0259. James Madison Meader (1823 – 1899)

James Madison Meader, son of Daniel Meader (1782-1872) [0133] and Nancy Ann Avery (1788-1861), was born March 30, 1823 in the Newbury, VT area and died February 19, 1899 at the Soldiers Home, Grand Rapids, MI. He was a soldier in company J, 1st Michigan Regiment of Engineers and Mechanics during the Civil War.

He married:
1)     Emily Dow Chapman April 8, 1844, born November 4, 1822, in Bradford, VT [ Volume II shows Claremont, NH], and died March 22, 1850 in Claremont, NH. She and her child were buried in the same grave in Claremont.
The child of James Meader and Emily Chapman was:
i. Unnamed, born March 15, 1850 and died March 22, 1850.

Probably soon after this he moved to Michigan, for the record shows that "he was from Michigan" and that he returned to Newbury, after an absence of forty years, on the day his older brother John was buried. That might make that date about 1857.

2)     Olive Philbrick December 31, 1853, born November 2, 1827.
The children of James Meader and Olive Philbrick were:
0395 ii. Emily James Meader, born February 2, 1855.
0396 iii. John Fremont Meader, born February 20, 1857.
0397 iv. Squire Milburn Meader, born June 16, 1860.
1832 v. Mary Ann Meader, born July 19, 1862.
1833 vi. Irene Meader, born August 9, 1864.
vii. Charles Meader, born April 8, 1867 and died August 12, 1868.
1834 viii. Sarah Meader, born January 13, 1870.
1835 ix. William Henry Meader, born June 21, 1873.
1836 x. George Meader, born September 25, 1875.
1837 xi. Olive Blanche Meader, born December 20, 1878.
– AAMeader, #183
– Wells, 633