Samuel Meek

(1757-1838)


By Christopher A. Meek

11. Samuel Meek was born in 1757. He died about 25 Sep 1838 in Brooke Co., WV. His will was dated Aug. 25, 1838. He was buried in Buffalo Village, Washington, PA. He married Polly Wells about 1787 in Brooke County, WV.
Samuel Meek and Polly Wells had the following children:

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  • 131. Robert Meek was born about 1789 in Brooke County, WV.
  • 132. Joseph Meek was born in Brooke County, WV.
    • 262. Albert K. Meek
  • 133. Susanna (Susanah) Meek. married John Edgington 7 Jun 1810 in Brooks Co., WV.
  • 134. Nancy Meek died before 1838.
  • 135. Elizabeth Meek married Samuel Hays 21 Aug 1810 in Brooks Co., WV.
He married Susanna Singer. Samuel Meek and Susanna Singer had the following children:

  • 136. Garrett Meek was born 9 Sep 1809. He died 28 Sep 1913. He married Sophia E. Weller 26 Oct 1847 in Cuyahoga Co., OH. She was born about 1825 in Connecticutt. They were listeded in the 1850 census of Smithfield TWP, Jefferson Co., OH. They were listeded in the 1860 census of 76 TWP, Washington Co., IA. They were listeded in the 1870 census of Ten Mile TWP, Macon Co., MO. They were listeded in the 1880 census of El Paso Co., CO. S. S. Weller resided with them in 1860 and 1870.
    • 271. William E. Meek was born about 1848 in WV. He died in 1915. He married Amoret Barton. The source for this is unknown. He is listed with his father in the 1870 census. A female named S. E. Meek age 20 was also listed. William is also listed with his father in the 1880 census as a widow. S. E. is not listed. However, this is probably a sister. The children listed below are from an undocumented genealogy. He was unmarried in 1870 and a widow in 1880. These children seem unlikely.
      • 371. Amoret Meek.
      • 372. Clarence Meek He married Mary Meek.
      • 373. Luella Meek
      • 374. Edgar Meek died in infancy
      • 375. Ralph Meek Lived in Colorado Springs, CO.
    • 272. Sophia Meek She married David Bausman. She is not listed in any census with her parents. She may be S. E. listed in the 1870 census and may be the same person as Amilia (Emily).
    • 273. Amilia Meek was born about 1850 in Ohio. She is listed in the 1860 census with her parents but is not in the 1870 census.
    • 274. George Meek was born about 1854 in Virginia. He is listed in the 1860 and 1870 censuses with his parents.
    • 275. Carrie E. Meek was born about 1856 in Virginia. She is listed in the 1870 census but is not in the 1860 census. She married John Plum 5 Sep 1876 in Streator, IL.
    • 276. Samuel S. Meek was born about 1859 in Iowa. He died 8 Jul 1877 in El Paso Co., CO according to cemetary records.
    • 277. Eleanor Meek was born about 1861 in Iowa. She married (1) James Russell. She married (2) John F. Hudson.
    • 278. Annie Meek was born about 1864 in Iowa.
    • 279. Idella Meek was born about 1866 in Iowa. She died after 1931. She was married to Ezra C. Bale.
  • 137. Lydia Meek was born in 1811. She died 1 Mar 1859 in Pike Co., IL She married John Logan Grimes 12 Jun 1834. He was born in 1805. He died 1784.
  • 138. Thomas Hughes Meek was born 1813. He married Margaret Bushman Dec 1851. She was born 1 Jan 1823. She died 13 Dec 1902.
    • 280. Thomas V. Meek was born on 21 Mar 1853. He lived in Follansbee, WV.
      • 376. Edna Vincent Meek.
      • 377. Eula Marie Meek was born on 13 Oct 1890. She died on 18 Feb 1957.
  • 139. William Meek was born 14 May 1816 in Brooks Co., WV. He died 2 Jun 1894 in Canton, IL. He married Anna Doddridge 25 Oct 1841. She was born 30 Jul 1820 in Jefferson Co., OH.
    • 281. Julia Doddridge Meek was born on 27 Oct 1842. She died on 24 Oct 1929 in Wilson Co., KS. She married to Milo Farwell on 4 Jul 1867.
    • 282. Anna Margarette Meek was born on 17 Mar 1845. She died on 12 Sep 1915. She married Franklin F. Randolph on 20 Feb 1867 in near Canton, IL. He was born on 11 Jan 1842. He died on 15 Sep 1915.
    • 283. Eleanor Sophia Meek was born on 29 Dec 1851 in Tiltonville, OH. She died in 1906. Lived in Kansas in 1890; later in Canton, IL. She married Franklin Farwell on 13 Apr 1887.
    • 284. Laura Virginia Meek lived in Canton, IL.
    • 285. Jessica Meek.
    • 286. John Meek.
  • 140. Matilda Meek married John Thorley 21 Mar 1825 in Brooks Co., WV.
  • 141. James Bruce Meek. Owned land in Richland, OH.
  • 142. John Meek died on 18 Jul 1864.
  • 143. Sally Meek married Robert McNary 16 Nov 1827 in Brooks Co., WV.
  • 144. Samuel Meek was born 1806 in Brooks Co., WV. He died Dec 1890 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. He married Sarah Farber 11 Jan 1838 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. She was born 6 Jul 1821 in Tuscarawas Co. He died Dec 1890 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. She died 27 Aug 1906. He was listed in the 1850 to 1880 censuses of Riley TWP, Sandusky Co., OH.
    • 287. William Cruzan Meek was born 17 Nov 1838. He died 4 Feb 1877. He married (1) Harriet Burgan 11 May 1862.
      • 378. Elmer E. Meek was born on 19 Mar 1863. He married Ellen Dirlam.
      • 379. Sarah S. Meek was born on 10 Jul 1865. She married Jerry Daniels.
      • 380. Frank L. Meek was born on 28 Aug 1867.
      • 381. Martie M. Meek was born on 24 Oct 1870. She married E. W. Brown.
      • 382. Ruth O. (Sutie) Meek was born on 11 Jun 1872.
      • 383. Linfred B. Meek was born on 4 Feb 1877. He married Lina Allen.

      He married 2nd Wife Meek on 27 Oct 1881.
      • 384. Glen Meek was born in 1886. He married Martha Basor.
    • 288. Thomas H. Meek was born about 1843. He died jun 1904. He married Sidney Smith.
      • 385. Cora Meek married Glen Maud.
      • 386. Nina Meek born 1877. Married Chester Lanning.
      • 387. Alfred S. Meek
      • 388. Ira Meek
      • 389. Josephine Meek born 1893. Married Clyde Chubb.
      • 390. Adah Meek married O. D. Kollie.
      • 391. Benjamin Meek
    • 289. John Farber Meek was born 16 Mar 1845 in Carroll Co., OH. He died 2 Jun 1934. He married Harriet Deyo.
      • 392a. George Burton Meek born 3 Mar 1872. Died 11 May 1898. He was the first man killed in the Spanish-American War; a fireman, USS Winslow, killed in Cuba.
      • 392b. Mattie Meek born 1876. She married Burton Bell.
      • 392c. Frank Lawerence Meek born 1879. He married Julia Miller.
      • 392d. Sarah Meek born 16 Mar 1881. She married Bernard Fuller.
    • 290. Martin Luther Meek was born about 1846 in Tuscarwas Co., OH. He died 8 Oct 1915. He married Alvinia Budd.
      • 393a. Jennie Meek married Thomas Edmonds.
      • 393b. Jessie Meek married F. Burdett Nolan.
      • 393c. Jay Meek born 1871. Anna Wise.
      • 393d. Clyde Meek born 1886. Adah Howard.
      • 393e. Clifford Meek
      • 393f. Justin Meek married Marie Henry.
    • 291. Samuel R. Meek was born 14 Jan 1848. He died 25 Nov 1923 in Vickery, OH. He married Margaret McKinght
      • 394a. Harry Meek married Matilda Ayeworth.
      • 394b. Kent W. Meek married Lavinia Koch.
      • 394c. Walter Meek
      • 394d. Bertha Meek married Edward Wright.
      • 394e. Vernon Meek married Madeline Schnidt.
      • 394f. Alice Meek married Ivan Thompson.
      • 394g. Samuel Meek married Katherine Hill.
      • 394h. Clyde Meek born 1880.
      • 394i. Raymond Meek
      • 394j. Earl Meek
    • 292. Elizabeth Meek was born 11 March 1851. She died 20 Dec 1935. She married Horace H. Raymond 11 May 1897.
    • 293. James E. Meek was born in 1854. He died in 1933. He married Lena Widener.
      • 395a. Laurel H. Meek born 1888.
      • 395b. Lawerence McKinley Meek born 1896.
    • 294. Peter Farber Meek was born about 1856. He died 9 Jan 1919. He married Olive Hell in 1895. They resided in Sandusky Co., OH in 1906. He is listed with his parents in the 1860 census age 4.
      • 396a. Dolah Grace Meek
      • 396b. Olah Glen Meek
    • 295. Linfred E. Meek was born in 1861. He died 18 Mar 1870.
    • 296. George Grant Meek was born 8 May 1864. He died 28 Jun 1921. He married Carrie A. Hair 8 Apr 1895.
      • 397a. Carrie S. Meek born 1904.
      • 397b. George L. Meek born 1906.
    • 297. G. F. Meek
    • 298. N. D. Meek
  • 145. Ann Meek. Father's will gave special remembrance for care she gave him in his last days.
  • 146. Mary (Polly) Meek married Greenbury Headington 10 Feb 1820 in Brooks Co., WV. She died 13 Dec 1873.
  • 147. Beliva Jane Meek died in infancy.

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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