0211. Eliza Beth Meader (1814 – 1863)

Eliza Beth Meader, daughter of Valentine Meader (1777-1837) [0106] and Phebe Hoag (1783-1816), was born March 24, 1814, possibly in Ferrisburg, VT and died September 28, 1863. January 27, 1836, at Vassalboro, she married Noah Farr, Jr., son of Noah Farr (1775-1849) and Abigail Haskell of West Gardiner, ME.

He was born in Litchfield December 20, 1808 and died in West Gardiner [one account says in Weare, NH while on a trip] April 12, 1875. He was a beloved Member and Elder of the Litchfield Monthly Meeting. Ten months previous to his death, in company with his wife, he engaged in religious service within the limits of the New England, Canada and Iowa Yearly Meetings, during which time he manifested a deep interest in the cause of religion, comforting and encouraging those with whom he mingled.

The children of Eliza Meader and Noah Farr were:
i. Phebe Meader Farr, born May 12, 1837 in Litchfield. She was a faithful Minister of the Friends’ church at Augusta and West Gardiner. December 13, 1855 she married Franklin Wadsworth, born May 2, 1831 in Litchfield and died October 21, 1908. He was a farmer and carpenter, son of Ephraim Wadsworth and Sarah Bailey.
ii. Valentine Meader Farr, born January 11, 1840 and died June 13, 1885. He was a gardener at Oskaloosa, IA. August 2, 1870 he married Martha S. Hiatt.
iii. Gilbert Latey Farr, born February 20, 1843.
He married:

1)     Clara Clark Bridgham August 20, 1867. They lived in Oskaloosa. She died April 22, 1882.

2)     Mary Thorndike, daughter of Henry Thorndike and Anne Page, June 19, 1885. She was of Weare, NH, born in 1854 and died in 1891.

3)     Anna McPherson of Oskaloosa December 20, 1892. She was born April 15, 1843 and graduated from the Preparatory Department of Penn College in 1866.

iv. Huldah Elizabeth Farr, born August 6, 1845. She married Charles H. Jones in November, 1867.
v. Abigail Haskell Farr, born August 18, 1848. She married Fernando E. Cartland.
vi. Lindley Henry Farr, born December 18, 1853. He lived in North Weare, NH. He graduated from Moses Brown School and taught 13 years in Clinton Grove Seminary, North Weare. August 29, 1876 he married Addie Ella Sawyer of Weare, born August 2, 1858.