0349. James Ladue Meader (1838 – 1915)

James Ladue [Ladoo in Volume II] Meader, son of Robert G. Meader (1815-1885) [0207] and Elizabeth McChesney (1810-1875), was born in Sandy Hill, Washington, NY March 16, 1838 and died in Watson Township, MI April 1, 1915. He went to Michigan just before the Civil War.

He married:

1)      Matilda Mabb of Easton, NY, on September 17, 1862 in the Easton area. She was born in 1844 and died June 11, 1863 and was buried in the Easton Dutch Reformed Cemetery in Easton. There were no children of this marriage.

2)      Frances Monroe in Otsego, MI on December 25, 1869. She was born November 1, 1852 near Glens Falls, NY and died May 8, 1936 in Allegan County.

The children of James Meader and Frances Monroe were:
0455 i. Robert Eugene Meader, born May 12, 1871 and died March 5, 1952.
2069 ii. Persis Meader, born September 18, 1878.
2669 iii. Frances Meader. She was a missionary to China.
– Herrington, Byron M, 23-24