0189. Samuel B. Meader (1817 – 1867)

Samuel B. Meader, son of Thomas Meader (1782-1829) [0090] and Deborah Burnell (1783-1871), was born on Nantucket in May, 1817. He died in Boston July 21, 1867 from copper poisoning. He was known as Captain Samuel Meader, was a very fine man and was much beloved by all. June 15, 1843 he married Olive Black Parker, daughter of Joshua Parker and Elizabeth Black of Barnstable, MA. She was born July 12, 1825 and died May 8, 1913, probably on Nantucket.

The children of Samuel Meader and Olive Parker were:
i. Phebe A. Meader, born August 8, 1848 on Nantucket. She died young.
1687 ii. Phebe A. Meader, born July 3, 1853.
iii. Clara Meader, born in 1858 and died September 3, 1861.
– Barney Records, 184, 185
– NEHGR, 113:252
– AAMeader, #146