0289. Benjamin S. Meader (1855  –     )

Benjamin S. Meader, son of John Hanson Meader (b.1819) [0160] and Anna A. Roberts (  –  ), was born February 26, 1855, apparently in Saylesville, RI. He was a machinist.

He married:
1)     Mary C. May September 10, 1878. She was daughter of Moses May and Martha Barlow, born January 29, 1858 and died May 8, 1883.
The children of Benjamin Meader and Mary May were:
1888 i. Viola May Meader, born July 25, 1880.
ii. Mary Louise Meader, born April 12, 1883, a month before her mother's death.
2)     Ida Gardiner, daughter of William Gardiner and Dulcinia Gardiner.