John Meek of Hood Co., TX



By Christopher A. Meek

22. John Meek was born 27 Nov 1805 in Mecklenburg. He died 10 Jan 1902 in Hood Co., TX. He married (1) Mahala Tidwell 30 Nov 1831 in Dickson Co., TN. She was born 10 Mar 1818 in Dickson Co., TN. The source for the previous information is not known. John is thought to be the person listed in the 1850 census of Upshur Co., TX. He is age 44 and born in North Carolina. His wife, listed as "M" is age 32 and born in Tennessee. The use of initials in the census make it difficult to be certain about all of the children. However, Orlena and Rachel are named. Their ages are consistent with the dates of birth in the genealogy. He was listed in the 1860 census of Wise Co, TX. He was listed in the 1870 and 1880 censuses of Hood Co, TX.

  • 31. Orlena Meek was born 26 Nov 1834 in Dickson Co., TN. She died 11 Apr 1929. She married Ben Earp in 1852.
  • 32. Rachel Meek was born 14 Feb 1836 in Dickson Co., TN. She died 8 Nov 1928 in Hood Co., TX. She married Heustace Brooks in 13 Oct 1853 in Collin Co., TX.
  • 33. Margaret Jane Meek was born in 1835. She is not listed in the 1850 census with her parents.
  • 34. Christopher C. Meek was born 12 Feb 1838 in Dickson Co., TN. He died 20 Aug 1924 in Pontotoc Co., OK. He married (1) Octavia Day 21 Jul 1859 in Collin Co., TX. She was born 8 Feb 1842 in Fayette Co., IL. She died 22 Jul 1877 in Hood Co., TX. He is listed with his father in the 1860 census. He is likily the person listed in the 1870 census of Erath Co., TX with wife Emily. He was listed in the 1870 census with wife Octavia living near his father. He was listed in the 1880 census with wife Ella living near his father. He is listed in the 1910 census of Hood Co., TX with wife Ella and son Roy.
    • 101. William Harvey Meek was born 31 Jul 1860 in Erath Co., TX. He died 1 Nov 1896 Pontotoc Co., OK. He married (1) Emma Barbee 28 Dec 1881. He is listed in the 1870 and 1880 censuses with his father.
      • 201. Minnie Mae Meek was born 16 Jan 1883 in Hood Co., TX.
      • 202. Maud Meek was born 16 Dec 1884 in Hood Co., TX.

      He married (2) Marilla B. Young 13 Jan 1887 in Erath Co., TX. She was born 11 Feb 1865 Erath Co., TX. She died 28 Dec 1924 in Caddo Co., OK. She remarried to Albert S. Bandy. They were listed in the 1910 census of Cooper TWP, Kiowa Co., OK with her children Guy Meek, Claude Meek, Myrtle Meek, and Orval Meek.
      • 203. Guy Carleton Meek was born 1 Dec 1887 Erath Co., TX. He died 6 Jun 1960.
      • 204. Claude Nev Meek was born 22 Dec 1889 Erath Co., TX. He died 19 Dec 1946. He married Myrtle _______. They were listed in the 1920 census of Kiowa Co., OK.
        • 301. Clarence A. Meek was born 10 Dec 1919 in Caddo Co., OK. He died 8 Feb 2010 in Sumner Co., KS. He married Mary L. McPherson 6 Jul 1941.
      • 205. Myrtle Oresta Meek was born 22 Aug 1892. He died 10 Dec 1970.
      • 206. Orval Earnest Meek was born 14 Feb 1895 in Pontotoc Co., OK. He died 14 Nov 1968. He married Milly ______. They were listed in the 1920 census of Kiowa Co., OK.
        • 302. Leo Meek was born about
    • 102. Thomas Rufus Meek was born 18 May 1863 in Hood Co., TX. He died Feb 1940 in Blaine Co., OK. He married Alice Viola Young 17 Sep 1885 in Erath Co., TX. He is listed in the 1870 and 1880 censuses with his father. He was named Ruphus. He is listed in the 1900 census of the Indian Territory. He was listed in the 1910 and 1920 censuses of Kiowa Co., OK. He was listed in the 1930 census of Blaine Co., OK.
      • 207. Fines Wilson Meek was born 6 Sep 1887 in Hood Co., TX. Me married Lemma Cynthia Cook in 1910. She was born about 1883 in Georgia. He is listed with his parents in the 1900 census of the Indian Territory. He was listed in the 1910 census of Kiowa Co., OK. He was listed in the 1920 census of Caddo Co., OK. He was listed in the 1930 census of Oklahoma City, OK.
        • 303. Everett Meek was born about 1912 in Oklahoma.
        • 304. Elwyn Meek was born about 1914 in Oklahoma.
        • 305. Temple Meek was born about 1916 in Oklahoma.
        • 306. John Milton Meek was born about 1920 in Oklahoma.
        • 307. Fines Wilson Meek was born 10 July 1928 in Oklahoma. DNA=Kit#63411
      • 208. Kossuth Meek was born 29 May 1890 in Hood Co., TX. He was listed with his parents in the 1910 census.
        • A. Orval Meek
          • 1. Roger Meek
            • a. Sand Meek
              submitted by Writa Gray.
      • 209. Cora Lee Meek was born 22 Oct 1893 in Oklahoma. She was not listed in the 1910 census with her parents.
      • 210. Pearl Hazel Meek was born 10 Mar 1896 in Garvin Co., OK. She was listed in the 1910 census with her parents.
      • 211. Harvey Wesley Meek was born 6 Aug 1898 in Garvin Co., OK. He married Virginia ______. They were living with his parents in the 1920 census. They were listed in the 1930 census of Blaine Co., OK.
        • 308. Elton Meek was born about 1921 in Oklahoma.
        • 309. Celia Meek was born about 1922 in Oklahoma.
        • 310. Pearl Meek was born about 1924 in Oklahoma.
        • 311. Velma Meek was born about 1926 in Oklahoma.
      • 212. Clarence Meek was born 22 Jun 1900 in Clinton Co., OK. He was listed in the 1910 census with her parents.
      • 213. Clyde Clifford Meek was born 22 Apr 1903 in Kiowa Co., OK. He was listed in the 1910 census with her parents.
      • 214. Lessie Marie Meek was born 13 May 1905 in Kiowa Co., OK. She was listed in the 1910 census with her parents.
      • 215. Haskel Basil Meek was born 12 Sep 1907 in Kiowa Co., OK. He married Jessie _____. They were living with his father in the 1930 census.
      • 216. Burl Winifred Meek was born 22 Mar 1911 in Kiowa Co., OK. He married Mabel Hoffman
        • 312. Velma Meek
        • 313. Burl Dean Meek
        • 314. Jim Meek
        • 315. Harry Leo Meek was born 20 Feb 1945.
        • 316. Larry Lee Meek was born 20 Feb 1945. He married Carol June Powell on 4 Sep 1964. She was born 28 Dec 1944.
          • 401. Janice Elaine Meek was born 27 Mar 1965. She married Jay R.K. Smith 4 Nov 1989. He was born 25 Nov 1964. They had Kenneth Jay Smith (6/25/92); Daniel Ryan Smith (6/6/96) and Thomas Kyle Smith (5/16/2000).
          • 402. Ronald Lee Meek was born 11 Mar 1969.
          • 403. Collen Dale Meek was born 8 Aug 1975.
    • 103. Mary Mollie Meek was born 1867. She was listed in the 1870 and 1880 censuses with her father.
    • 104. Dixie Meek was born 1870. She was not listed in the 1880 census with her father.
    • 105. Maggie Meek was born 1871. She was not listed in the 1880 census with her father.
    • 106. John Russell Meek was born about 1875. He is listed in the 1880 census with his father.
    • 107. Dora Meek was born about 1873. She was listed in the 1880 census with her father.
    • 108. Emma Meek was born 22 Jul 1877 in Hood Co., TX. She was listed in the 1880 census at age 7 living with her father.

    He married (2) Ella Dunn 12 Mar 1879 in Erath Co., TX. She was born 21 Jan 1853. She died 24 Jan 1931 in Pontotoc Co., OK.
    • 109. Edwin Meek was born 12 Dec 1879. He died 7 Apr 1880.
    • 110. Robert Willis Meek was born 16 Aug 1881 in Hood Co., TX. He died 8 Nov 1972 in Brazos Co., TX. He married Carrie Louise Hervey 8 Mar 1907 in Galveston Co., TX.
    • 111. Adderson Meek was born 8 Mar 1884. He died 26 Jul 1884.
    • 112. Lola Meek was born in 1885.
    • 112. Llyod Meek was born 21 Nov 1886. He married Ida Mayme Green.
    • 113. Roy Meek was born 28 Aug 1894 in Hood Co., TX. He died 13 Jun 1978 in Pontotoc Co., OK.
  • 35. Cave Johnson Meek was born about 1843 in Tennessee according to census records. He married Nancy _______. He is listed in the 1870 census of Hood Co., TX living alone. He is listed in the 1880 census of Hood Co., TX with Nancy and two children
    • 114. Walter Meek was born about 1876 in Texas.
    • 115. Alma Meek was born about 1879 in Texas.
  • 36. Mary Lucinda Meek was born about 1846 in Texas according to census records. She was listed with her father in the 1860 census
  • 37. Caroline Christina Meek was born about 1848 accoding to census records. She was living with her father in the 1850 and 1860 censuses.
  • 38. Charlotte Tennessee Meek was born about 1850 according to census records. She was living with her father in the 1860 and 1870 censuses.
  • 39. Mathe Euginia Meek was born in 1854 in Collin Co., TX. She was living with her father in the 1860 census.
He married (2) Sarah Elizabeth Freeman 19 Aug 1855 in Collin Co., TX.
  • 40. Artimitia Meek was about 1856. She married William Young. They had Ollie born about 1877. She is listed with her father in the 1860-1880 censuses.
  • 41. <b>Sarah Elizabeth Meek was born 15 Apr 1858 in Collin Co., TX. She is listed with her father in the 1860 and 1870 censuses.

He married (3) Mary Ann Bunum. He married (4) Mary White.

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.

Information provided in part by Megan Zurawicz.

Note:
Traditional genealogies of the descendants of Moses Meek born about 1755 include John Meek born 27 Nov 1805 the son of Josiah Meek. These genealogies include the children and grandchildren of John. The source of this information is not known. However, the genealogy states that John died 10 Jan 1902 in Hood Co., Texas.

This author is unaware of any documentation to prove that John Meek born in 1805 is the son of Josiah. If Josiah had a son named John there is no proof that this John was the same person recorded in Hood Co., TX. Having said that, the following information is provided.

John Meek is listed in the 1850 census of Upshur Co., TX at age 44 and born in North Carolina. His wife is listed as “M” age 32 and born in Tennessee. The children were born in Tennessee with the exception of the youngest, a female named C, age 2, who was born in Texas. This dates the migration of the family to Texas between 1846 and 1848.

The initials of the children and their ages match the children in the genealogy with the exception of Cave Johnson Meek born about 1836. There is a male named RG, age 7 who is the only unidentified child in the census.

The 1860 census finds John in Wise Co., TX, age 53 born in North Carolina, living with the children listed in the genealogy including Cave Johnson Meek at age 17. Christopher is likely the person listed in the census of Erath Co., TX with wife Emily. In 1870 John, with some children named in the 1870 census, is living in Hood Co., TX with Cave and Christopher living in close proximity. In 1880 John is still listed in Hood Co., TX with daughter Artimissa and her husband.

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