0430. Harry Louis Meader (1887 - 1962) Gender: M
Born: 1887
Died: 1962
0430. Harry Louis Meader (1887 - 1962)
Harry Louis Meader, son of Henry Isiah Meader (1857-1926) [0309] and Mary Dunan (1859-1895), was born in Washington, DC June 1, 1887 and died there May 28, 1962. He was one of Washington's leading grocers. September 16, 1914 he married Chloe McFall, born October 8, 1890 the daughter of John Campbell McFall and Fannie Coulter.
The Washington Times-Herald wrote of Mrs. Meader:
“She is a Navy mother in two ways: First, there are her own two sons who served in the Navy during the war; second, as past commander and still active leader of the DC Navy Mothers club, she is a mother to every Navy man or woman who comes to her door or to her attention...
“A comely, happy woman with a perennial sparkle in her eyes, she is famed as a cook and a hostess...
“In addition to her Navy service, she is a leader in the Eastern Star, the Parent-Teachers Association, and the Daughters of the American Revolution and is first vice president of the DC Federation of Women's Clubs.”
The children of Harry Meader and Chloe McFall were:
0544 i. Harry Louis Meader, Jr., born April 25, 1917.
2038 ii. Robert McFall Meader, born on February 27, 1924.