0056. Lemuel Meader (1771 – 1839)

Lemuel Meader, son of Lemuel Meader (1733-p.1775) [0021] and Sarah Worth (see [0021]), was born in Durham, NH April 12, 1771 and died May 19, 1839, in his 69th year. He was twin to Elvira Meader. On May 22, 1798 he married Mary Kimball, who was born September 17, 1779 the daughter of Ephraim Kimball and died July 24, 1845, in her 66th year.

He was a carpenter by trade. He was a Selectman of Rochester. The last years of his life he spent in farming. Some of his family lived in Meaderboro in 1895; others had moved West to Illinois.

The children of Lemuel Meader and Mary Kimball were:
0145 i. Abigail Louise Meader, born January 4, 1799 and died August 9, 1895.
0146 ii. Timothy E, Meader, born November 25, 1803 and died August 3, 1877.
0147 iii. Jesse E. Meader, born December 12, 1802 and died July 11, 1881.
0148 iv. Sarah Worth Meader, born December 26, 1804 and died April 6, 1874.
0149 v. John Meader, born February 1, 1807 and died March 17, 1857.
0150 vi. Ephraim K. Meader, born August 16, 1812.
0151 vii. William Worth Meader, born April 22, 1820.
0152 viii. Vienna Meader, Born March 28, 1822.