Joshua Meek 1773

14. Joshua Meek was born on 20 Mar 1773. He died on 4 Sep 1847. He married Elizabeth Hedges on 31 Oct 1797. She was born between 1770 and 1780. She was the daughter of Silas Hedges and Margaret Hoagland. They were reported in the 1820-1840 census of Smithfield TWP, Jefferson Co., OH. Census records indicate that Joshua had as many as 6 sons and 5 daughters. These records also indicate that the older female in the 1840 census was born between 1790 and 1800. This would indicate that Elizabeth died before 1840. The children are not verified.

101. Joseph Meek
102. Mary Meek
103. Margaret Meek
104. Love Pumphry
105. Elizabeth Meek
106. Ruth Meek
107. Isaac Meek
108. Susan Meek
109. Jacob Meek was born 17 Jun 1810. He died 28 Oct 1859. He married Hannah Hasting 8 Sep 1831. She was born 7 May 1811 in Ohio. She died 17 Dec 1876. Shw was the daughter of James Hasting and Martha Black. They resided in Byesville, OH. They are listed in the 1850 census of Smithfield TWP, Jefferson Co., OH. Hannah and some children are listed in the 1860 census of Jackson TWP, Guersey Co., OH.
- 201. Mary Penrose Meek was born 26 Jul 1832. She died 4 Aug 1848.
- 202. Joseph Wampanoag Meek was born Jun 6, 1834 in Byesville, OH. He died 13 Nov 1914 in Paonia, CO. He married Elizabeth May McDonald on 2 May 1860. He was a sergeant in company E, 172nd Regiment , Ohio Volunteer infantry having entered Union army 27 Apr 1864. He was mustered out 30 Sep 1864. He eventually bought a farm in Kansas where he lost all of his money due to weather conditions and fire. He moved on west to Triniday, CO and then Hartzel, Belfore and Hotchkiss He then homesteaded on Steward Mesa Paonia, CO.
  - 301. Frances Meek
  - 302. William Hasting Meek was born 22 May 1864 in Byesville OH. He died 16 Sep 1954 in N. Hollywood, CA. he is buried in Red Cliff, CO. He married Eva Dillman 14 Aug 1890 in Winnemucca, NV. She was born Dec 1872 in Massachusetts. They were listed in the 1900 census of Lake Co., CO. They were listed in the 1910 census of Malheur Co., CO. When he was a boy he moved from Ohio to Kansas. He attended the Manhatten College in Manhatten, KS where he learned telegraphy. His first telegraphy job was for the Santa Fe Railroad in Pueblo, CO in 1884. He ran for Lt. Governor of Colorado in 1906 on the Socialist Party ticket. Will was a truly dedicated "old time" socialist, and left a small pamphlet entitled "Grandpa Meek's Legacy", consisting of articles and poems written between 1886 and 1910, pointing the way to peace and plenty and dedicated to his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, and copyrighted knowledgeable, understanding man who never said an unkind word about anyone.
    - 401. Joe McDonald Meek was born 25 Nov 1891 in Colorado. He married Winnie Maulky 5 Jun 1911. He disappeared about 1916 and was found in 1946. He had remarried to Rosetta Rhubright and fathered 12 children.
    - 402. George Dillman Meek was born 21 Jun 1893 in Colorado. He died 10 Dec 1918. He married Myrtle Otena Rudd 2 May 1912 in Robinette, OR. George moved to Buhl, ID where he was foreman of a large ranch owned by Senator Miller of Idaho.
      - 501. Beauford Rudd Meek was born 12 Apr 1914 in Copperfield, OR. He married Millie Elaine Edson 5 Jun 1939.
        
        601. Janice Gaye Meek was born 18 Sep 1941 in Ogden, UT.
        
        602. Nancy Meek was born 24 Jul 1945 in Ogden, UT.
        
        603. Susan Kristine Meek was born 10 Apr 1959 in Prineville, OR.
        
        604. Bradley Edson Meek was born 20 Oct 1946 in Ogden, UT.
      - 502. Karl Elsworth Meek was born 16 Mar 1916 in Delta, CO. He died 6 Jan 1998 in Walla Walla, WA. He married Hazel Pollard 31 Jan 1946 in Boise, ID. He served in the Army during World War II in Iceland and Germany.
        
        605. Duane Karl Meek was born 7 Nov 1946 in Halfway, OR. He married Mary Jane Meyer 18 May 1974. - DNA Kit#107485
        
        701. Karl Duane Meek was born 21 Oct 1975 in Naples, Italy.
        
        702. Amanda Kathleen Meek was born 2 Jan 1979 in Pendleton, OR.
        
        703. Christina Marie Meek was born 12 Mar 1980 in Pendleton, OR.
        
        606. Barbara Irene Meek was born 14 Jun 1949 in Halfway, OR.
        
        607. Billy Joe Meek was born 12 Oct 1960 in Baker, OR. He died 30 Oct 1995 in Weston, OR.
        
        607. Danny Ray Meek was born 20 Dec 1963 in Baker, OR. He died 15 Jun 1997 in Walla Walla, WA.
      - 503. Charlaine Meek was born 13 Jun 1918 in Buhl, ID. He died Oct 1973 in Seattle, WA. She had 1 daughter named Rhonda.
    - 403. Vallea Getrude(Dolly) Meek was born 23 Apr 1899 in Colorado. He died 3 Sep 1938.
    - 404. Vallard Gafford Meek was born 23 Apr 1899 in Colorado. He died 3 Sep 1938. He married Bertha Berry 27 Apr 1919.
    - 405. Ieavonne Laurel Meek was born about 1905 in Colorado.
    - 406. William Hastings Meek was born 14 Apr 1907 in Colorado. He published a genealogy on his family.
  - 303. Rosebell Meek
  - 304. Luvina Meek
  - 305. Jacob McDonald Meek was born 28 Mar 1882. He died 29 Oct 1967. He resided in Colorado. He married Mildred Mary Louise Stickle 11 Oct 1910.
- 203. Joshua Dixon Meek was born 11 Apr 1838 in Ohio. He died 21 Jul 1909 in New Salem, PA. He may be the person listed as J.D. Meek in the 1880 census Senecaville, OH. Children E. E., Zoe 1862, Zilley 1870, Jessie and A. Grace. He married Margaret Frame 14 Dec 1861.
- 204. James Hastings Meek was born 1 Apr 1841 in Ohio. He died 7 Oct 1912 in Los Angeles, CA. He entered the Civil War on 15 Sep 1862 in Company H, 122nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was captured 15 Jun 1863 at the battle of Winchester, Virginia. He was mustered out 20 Jun 1865. He married Virginia Walker 3 May 1861.
- 205. Bascom Scott Meek was born 9 Apr 1843 in Ohio. He died 11 Aug 1914. He married Mary J. Oliver in 1870. They were listed in the 1880 census of Jackson TWP, Guernsey Co., OH.
  - 306. Alonzo Meek was born about 1874 in Ohio.
  - 307. James Albert Meek was born in 1880. He died in 1962. He married Elva Masters in 1912. Thay had Mary Alice and Pearl. They moved to St. Cloud, FL.
  - 308. Ida Meek
  - 309. Margaret Meek
- 206. Erastus Finley Meek was born 13 Jul 1844 in Byesville, OH. He married Jane Wilson 16 Mar 1867. They were listed in the 1880 census of Jackson TWP, Guernsey Co., OH.
  - 310. Louise B. Meek was born about 1870 in Ohio.
  - 311. Jacob H. Meek was born about 1872 in Ohio.
  - 312. Hannah M. Meek was born about 1877 in Ohio.
  - 313. Blanche I. Meek was born Jan 1880 in Ohio.
- 207. Alonzo Brazil Meek was born in 1847. He died in 1848.
- 208. Sarah Elizabeth Meek was born about 1849 in Ohio.
- 209. Hannah Rebecca Meek was born about 1853 in Ohio.
- 210. J. Bye Meek
110. Soloman Meek
111. Rebecca Meek

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Joshua Meek

(1773-1847)

By Christopher A. Meek.