 May 1892. She was born on 5 May 1874 in SWEDEN. They were listed in the 1910 census of Fulton Co., IL.
• 241. Frances Meek was born on 15 Mar 1893 in Chicago, IL. She married _____ Walton.
• 242. Margaret Meek was born on 24 Jan 1898 in Chicago, IL. She married _____ Borsen.
• 243. Eleanor Meek was born on 8 Aug 1899 in Chicago, Cook, IL.
• 244. Dorothy Meek was born about 1908 in Illinois.
• 153. Louis Frank Meek was born on 12 Jun 1863. He died on 1 Jan 1917. He was postmaster and attorney in Peoria, IL. He married Ella Perry about 1890. She was born about 1870. They were listed in the 1910 census of Peoria Co., IL
• 245. Elizabeth Meek was born on 16 Jun 1893 in Peoria, IL. She married Otto William Henry Wahlfeld (son of August H. Wahlfeld and Anna (Wahlfeld) Wahlfeld) in 1925. He was born 11 Dec 1888 in Peoria, IL. He died Mar 1969 in Peoria. IL. His first wife died in 1923.
• 246. James Perry Meek was born on 25 May 1897 in Peoria, IL. Living in Indianapolis, IN in 1917.
• 247. Louis Frank Meek Jr. was born on 22 Mar 1899 in Peoria, IL. Living in Columbus, IN on January 1, 1917. *DNA kit#4801
• 154. Henry Basil Meek was born on 30 Mar 1868 in Woodford Co., IL. He died on 17 May 1923. He married Emily (Millie) Rubesam on 29 Nov 1895.
• 37. Ransom Perry Meek was born on 4 Mar 1831 in Woodford Co., IL. He is listed in the 1860 census with his parents. He is listed in the 1870 census of Woodford Co., IL with Betsy, age 25, and daughters Minney and Nancy. He is listed in the 1880 census of Cugar TWP, Woodford Co., IL. He married Nancy Killiam before 1863. She was born on 2 May 1843 in Knox Co., IL. She died on 16 Jan 1863.
• 155. Anna Bell Meek died in infancy (9 mos.).
He married Sarah Elizabeth West 29 Jan 1864. She was born on 18 Mar 1842 in IL. She died on 15 Mar 1886.
• 156. Minnie D. Meek was born on 5 May 1866 in Woodford Co., IL. She died on 19 Oct 1949. She was a dentist in Zanesville, OH, unmarried.
• 157. Nannie Belle Meek was born on 6 Jun 1869 in Woodford Co., IL. She married Tecumseh Henry Meek (son of Willis S. Meek and Margaret Jane Truitt) on 26 Dec 1895. He was born on 22 Mar 1866 in Lawrenceburg, IN. He was Superintendent of Schools in Lawrenceburg, IN.
• 251. Harold Tecumseh Meek was born 30 June 1897 in Lawrenceburg. He married Elizabeth Stevens Tunica. She was born 5 Jul 1904.
• 331. Harold Tecumseh Meek was born 3 Dec 1939.
• 332. Nancy E. Meek was born 15 Jul 1942.
• 333. Bazel Du Valle Meek was born 12 Apr 1944.
• 158. Charles Perry Meek was born on 30 Mar 1875. He died on 14 Aug 1875.
• 159. Roy Basil Meek was born on 24 May 1877 in Woodford Co., IL. A dentist in Zanesville, OH.
He married Isabella McClure before 1857. She was born on 2 Dec 1833 in IL. She died on 21 Apr 1857.

He married Mary E. Campbell on 29 Nov 1894 according to marriage abstracts. She was born on 25 Jan 1833 in Franklin Co., IL.
• 38. Noel Byron Meek was born on 1 Sep 1833. He died 17 Jun 1887. He was buried in Butler, MO. Sheriff for 4 years in Matamora, IL. He moved to his farm in Woodford Co., IL, and then in 1867 to Bates Co., MO, where he was Sheriff and Justice of the Peace. He married EllenCornelia Compton on 18 Dec 1858. She was born on 7 Nov 1841. They were listed in the 1880 Census of Walnut, Bates Co., MO.
• 161. Douglas Napolian Meek was born on 31 Mar 1859 in Matamora, IL. He died on 2 Sep 1880 in Army Hospital, Fort Cummings, NM.
• 162. Carl Byron Meek was born on 25 Sep 1861 in Woodford Co., IL. He died on 9 Mar 1891.
• 163. Edward Hamilton Meek was born on 25 Dec 1863 in Woodford Co., IL. He died in 1937. He married (1) Jennie Morris on 4 Apr 1890. They were divorced. He married (2) Katie Hill 2 Sep 1895. She was born 5 Jul 1872 in Bath, IL. They were listed in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses of Pettis Co., MO. He was a Mail Clerk in Sedalia, MO.
• 261. Edwin Basil Meek was born on 7 Jun 1896 in Sedalia, Pettis, MO.
• 262. Delia Edras Meek was born on 20 Sep 1897 in Sedalia, Pettis, MO.
• 263. Lula Cornelia Meek was born on 21 Dec 1898 in Sedalia, Pettis, MO.
• 164. Ella Belle Meek was born on 27 Jul 1869 in Bates Co., MO.
• 165. Henry Basil Meek was born on 28 Aug 1871 in Bates Co., MO. He died on 16 May 1944. He was the author of a book of Meek Genealogy in 1902, based on information furnished by his "Uncle Basil", and he states that the manuscript that he used was returned to Uncle Basil. He married Mabel Evans on 7 Mar 1891. She was born on 24 Mar 1872.
• 166. Clifford Noel Meek was born on 12 Feb 1876. He died on 3 Mar 1882. Lived in Butler, MO.
• 39. Missouri Meek was born on 7 Apr 1836. She married Samuel Hamilton McClure on 11 Jun 1856. He was born on 2 Nov 1827 in Danville, IL. He died on 15 Sep 1897.
• 40. Joshua Meek was born on 18 May 1840. He died on 10 Sep 1841.
• 41. Mary Ellen Meek was born on 1 Mar 1843 in Woodford Co., IL. She married James Albert Briggs on 6 Mar 1861. He was born on 12 Feb 1839 in Courtland Co., NY. He was an attorney in Eureka, IL.

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