Jane L. Meader, daughter of Nathan Meader (1784-1867) [0091] and Sally Keen (1786-1872), was born on Nantucket in 1825. On October 29, 1856 she married Captain David C. Mitchell as his second wife. She taught in the Nantucket public schools. He was in the merchant service and then in the Ship Chandlery in California. They went to California on June 20, 1857 for a two-year stay.