0145. Abigail Louise Meader (1799 – 1895)

Abigail Louise Meader, daughter of Lemuel Meader (1771-1839) [0056] and Mary Kimball (1779-1845), was born in Rochester, NH January 4, 1799 and died August 9, 1895, in her 97th year, at Alton Bay or Laconia, NH. On March 1, 1827 she married Solomon Babb, who was born May 29, 1790 and died June 30, 1845. They reared their family in Meredith, Belknap, NH, where he died. After his death Abigail Meader Babb and family moved to Pawnee, Sangamon, IL where her brother Timothy [0146] was living, and she was there in 1872.

The children of Abigail Meader and Solomon Babb were:
i. Lemuel M. Babb, born December 3, 1827, probably in Meredith. He was a pioneer settler of Pawnee, a prosperous farmer. "His family was interesting and highly educated." He married Helen Borden in 1854.
ii. David Emery Babb, born January 22, 1831, probably in Meredith, and died suddenly on March 11, 1871, probably in Pawnee.
iii. Timothy Babb, born March 30, 1834, probably in Meredith, and died in Peoria, IL on July 21, 1867. He married Maria Lathrop. He was a physician practicing in Peoria. They had no children.
iv. Albert Babb, born July 24, 1836 and died August 14, 1857, unmarried.