Robert Meek

(1789-1878)


By Christopher A. Meek

131. Robert Meek was born in 1789 in Brooke Co., WV. He died in 1878 in Washington Co., IA. He was reported in the 1820 census of Tuscarawas Co., OH. He was reported in the 1840-1850 census of Warren TWP, Tuscarawas Co., OH. He moved to Washington, IA in 1853. They were listed in the 1860 and 1870 census of Washington Co., IA.

He married Esther McCombs on 21 Apr 1814 in Brooke Co., WV. She was born about 1791 in IRELAND. She died on 11 Nov 1871 in Washington Co., IA. Came to America with her parents in 1792; moved in 1815 to Tuscarawas Co., OH in 1852 to Washington Co., IA, where she died. She had one sister, Nancy, who became the wife of Thomas Allen, and removed to Westmoreland Co., Pa. Robert Meek Sr. and Esther McCombs had the following children:

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  • 251. Joseph McCombs Meek was born on 28 Dec 1814 in Washington Co., PA. He died 1 May 1907 in Washington Co., IA. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ella Meek Cherry. He married Eliza Scott on 30 Mar 1837 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. She was born 17 Sep 1817 to Alexander Scott and Gertrude Kerr. She died 5 Aug 1909. He was listed in the 1850 census of Washington Co., IA. He was listed in the 1860 through 1900 censuses of Jackson TWP, Washington Co., IA.
    • 341 Alexander S. Meek was born 30 May 1839 in OH. He died 29 Oct 1913 in Washington Co., IA. He married Mary E. Abbott 12 Jul 1863. She was born about 1839 OH. They were listed in the 1880 census of Bedford, Taylor Co., IA. He was a prominent jeweler.
      • A. Luella Meek was born about 1865 in Iowa.
      • B. Georgia Meek was born about 1867 in Iowa.
      • C. Harry Meek was born about 1873 in Iowa.
    • 342. Caroline Meek was born about 1841 in OH. She married Alexander Trimble 5 Aug 1861 in Washington Co., IA.
    • 343. Susanna G. Meek was born 2 May 1843 in OH. She died 11 Jan 1913. She married (1) Edward S. Stewart. She married (2) Benjamin F. Warfel.
    • 344. Eliza Jane Meek was born 11 Jul 1846 in OH. She died 10 Jun 1926. She married Hugh Author 7 Nov 1867 in Washington Co., IA.
    • 345. Joseph Clark Meek was born 27 Apr 1849 in Washington Co., IA. He died 7 Sep 1908 in Washington Co., IA. He married Bertha Shaw in Washington Co., IA. She was born 14 Dec 1858. She died 2 Feb 1947.
      • 411. Estilla Meek
      • 412. Clarice Meek was born 27 Mar 1900 in Washington Co., IA.
    • 346. Albert K. Meek was born about 1852. He died before 1887.
    • 347. Lewis Mansfield Meek was born Aug 1855 in Washington Co., IA. He married Addie R. Murkin 27 Jun 1888 in Washington Co., IA according to marriage records.
      • 413. Addie Hazel Meek died 10 Apr 1985.
    • 348. Marcellus Ralston Meek was born Nov 1858 in Washington Co., IA. He died 14 Jan 1947 in Washington Co., IA. He married Mary Wilde. She was born Sep 1864.
      • 414. Harvey Scott Meek was born 30 Oct 1892 in Washington Co., IA. He died 6 Apr 1978 in San Diago Co., CA.
        • 511. Ralston Harvey Meek was born 10 Mar 1918 in Iowa. He died 23 Mar 1978 in Shasta Co., CA.
      • 415. Alice C. Meek was born Apr 1894 in Washington Co., IA.
      • 416. Carl Ralston Meek was born 16 Sep 1895 in Washington Co., IA. He died 21 Jul 1982 in Marion Co., OH.
      • 417. Walter M. Meek was born 2 Nov 1896 in Washington Co., IA. He died Dec 1959. He resided in Detroit, MI.
    • 349. Sarah Mallissa Meek was born 11 Nov 1859 in Washington Co., IA. Twin sister of Marcellus. She died 21 Mar 1934.
    • 350. Ella F. Meek was born about 1863 in Washington Co., IA. She married Lemuel J. Cherry 11 Apr 1888 in Washington Cou., IA according to mariage records.
  • 252. Mary (Polly) Meek was born on 23 Mar 1816 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. She died on 30 Jul 1838. She married to John Ralston on 8 Dec 1836. He died before 1887.
  • 253. Marian Meek was born on 8 Oct 1817 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. She died on 10 Mar 1875 in Washington Co., IA. Moved to Washington Co., PA about 1844. She married to John F. Kilgore on 15 Mar 1838 in Newton (now Peoli), Tuscarawas Co., OH.
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  • 254. Samuel Meek was born on 2 Jan 1819 in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, OH. He died on 29 Jun 1896 in Springfield, Greene, MO. He married Mary Galloway on 25 Feb 1848. She was born on 11 Mar 1819 in Dayton, OH. She died on 28 Feb 1876. He was reported in the 1850 census of Warren TWP, Tuscarawas Co., OH. Daughter Sarah age 1. He is listed in the 1860 to 1880 censuses of Jackson TWP, Washington Co., IA. In 1860 his daughter Sarah A. is age 11.
    • 351. Sarah Arvilla Meek was born 9 Feb 1849 in Ohio. She died 15 Jan 1915.
    • 352. Robert Oscar Meek was born about 1854 in Iowa. He married Florence M. McCoy 18 Oct 1882 in Washington Co., IA. according to marriage abstracts.
    • 353. Rosa Belle Meek was born 21 Mar 1856. She died 6 May 1856.
    • 354. Willia G. Meek was born 22 Sep 1858 in Iowa. She died 31 Mar 1924.
    • 355. Georgia May L. V. Meek was born about 1859 in Iowa. Author of Voices of the Past.
    • 356. William Meek
  • 255. Thomas Allen Meek was born about 1821 in Ohio. He married Sarah A. ________ about 1825 in Ohio. They were reported in the 1850 census of Warren TWP, Tuscarawas Co., OH living next to his father, Robert. Daughter Margaret was age 2. He is reported in the 1860 census of Washington TWP, Washington Co., Iowa under the name of Allen Meek. Wife Sarah A. is age 35 and daughter Margaret is age 11. Sarah is reported in the 1870 and 1880 census of Washington Co., IA. Census records indicate the following children.
    • 357. Margaret Meek was born about 1848 in Ohio.
    • 358. McCauslin Meek was born about 1852 in Iowa.Married Anna J. _____. They were listed in the 1920 census of Pawnee Co., NE.
    • 359. Joseph A. Meek was born about 1855 in Iowa. He married Margaret ______. They were listed 1900 to 1930 Censuses of Pawnee Co., NE.
    • 360. James L. Meek was born Aug 1858 in Iowa. He married Alma A. ______. They were listed in the 1900 to 1930 censuses of Pawnee Co., NE. Alma is widowed in 1930.
      • A. Allen Meek was born Jan 1898 in Nebraska.
      • B. James Bruce Meek was born Jan 1902 in Nebraska.
      • C. Mary Agnes Meek was born Jan 1906 in Nebraska. Living with mother in 1930
    • 361. Wilmer R. Meek was born about 1860 in Iowa.
    • 362. Anna J. Keek was born in Iowa.
    • 366. Ella M. Meek was born about 1864 in Iowa.

    This family group differs from the traditional one noted below. The data below has obvious errors It is likely that the Allen Meek who lived in the neighberhood of Robert Meek in 1860 Iowa was the same Thomas A. Meek who lived next to his father in 1850.

  • 256. Susannah Meek was born on 29 Nov 1822 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. She died 5 Apr 1904 in Mount Ayr, IA. She married James Galloway in 1852 in Linn Co., IA. He died after 1887 in Ellsworth, KS.
  • 257. Nancy Meek was born on 21 Mar 1825 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. She died in Nebraska. She married William George on 4 Aug 1846 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. He died after 1887 in NE.
  • 258. John W. Meek was born on 16 Feb 1827 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. He died after 1887 in Ellsworth,KS. He was reported in the 1850 census of Tuscarawas Co., OH living with his father.
    • 366. Christina Meek married and living in Abilene, KS in 1887.
  • 259. Robert Meek was born on 15 Apr 1829 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. He died on 18 Jul 1837 in Tuscarawas Co., OH.
  • 260. James Bruce Meek was born on 13 Aug 1831 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. He was reported in the 1850 census of Tuscarawas Co., OH living with his father. He died on 18 Jul 1863. Killed on the plains by Indians while hauling flour to Denver. He married Hester Simmington.
    • 367. William Meek was born about 1857.
    • 368. Bruce Meek
    • 369. Birdie Meek
  • 261. Anderson D. Meek was born on 26 Feb 1834 in Tuscarawas Co., OH. He died on 10 Jan 1844 in OH.

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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Sources: Voices of the Past, Portrait and Biographical Album - 1887, Washington County, Iowa, and census records. None of the sources are 100% correct.

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200. Thomas Allen Meek was born on 2 Sep 1820. He died on 18 Jul 1863 in Carroll Co., OH. He was reported in the 1850 census of Warren TWP, Tuscarawas Co., OH. He married Sarah Ann McCauslin in 1853 in Washington Co., IA. (There is some question about the name, place and date of this marriage.) She was born about about 1825. She died after 1887 in Pawnee City, NE. The 1850 census reports a daughter Margaret, age 2, not listed in this genealogy.

386. Sarah Meek.
387. William Meek died in infancy in OH.
388. Robert Oscar Meek. He lived in Waterloo, IA, where he was a land and stock buyer.
389. Rosa Bell Meek was buried in Washington, Washington, IA.
390. Willa G. Meek died on 31 Mar 1924 in Washington, IA.
391. Georgia May L. V. Meek She lived in Springfield, MO, and was author of "Voices of the Past,"

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