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About Samuel Chapman Meacham, Sr
Timeline and Notes for Samuel Mecham:
1797 - 23 January 1797 - born in Canaan, NH
1850 - Census Mercer County, PA
1855 - Was in KS when first wife, Elizabeth died
1880 - Census Cowley Co., KS.
1882 - 28 Feb 1882 - died in Topeka, KS
Samuel lived in Erie and Mercer counties many years and in 1851 moved to Knox County, Illinois, where he spent ten years. His wife died there in 1856, and he then located in Lyons County, Kansas. He moved to Cowley County in 1877, and died in the county February 1881. He was a lifelong farmer.
Married a second time to Mary Elizabeth Collins and had more children.
Source: BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
COWLEY COUNTY, KANSAS.
"Biography is the only true history." Emerson.
Biographic Sketches of Leading Citizens of Cowley County, Kansas.
BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY.
GEORGE RICHMOND, Pres.; S. HARMER NEFF, Sec'y; C. R. ARNOLD, Treas.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1901.
http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/cowley/OLDNEWS/FLYERS/BIOG.HTM ([1971/1972 ???] PAGE 144)
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A more complete quote from the above source:
"Mr. [George] Walker married July 3, 1851, Sarah Meacham, of Erie County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Ball) Meacham. Her father was born in New Hampshire, and her mother in Pennsylvania. They lived in Erie and Mercer counties many years and in 1851 moved to Knox County, Illinois, where Samuel Meacham spent ten years. His wife died there in 1856, and he then located in Lyons County, Kansas. He moved to Cowley County in 1877, and died in the county February 1881. He was a lifelong farmer. Fifteen children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Meacham: William, who lived in Illinois; Mary; Moses, who was a Baptist preacher in Nebraska; Edward, who died in the Mexican War; Harriet, deceased; Sarah (Walker); James, who lived in Topeka, Kansas; Cornelius, who lived in Idaho; Samuel, a minister, who lived in Missouri; Phylinda, who was a resident of Michigan; Gerry, deceased; Perry, deceased; Hannah, who died in December 1899; Elizabeth, who died aged ten years; and Joel, who died in infancy."
Source quoted by Daniel B Williams, 3rd great-grandson of Samuel Chapman Meacham, Feb. 23, 2010.
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Samuel Chapman Meacham, Sr's Timeline
| 1797 |
January 23, 1797
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Canaan, Grafton County, NH, United States
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| 1820 |
March 15, 1820
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Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
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3, 1820
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Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
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| 1821 |
June 5, 1821
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Erie County, PA, United States
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| 1824 |
July 14, 1824
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Mercer County, PA, United States
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| 1826 |
January 12, 1826
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PA, United States
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| 1828 |
March 27, 1828
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Erie County, PA, United States
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| 1830 |
January 8, 1830
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Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1832 |
February 26, 1832
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Mercer, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States
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