Adam Rankin Meek

(1789-1872)


By Christopher A. Meek

105. Adam Rankin Meek was born on 15 Dec 1789 in Decatur Co., IN. He died on 22 Dec 1872 in Springhill Cemetary, Decatur Co., IN. He lived in Washington Township, Decatur Co., IN in 1850 and 1860 He married Nancy Logan 15 Mar 1815. She was born about 1795. She died before 1845.
Adam Rankin Meek and Nancy Logan had the following children:

  • 261. Thomas Meek was born about 1816. He died 28 Nov 1912 Decatur Co., IN. He married (1) Sally Ann McCracken 4 Oct 1838 in Decatur Co., IN. She was born in Aug 1817. She died 3 May 1848 in Decatur Co., IN. He married (2) Nancy Martin 28 May 1850 in Decatur Co., IN. She was born 10 Jun 1830. She died 26 Oct 1905 in Decatur Co., IN.
  • 262. David Meek was born about 1818.
  • 263. Samuel Meek was born about 1820.
  • 264. Minerva Meek was born about 1822. She died in 1844. She married James F. Banner 24 Mar 1842 in Decatur Co., IN. He was born about 1820.
  • 265. James Davis Meek was born about 1824.
  • 266. Tirzah Anne Meek was born about 1826.
  • 267. Josiah Meek was born about 1828. He died in 1844.
  • 268. Rebecca Jane Meek was born about 1832. She married Thomas D. Henry 1 Jan 1852 in Decatur Co., IN. He was born about 1830.
  • 269. John Adam Meek was born about 1837. He married Martha Louise Meek (daughter of John Meek and Sarah Jane Montgomery) 16 Feb 1870 in Decatur Co., IN. She was born about 1850.
    • 331. Milo Edgemont Meek was born 3 Nov 1871. He married Ella Henrietta Long 28 Sep 1898. She was born about 22 Apr 1870. They were listed in the 1900 through 1930 censuses of Clay Co., KS.
      • 431. John H. Meek was born 24 Aug 1899 in Kansas. He married Mildred Marsh. She was born about 1890.
        • 511. John William Meek was born about 1910
        • 512. Mary Lou Meek was born about 1910.
        • 513. Richard Meek was born about 1910.
      • 432. Alfred Meek was born 24 Mar 1902 in Kansas. He married Nellie Trechsel. She was born about 1890.
        • 514. Alice Lee Meek
        • 515. Fred Trechsel Meek was born about 1910.
        • 516. Taylor Meek
      • 433. Donald L. Meek was born 26 Sep 1903 in Kansas. He married Eulah Marie Bertsch 21 Mar 1941. She was born 15 Mar 1916.
        • 517. Donna Marie Meek was born 30 Jun 1946. She married Donald W. Lane 12 Aug 1967.
          • A. Jolie Marie Lane was born 6 Aug 1978. She Married John William Hobbs II 15 Feb 1997.
            • 1. John William Hobbs III was born 26 Mar 1998.
            • 2. Jeffrey Wayne Hobbs was born 14 Oct 1999.
            • 3. Jace Wade Hobbs was born 13 May 2002.
            • 4. Jillian Marie Hobbs was born 1 Jun 2004.
      • 434. George E. Meek was born 25 Sep 1905 in Kansas. He married Thelma Bradshaw. She was born about1890.
        • 518. Don Alan Meek
        • 519. David Eric Meek
        • 520. George Anthony Meek
        • 521. Timothy Clark Meek
        • 522. Angela Meek
    • 332. Sylvia Meek married John Swogger.
    • 333. Ethel Meek married Scott Fullington.
    • 334. G. Elmer Meek married Agusta Fullington
      • 435. Milo Augusta Meek was born 30 Jan 1907. He died 22 Oct 1997. He married Pauline Palmer. She was born 10 Mar 1917.
        • 525. Margaret Rose Meek was born 7 Feb 1943. She died 26 Sep 1997 in Tucson, AZ. She married Keith Meredith in 1964 in Idana, KS. They had three sons.
          • A. Kurt Edward Meredith was born 8 Oct 1966. He married Andrea Bobbie Roast 17 Sep 2005. She was born 9 Mar 1965.
          • B. Mark David Meredith was born 5 Sep 1969. He married Micheline Beltran 20 Oct 2002.
            • 1. Sage Duquesne Meredith was born 23 Feb 1991.
            • 2. Natassja Meredith was born 18 May 1997.
          • C. Scott Thomas Meredith was born 14 Nov 1974.
        • 526. Palmer Frank Meek was born 18 Apr 1945. He married Martha “Marti” Gipson 24 Aug 1968. She was born 23 Sep 1945 in Kansas City, Ks.
          • A. Palmer Jarrett Meek was born 15 Sep 1970. He married Kristen Lindsey Hammond 24 Jun 1994. She was born 17 Nov 1968 in Atlanta, GA.
            • 1. Caroline Davies Meek was born 8 Sep 1998.
            • 2. Annelise Rachel Meek was born 12 May 2000.
            • 3. Charles Palmer Meek was born 25 Jun 2004.
            • 4. Lucy Rose Meek was born 21 May 2007.
          • B. Aaron Bradley Meek was born 20 Jan 1973. He married Hollie Susan Walker 31 Aug 1996. She was born 8 Nov 1975.
            • 1. Thomas Milo Meek was born 17 Jul 1998.
            • 2. William Walker Meek was born 16 Aug 2002.
            • 3. Leah Ann Meek was born 27 Aug 2004.
          • C. Lucas Justin Meek was born 7 Dec 1977. He married Holly Bozarth 3 Apr 2004.
            • 1. Ethan Andrew Meek was born 11 Apr 2007.
          • D. Marshal Benjamin Meek was born 14 Nov 1979. He married Amy Lynn Baugham 9 Aug 2002. She was born 8 Mar 2006
            • 1. Audrey Jane Meek was born 21 Jun 2006
        • 527. Milo “Ben” Meek married Karen Loreen Burgess.
          • A. Jenni Laurelle Meek married Douglas Randall Roney.
            • 1. Dylan Douglas Roney
            • 2. Reed Benjamin Roney
            • 3. Grant Griswold Roney
          • B. Jilenna Noelle Meek married Brian Scott Thiemann.
            • 1. Alexander James Thiemann
        • 528. Thomas Emery Meekb. Nov. 14, 1952. m. Aug 2, 1975 Nancy Sue Haynes b. July 24, 1953. He had 2 sons.
          • A. Austin Thomas Meek was born 18 May 1984. He married Melody Jacobson 19 May 2007. She was born 12 Aug 1965.
          • B. Tyler Nathaniel Meek was born 5 Aug 1990
      • 436. Frank Henry Meek married Harrell Porter
        • 529. Carolyn Meek married Dave Stallard Dec 1956 in Perry, KS. They had three children.
        • 530. Jo Agusta Meek died about 1999. She married Jack Galbraith in Perry, KS.
          • A. Jan Galbraith
          • B. Dan Galbraith
        • 531. Myron Meek was born 24 Dec 1941. He married Judy ____.
          • A. Jeffrey Meek
          • B. Melanie Meek
          • C. Adam Meek
      • 437. George Gerald Meek was born 28 May 1911 He married Imogene Ruth Siemers 31 Dec 1940 in Topeka, KS by the Rev. John Swogger. She was born 23 Mar 1914.
        • 532. George Lynn Meek was born 6 Jun 1942. He married Helen Gast Ayg 1973. They were divorced in 1997. - DNA Kit#132971
          • A. Justin Mikale Meek was born 5 Jul 1974.
          • B. Catlin Alexis Meek was born 5 Jun 1980.
        • 533. Maurita Gayle Meek was born 20 Feb 1946. She married Kenneth Goeckler in 1964 at Idana, KS.
        • 534. Lynean Ann Meek was born in 1950. She married Randal Cerretti in Idana, KS.
          • A. Joshua Cerretti
          • B. Cassie Cerretti
        • 535. Marilyn Jean Meek was born Mar 1952. She married Larry Ellis in Idana, KS.
          • A Jessica Megan Ellis was born 18 Aug 1978. He married Bryan Christian Ripple 19 Mar 2005 in Los Angles, CA. He was born 3 Apr 1978.
          • B. Kacy Lynn Ellis was born 16 May 1980. She married Ben Postlethwait
          • C. Samuel Dee Ellis died Sep 2006.
          • D. Timothy Joel Ellis was born 2 Jun 1987.
          • E. Molly Ellis was born 23 Jun 2004. (Adopted)
        • 536. Elaine Joyce Meek was born 20 Jul 1954. She married Timothy Bowman Aug 1974 in Idana, KS.
          • A. Corey Bowman
      • 438. Louis F. Meek married Roberta Vawter
        • 523. James Scott Meek
        • 524. Robert Louis Meek
  • 270. George Meek was born about 1834.
  • 271. Jerusha Meek was born about 1834. She married John Patton 31 Aug 1857 in Decatur Co., IN. He was born about 1835.
  • 272. Milton S. Meek was born 1 Sep 1835 in Springhill, Decatur County, IN. He died 23 Mar 1836 in Decatur Co., IN.
He married Rachel Miller 11 Mar 1845 in Decatur Co., IN. She was born 27 Jul 1819. She died 22 Mar 1900 in Decatur Co., IN. Adam Rankin Meek and Rachel Miller had the following children:
  • 273. Laura Isabel Meek was born about 1850. She married David A. Kincaid 19 Dec 1871 in Decatur Co., IN. She was born about 1850.
  • 274. Taylor Fillmore Meek was born about 1845. He married Sophronia E. Imlay 30 Oct 1867 in Decatur Co., IN.She was born 9 Oct 1849. She died 17 Apr 1886.
    • 335. Harry E. Meek was born 16 Apr 1871 in Decatur Co., IN. He died 5 Jul 1871 in Decatur Co., IN.
    He married Carrie F. Bates 30 May 1889 in Decatur Co., IN. She was born in 1863. She died in 1940.
    • 336. Gladys Meek was born 9 Mar 1893 in Decatur Co., IN. She died 12 Mar 1901 in Decatur Co., IN.
  • 275. Mary Hester Meek was born about 1838. She married Sam Donnell. He was born about 1838.

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