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Note for: Isaiah Meek, 31 Jan 1821 - 8 Apr 1892
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Burial: Place: Bonaparte Cemetery, Bonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa
Individual Note: CENSUS: 1850 Farmington, Van Buren, Iowa, p.301a.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: 1878 History of Van Buren County, Iowa. Meek, Isaiah, of the firm Meek Bros., proprietors of the Bonaparte Grist, Saw and Woolen Mills, Bonaparte; born Jan 31, 1821, in Warren County, Ohio; parents moved to St. Joseph County, Michigan in 1829; to Bonaparte in the spring of 1837, his father, William Meek, in company with Dr. R.N. Cresap, laid out the town of Bonaparte the same year; in 1844, William Meek & Sons built the grist-mills, and in 1853 the wollen-mills; the latter burned in 1863; were rebuilt by Meek Brothers the same year. Mr. Meek married Cynthia A. Ingels in December of 1844, she was born in 1827 in Ohio; have six children - Nancy A., Phoebe L., Hugh H., Mary E., Byron and Kirk. Mr. Meek owns, individually, 540 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre, and about 2,000 acres in company with his brother Robert, and 500 acres with Robert and Joseph. The Meek Brothers are among the leading business firms of Van Buren County; are now building a fine new grist-mill, to contain six runs of stone, at a cost of $15,000. Democrat.
OBITUARY: Van Buren County, Iowa Obituraries abstracted by Rich Lowe, URL: http://iagenweb.org/boards/vanburen/obituaries/index.cgi. Isaiah Meek, son of William and Elizabeth Meek, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, January 31st, 1821. He moved with his fathers family to Michigan when eight years of age and settled in St. Joseph county, on the river of the same name. There they built a mill and founded the town of Constantine. In 1837, when at the age of sixteen years, he came with his father's family to Iowa and settled on a claim his father bought of Robert Moffitt. Here they built a mill and the place was known by the name of Meek's Mill until Apr 8th 1841, when the town was laid out and named Bonaparte. They added the woolen manufacturing interests, and worked under the firm name of William Meek and Sons, until about the year 1855, when the Father retired, and the firm name was changed to Meek and Bro., remaining thus until after the death of his brother Robert, in 1885, when Isaiah Meek bought the propety and continued the business until Friday, Apr 8, 1892, at 6:32 a.m., when his life went out.
He was married to Miss Cyntha Ann Ingel, at Columbus, Iowa, Dec 26, 1844, and together they walked more than forty-seven years. There was born to them six children, three sons and three duaghers, all of whom, with their mother, are left to mourn their loss. The children are Mrs. Nancy Boyer, of Bonaparte, Mrs. Pheba Moore and Mrs. Mary Ellen Daniels, of Keokuk, and Hugh H., Byron F., and Kirk L., of Bonaparte. Three of his Father's children survice him viz Johnson Meek, of Vincennes, Iowa, Eliza Woods, of Bentonsport, and Joseph Meek, of Bonaparte. . . .
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Note for: Thomas Charlton, 1802 - 15 Aug 1878
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Burial: Place: Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Lancaster, Nebraska
Individual Note: CENSUS: 1840 Van Buren County, Iowa, p.0, one male child under 5, one female child under 5. 1850 Van Buren County, Iowa, p.301. 1860 Farmington, Van Buren, Iowa, p.476. 1870 Bonaparte Twp., Van Buren, Iowa, p.184B.
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Note for: Benjamin Meek, 22 Feb 1825 - 4 May 1838
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Burial: Date: May 1838
Place: Bonaparte Cemetery, Bonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa
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Note for: Rachel Jane Meek, 27 Jan 1823 - 25 Apr 1888
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Burial: Place: Bonaparte Cemetery, Bonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa
Individual Note: CENSUS: 1850 Van Buren County, Ohio, p.301b.
BIRTH-DEATH: Van Buren County Cemetery Records, Bonaparte Cemetery. Rachel Jane Meek Poe - b. 1823, consort of Andrew J. Poe, daugher of W & E. Meek.
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Note for: Mary Anne Meek, 1818 - 20 Jun 1890
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Individual Note: CENSUS: 1850 Van Buren County, Ohio, p.301. 1870 Bonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa, p.184. Thomas Charlton age 68, born in Pennsylvania, Ann, age 52, born in Ohio, Ella, age 14, born Iowa and Emma, age 11, born in Iowa.
PROBATE: Lancaster County, Nebraska record book 8, p.110, filed 23 Jun 1890. William Charlton (J.W. Wylie of Armada Neb. and C. W. Stephens of same place). . . respectfully showeth: That Ann Charlton of the town(near) of Roea in the said county of Lancaster died in the County of Buffalo, while there visiting on or about the 20th day of June in the year 1890. That at the time of her death she was an inhabitant of the County of Lancaster that she left no will . . . That she left her surviving, William Charlton of Roea, Neb, age 44, Elizabeth M. Stephens of Armada, Neb, age 50, Ella C. Charlton of Roea, Neb age 33, Emma M Wylie of Armada Neb age 34, son and daughters of said deceased and William Charlton Jr., son of Eli charlton, deceased son of said Ann Charlton, deceased, resident of Salem, OR. No others surviving heirs. . .