Jeremiah Meek



By Christopher A. Meek

1. Jeremiah Meek was born on 25 Dec 1806 in Tennessee. He resided about 1836 in Carroll Co., AR and appears in the 1840 and 1850 census of Carroll County. He died on 24 May 1856 in Carroll Co., AR.

He married Jane Dunlap (daughter of Jonathan Dunlap and Ann Sears) on 31 Dec 1829 in Henry Co., TN. She was born 15 Oct 1811 in Logan Co., KY. She appears, as a widow, in the 1860 and 1870 census. She died 2 Dec 1873 in Carroll Co., AR. Jeremiah Meek and Jane Dunlap had the following children:

  • 2. William E. Meek was born 29 Sep 1830 in Henry Co., TN.
  • 3. Ely Wesley Meek. was born 21 Oct 1831 in Henry Co., TN. He died 8 Nov 1862 while serving in the Confederate Army.
  • 4. Susan Ann Meek. was born 23 Sep 1835 in Henry Co., TN. She died 26 Jun 1900 in Carroll Co., AR. She married (1) James C. Ward 2 Apr 1873 in Carroll County. She married (2) Abe H. Clark 16 Sep 1877 in Carroll County.
  • 5. James Monroe Meek was born 5 Apr 1839 in Carroll Co., AR. He died May 1864 of wounds received while serving in the military.
  • 6. Elizabeth Paralee Meek was born 18 Dec 1840 in Carroll Co., AR. She died 6 Jun 1923 in Young Co., TX. She was not married.
  • 7. Francis Marion Meek. was born on 1 Mar 1843 in Carroll Co., AR.
  • 8. Tabitha Meek was born 10 Dec 1844 in Carroll Co., AR. She married Marion Jones about 1861.
  • 9. Mary Cordelia Meek was born 7 Jan 1847 in Carroll Co., AR. She died 16 Feb 1928 in Carroll County. She married John Mason Parker 13 Feb 1868 in Carroll County.
  • 10. Jonathan Ephriah Meek was born 20 Nov 1848 in Carroll Co., AR. He died 12 Aug 1923 in Santa Monica, CA. He married Marinda A. Tharp 24 Nov 1872 in Carroll Co., AR. He resided Beaver Co., OK in 1894.
    • 36. William Annas Meek was born about 1874 in Carroll Co., AR. He died Aug 1891 at Englewood, KA.
    • 37. Rosa Angeline Meek was born about 1875 in Carroll Co., AR. She died 17 Feb 1926 in Utah.
    • 38. Lillie Olive Meek was born 28 May 1882 in Carroll CO., AR. She died 5 Jun 1958 in Colorado. She married (1) Robert L. Lewis. She married (2) Olin L. Shedron. She married (3) James Roy Brooks.
    • 39. Frederick Monroe Meek was born 17 Feb 1888 in Beaver Co., OK. He married Cecil Turner in 1906.
  • 11. Sarah Emily Meek was born 20 May 1852 in Carroll Co., AR. She died 8 Jan 1938 in Young Co., TX. She married William Sherwood Purselley 2 Mar 1871 in Carroll County.
  • 12. Hannah Angeline Meek was 4 Mar 1854 in Carroll Co., AR. She died 12 Jul 1942 in Carroll County. She married James Monroe Littrell 10 Oct 1875 in Carroll County.
  • 13. Jesse Albert Jeremiah Meek was born 8 Dec 1856 in Carroll Co., AR. He died 12 Jun 1944 in Carroll County. He married (1) Sarah Lucinda Purselley about 1873 in Carroll County. They were reported in the 1880 census of Carroll County.
    • 40. Martha J. Meek was born 8 Dec 1874 in Arkansas. She died 6 Oct 1932. She married H. J. Griffith.
    • 41. Mary Tryphenia Meek was born 25 Jul 1877. She married Welza D. Casey 20 Aug 1899 in Carroll County.
    • 42. Faney Ellen Meek was born May 1880. She married Seth Green 4 Nov 1896.
    • 43. Maude B. Meek was born 1 Mar 1882. She died 4 Sep 1886 in Carroll Co., AR.
    • 44. Henry Groover Cleveland Meek was born 16 Nov 1884 in Carroll Co., AR. He died 24 Jan1938 in Carroll Co., AR. He married Sarah Younger.
    • 45. Jo Mima Meek was born 7 Jul 1887. She died 17 Mar 1941 in Carroll Co., AR. She married Fred Zalmon Hoback 7 Jul 1907 in Carroll County.
    • 46. James Monroe Meek was born 25 Jun 1890. He died 12 Jan 1942 in San Bernardino, CA. He married Rae F. Bennett 22 1919.

    Jesse married (2) Dora F. Pyatt about 1909-1913 in Carroll Co., AR. She was born 20 Mar 1876. She died 12 Apr 1950 in Carroll Co., AR.

Disclaimer: This genealogy was prepared by the author using undocumented and/or unverified sources. Some facts presented here MAY NOT be correct. Never accept as factual any information you find in a library, the Internet or from other genealogist unless it is supported by documentation. Documentation DOES NOT include the undocumented genealogies of other people including those on this web site.

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