0233. David Meader

David Meader, son of Joel Meader (1781-a.1870) [0123] and Rebecca Austin ( – ), was born August 20, 1805 in Starksboro, VT and died, probably in Elkhart, IN, December 9, 1869. After his family moved from Farnham, Canada to Indiana in 1838, he married:

1) Elizabeth Ledron June 7, 1838. She was born in Lucas County, Ohio March 22, 1818 and died May 23, 1850. About 1845 the couple moved to Elkhart.

0376	i.	Melissa Meader, born July 7, 1841.
1784	ii.	William Jones Meader, born June 30, 1843.
1785	iii.	Catherine Meader, born May 30, 1846.
1786	iv.	Emily Meader, born December 9, 1848 and died September 7, 1850.

2) Betsey Almira Cole [Volume II shows Almira Cote] September 26, 1850 in Elkhart. She was born February 28, 1821 daughter of Henderson Cole and Betsey Parmalee and died April 22, 1870. According to the 1860 Census she was then 40, born in New Jersey.

	v.	Alma Sophia Meader, born August 4, 1851 and died May 29, 1852.
	vi.	Sarah Elisabeth Meader, born February 14, 1853 and died July 24, 1854.
	vii.	Orrin Emerson Meader, born January 7, 1855 and died April 5 of that year.
0377	viii.	Myron Elmer Meader, born March 19, 1856.
1787	ix.	Edward Delos Meader [Edwin, according to the 1860 Census], born in November, 1857 and died December 5, 1869.
	x.	Infant, born February 12, 1860, according to that Census.
1788	xi.	Ella Capitola Meader, born in May, 1863.