Rachel Jane Meader, daughter of Hanson Meader (1807-1881) [1006] and Jane Hanson (1814-1889), was born July 2, 1846 in Albion, ME and died February 2, 1924. May 1, 1870 she married Joseph Whitaker of Albion, born June 8, 1843 and died June 8, 1926.
| i. | Nellie Whitaker, born July 30, 1873. | |
| ii. | Minerva Whitaker, born August 12, 1875 and died October
15, 1942 in Clinton, ME.
She married:
1) Theron Heald in California. They
had one child.
2) Leland P. Sturtevant October, 1901 in Fairfield, ME. He
was born June 30, 1867 and died April 15. 1942. |
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| iii. | Grace Whitaker. She married Arthur Brown. Her daughter Bettina Brown married John Gorton, once Prime Minister of Australia. | |
| iv. | Perley Whitaker, born January 9, 1880 and died in May, 1947. | |
| v. | Eva Whitaker, born December, 1882. | |
| vi. | Wilmer Preston Whitaker, born August 30, 1884. | |
| vii. | Edith Whitaker, born August 2, 1886 and died December 6, 1908. | |
| viii. | Clarence Whitaker, born May 21, 1892. |