Richard Kidder Meade, II, was born in Frederick county Virginia in 1784. He pursued an academic course in his schooling, studied law & was admitted to the bar, then commenced practice in Petersburg, Virginia.
His obituary appeared in the Phenix Gazette, Volume 9, Number 3262, 5 March 1833, page 3.
"DIED, At Lucky-hit farm, Frederick County (Va.) on Tuesday the 26th inst., Richard Kidder Meade, in the 50th year his age. The death of such a man as Mr. Meade would, under any circumstances, occasion deep and heart rending sorrow in the breasts of a fond affectionate wife, a large and interesting family of devoted children, and a numerous circle of relatives and friends who respected and loved him for his many amiable and endearing qualities; but the awful circumstances of his death have added a poignancy to their grief, which can only be controlled by a due submission to the will of Him who gives and deprives us of being, when and in what manner it seemeth good unto himself. Truly it may be said “in the midst of life we are in death.” On the morning of the 26th our friend was in the enjoyment of his usual health. At 12 o’clock he repaired to the meeting-house, at the White Post, and with a fervor of zeal peculiar to himself, was prepared to take an active part in the proceedings of a temperance society, which he himself had been greatly instrumental in forming a few months previous, and to the success of which lie seemed determined to devote the energies of his mind and body. The society being organized, the president read some very beautiful and appropriate extracts from the addresses of Judge Crunch and others, selected for the occasion by our departed friend; he held in his hand a paper containing many valuable resolutions, which he himself had drawn up, and which he intended to offer with suitable remarks; but, appalling to relate when his brother, Bishop Meade, inquired for his resolutions, he turned upon him a countenance and features shockingly marred by paralysis. He was assisted to a carriage; and after being seated in it, he insisted that his brother should attend to his resolutions, and enjoined upon him not to leave the meeting until they were passed, as that was of more importance than attending to him. Medical aid was immediately obtained; he was carried home; and after being laid upon his bed, lie remarked (as if in anticipation of the event which has occurred) that he had thought there was much for him yet to do in this life (alluding evidently to his plans of beneficence); but intimated that it might be otherwise. He spoke of a letter which he had written, or was about to write, to some gentleman, or society, in Maryland, proposing an agricultural convention, which he hoped would issue in the moral improvement of the country, which was far better than silver and gold He observed that he had always mingled some godliness with all his schemes of improvement, and if he had mingled more of it he should have succeeded better and done more good. A partial paralysis was then succeeded by apoplexy, and a few minutes before 5 o'clock he expired."
His obituary appeared in the Phenix Gazette, Volume 9, Number 3262, 5 March 1833, page 3.
"DIED, At Lucky-hit farm, Frederick County (Va.) on Tuesday the 26th inst., Richard Kidder Meade, in the 50th year his age. The death of such a man as Mr. Meade would, under any circumstances, occasion deep and heart rending sorrow in the breasts of a fond affectionate wife, a large and interesting family of devoted children, and a numerous circle of relatives and friends who respected and loved him for his many amiable and endearing qualities; but the awful circumstances of his death have added a poignancy to their grief, which can only be controlled by a due submission to the will of Him who gives and deprives us of being, when and in what manner it seemeth good unto himself. Truly it may be said “in the midst of life we are in death.” On the morning of the 26th our friend was in the enjoyment of his usual health. At 12 o’clock he repaired to the meeting-house, at the White Post, and with a fervor of zeal peculiar to himself, was prepared to take an active part in the proceedings of a temperance society, which he himself had been greatly instrumental in forming a few months previous, and to the success of which lie seemed determined to devote the energies of his mind and body. The society being organized, the president read some very beautiful and appropriate extracts from the addresses of Judge Crunch and others, selected for the occasion by our departed friend; he held in his hand a paper containing many valuable resolutions, which he himself had drawn up, and which he intended to offer with suitable remarks; but, appalling to relate when his brother, Bishop Meade, inquired for his resolutions, he turned upon him a countenance and features shockingly marred by paralysis. He was assisted to a carriage; and after being seated in it, he insisted that his brother should attend to his resolutions, and enjoined upon him not to leave the meeting until they were passed, as that was of more importance than attending to him. Medical aid was immediately obtained; he was carried home; and after being laid upon his bed, lie remarked (as if in anticipation of the event which has occurred) that he had thought there was much for him yet to do in this life (alluding evidently to his plans of beneficence); but intimated that it might be otherwise. He spoke of a letter which he had written, or was about to write, to some gentleman, or society, in Maryland, proposing an agricultural convention, which he hoped would issue in the moral improvement of the country, which was far better than silver and gold He observed that he had always mingled some godliness with all his schemes of improvement, and if he had mingled more of it he should have succeeded better and done more good. A partial paralysis was then succeeded by apoplexy, and a few minutes before 5 o'clock he expired."
Richard Kidder Meade, II, was born in Frederick county Virginia in 1784. He pursued an academic course in his schooling, studied law & was admitted to the bar, then commenced practice in Petersburg, Virginia.
His obituary appeared in the Phenix Gazette, Volume 9, Number 3262, 5 March 1833, page 3.
"DIED, At Lucky-hit farm, Frederick County (Va.) on Tuesday the 26th inst., Richard Kidder Meade, in the 50th year his age. The death of such a man as Mr. Meade would, under any circumstances, occasion deep and heart rending sorrow in the breasts of a fond affectionate wife, a large and interesting family of devoted children, and a numerous circle of relatives and friends who respected and loved him for his many amiable and endearing qualities; but the awful circumstances of his death have added a poignancy to their grief, which can only be controlled by a due submission to the will of Him who gives and deprives us of being, when and in what manner it seemeth good unto himself. Truly it may be said “in the midst of life we are in death.” On the morning of the 26th our friend was in the enjoyment of his usual health. At 12 o’clock he repaired to the meeting-house, at the White Post, and with a fervor of zeal peculiar to himself, was prepared to take an active part in the proceedings of a temperance society, which he himself had been greatly instrumental in forming a few months previous, and to the success of which lie seemed determined to devote the energies of his mind and body. The society being organized, the president read some very beautiful and appropriate extracts from the addresses of Judge Crunch and others, selected for the occasion by our departed friend; he held in his hand a paper containing many valuable resolutions, which he himself had drawn up, and which he intended to offer with suitable remarks; but, appalling to relate when his brother, Bishop Meade, inquired for his resolutions, he turned upon him a countenance and features shockingly marred by paralysis. He was assisted to a carriage; and after being seated in it, he insisted that his brother should attend to his resolutions, and enjoined upon him not to leave the meeting until they were passed, as that was of more importance than attending to him. Medical aid was immediately obtained; he was carried home; and after being laid upon his bed, lie remarked (as if in anticipation of the event which has occurred) that he had thought there was much for him yet to do in this life (alluding evidently to his plans of beneficence); but intimated that it might be otherwise. He spoke of a letter which he had written, or was about to write, to some gentleman, or society, in Maryland, proposing an agricultural convention, which he hoped would issue in the moral improvement of the country, which was far better than silver and gold He observed that he had always mingled some godliness with all his schemes of improvement, and if he had mingled more of it he should have succeeded better and done more good. A partial paralysis was then succeeded by apoplexy, and a few minutes before 5 o'clock he expired."
His obituary appeared in the Phenix Gazette, Volume 9, Number 3262, 5 March 1833, page 3.
"DIED, At Lucky-hit farm, Frederick County (Va.) on Tuesday the 26th inst., Richard Kidder Meade, in the 50th year his age. The death of such a man as Mr. Meade would, under any circumstances, occasion deep and heart rending sorrow in the breasts of a fond affectionate wife, a large and interesting family of devoted children, and a numerous circle of relatives and friends who respected and loved him for his many amiable and endearing qualities; but the awful circumstances of his death have added a poignancy to their grief, which can only be controlled by a due submission to the will of Him who gives and deprives us of being, when and in what manner it seemeth good unto himself. Truly it may be said “in the midst of life we are in death.” On the morning of the 26th our friend was in the enjoyment of his usual health. At 12 o’clock he repaired to the meeting-house, at the White Post, and with a fervor of zeal peculiar to himself, was prepared to take an active part in the proceedings of a temperance society, which he himself had been greatly instrumental in forming a few months previous, and to the success of which lie seemed determined to devote the energies of his mind and body. The society being organized, the president read some very beautiful and appropriate extracts from the addresses of Judge Crunch and others, selected for the occasion by our departed friend; he held in his hand a paper containing many valuable resolutions, which he himself had drawn up, and which he intended to offer with suitable remarks; but, appalling to relate when his brother, Bishop Meade, inquired for his resolutions, he turned upon him a countenance and features shockingly marred by paralysis. He was assisted to a carriage; and after being seated in it, he insisted that his brother should attend to his resolutions, and enjoined upon him not to leave the meeting until they were passed, as that was of more importance than attending to him. Medical aid was immediately obtained; he was carried home; and after being laid upon his bed, lie remarked (as if in anticipation of the event which has occurred) that he had thought there was much for him yet to do in this life (alluding evidently to his plans of beneficence); but intimated that it might be otherwise. He spoke of a letter which he had written, or was about to write, to some gentleman, or society, in Maryland, proposing an agricultural convention, which he hoped would issue in the moral improvement of the country, which was far better than silver and gold He observed that he had always mingled some godliness with all his schemes of improvement, and if he had mingled more of it he should have succeeded better and done more good. A partial paralysis was then succeeded by apoplexy, and a few minutes before 5 o'clock he expired."
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