Thomas B. Meader, son of Thomas Meader (1782-1829) [0090] and Deborah Burnell (1783-1871), was born on Nantucket September 11, 1815 and died in California October 7, 1893. He married Susan E. Hatch March 3, 1840 in Falmouth, MA. She was born in Falmouth March 20, 1818 daughter of Eliphalet Hatch and Eunice Lovell, and she died in Stockton, CA March 28, 1888. At the 1870 Census they were living in Copperopolis, Calaveras County, CA, where he was a copper agent.