0311. Charles M. Meader (1827 - 1903) Gender: M
Born: 1827
Died: 1903
0311. Charles M. Meader (1827 - 1903)
Charles M. Meader, son of Francis Meader (1804-1846) [0180] and Nancy Williard (1809-1876), was born April 28, 1827, probably in Farmington, ME, and died in 1903. November 5, 1853 he married Elvira S. Emery, born August 5, 1834 and died August 16, 1888.
In 1844, at the age of 16, he took charge of his father's blacksmith shop at Allens Mills in Industry, ME. When his father died in 1846, Charles Meader moved to Aroma Park, Kankakee, IL and became a farmer.
The children of Charles Meader and Elvira Emery were
born in Aroma Park:
i. Adam Meader, born September 2, 1856 and died October 9, 1856.
ii. Herman Francis Meader, born March 17, 1858 and died June 27, 1860.
1917 iii. Charles Edwin Meader, born November 23, 1859.
1918 iv. Emma Marantha Meader, born March 2, 1863.
0432 v. Ira Francis Meader, born February 12, 1865.
vi. Herman Meader, born April 16, 1868 and died August 3 of that year.
1919 vii. Vesta Stewart Meader, born August 23, 1869.
1920 viii. Nellie Elvira Meader, born September 5, 1874.
[Note: From Volume V, Nellie Meader was listed as 3 years old on the 1880 Census. The 1900 Census lists her as born in September, 1877, and as wife to Charles M., rather than daughter.]
- [Deloris Meader, Bayport, MN]