“John Fielding Meek [son of Jeremiah Meek and Catherine Williams] was born in Wayne County, Indiana, October 25, 1824, and was reared in Hancock County, Indiana. In the autumn of 1855 he removed to Missouri, settling at Goshen Prairie, in Mercer county, but in 1858 came to Chillicothe. In 1864 he returned to Mercer County, but in 1866 again came to Chillicothe, where he now resides.
He was a brick contractor and carried on business in that way for many years. His early political allegiance was given to the Whig party, but on its dissolution he joined the ranks of the new Republican organization, which he still supports. He is one of the few surviving veterans of the Mexican war, in which he served as a member of Company D, Fourth Indiana Infantry. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church, to which he has always been most loyal.
It was on the 12th of August, 1852, that John Fielding Meek and Sarah Ann Hunt were married in Hancock County, Indiana. They became the parents of nine children, of whom three died in infancy. The others are: Serrethena Lorinda, usually known as Retta, who was born August 10, 1857, and is the wife of Gram Cooper, a contractor of Kansas City, Missouri; Herriman Orlando, who was born in Hancock County, Indiana, February 20, 1854, and is engaged in the real-estate business in Brunswick. Missouri; James E., who was born July 5, 1863, and is a contractor of Chillicothe: John Fielding, born July 15, 1874; and Alpha May, born March 10, 1877.” Past and Present of Livingston County by Major A. J. Roof, 1913
“Death came last Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock to John Fielding Meek of Chillicothe, one of Livingston County’s oldest and most highly respected and esteemed pioneers and the only remaining Mexican War veteran in the county. He was 92 years old.” Chariton Courier, June 9, 1916
He was a brick contractor and carried on business in that way for many years. His early political allegiance was given to the Whig party, but on its dissolution he joined the ranks of the new Republican organization, which he still supports. He is one of the few surviving veterans of the Mexican war, in which he served as a member of Company D, Fourth Indiana Infantry. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church, to which he has always been most loyal.
It was on the 12th of August, 1852, that John Fielding Meek and Sarah Ann Hunt were married in Hancock County, Indiana. They became the parents of nine children, of whom three died in infancy. The others are: Serrethena Lorinda, usually known as Retta, who was born August 10, 1857, and is the wife of Gram Cooper, a contractor of Kansas City, Missouri; Herriman Orlando, who was born in Hancock County, Indiana, February 20, 1854, and is engaged in the real-estate business in Brunswick. Missouri; James E., who was born July 5, 1863, and is a contractor of Chillicothe: John Fielding, born July 15, 1874; and Alpha May, born March 10, 1877.” Past and Present of Livingston County by Major A. J. Roof, 1913
“Death came last Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock to John Fielding Meek of Chillicothe, one of Livingston County’s oldest and most highly respected and esteemed pioneers and the only remaining Mexican War veteran in the county. He was 92 years old.” Chariton Courier, June 9, 1916
“John Fielding Meek [son of Jeremiah Meek and Catherine Williams] was born in Wayne County, Indiana, October 25, 1824, and was reared in Hancock County, Indiana. In the autumn of 1855 he removed to Missouri, settling at Goshen Prairie, in Mercer county, but in 1858 came to Chillicothe. In 1864 he returned to Mercer County, but in 1866 again came to Chillicothe, where he now resides.
He was a brick contractor and carried on business in that way for many years. His early political allegiance was given to the Whig party, but on its dissolution he joined the ranks of the new Republican organization, which he still supports. He is one of the few surviving veterans of the Mexican war, in which he served as a member of Company D, Fourth Indiana Infantry. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church, to which he has always been most loyal.
It was on the 12th of August, 1852, that John Fielding Meek and Sarah Ann Hunt were married in Hancock County, Indiana. They became the parents of nine children, of whom three died in infancy. The others are: Serrethena Lorinda, usually known as Retta, who was born August 10, 1857, and is the wife of Gram Cooper, a contractor of Kansas City, Missouri; Herriman Orlando, who was born in Hancock County, Indiana, February 20, 1854, and is engaged in the real-estate business in Brunswick. Missouri; James E., who was born July 5, 1863, and is a contractor of Chillicothe: John Fielding, born July 15, 1874; and Alpha May, born March 10, 1877.” Past and Present of Livingston County by Major A. J. Roof, 1913
“Death came last Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock to John Fielding Meek of Chillicothe, one of Livingston County’s oldest and most highly respected and esteemed pioneers and the only remaining Mexican War veteran in the county. He was 92 years old.” Chariton Courier, June 9, 1916
He was a brick contractor and carried on business in that way for many years. His early political allegiance was given to the Whig party, but on its dissolution he joined the ranks of the new Republican organization, which he still supports. He is one of the few surviving veterans of the Mexican war, in which he served as a member of Company D, Fourth Indiana Infantry. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church, to which he has always been most loyal.
It was on the 12th of August, 1852, that John Fielding Meek and Sarah Ann Hunt were married in Hancock County, Indiana. They became the parents of nine children, of whom three died in infancy. The others are: Serrethena Lorinda, usually known as Retta, who was born August 10, 1857, and is the wife of Gram Cooper, a contractor of Kansas City, Missouri; Herriman Orlando, who was born in Hancock County, Indiana, February 20, 1854, and is engaged in the real-estate business in Brunswick. Missouri; James E., who was born July 5, 1863, and is a contractor of Chillicothe: John Fielding, born July 15, 1874; and Alpha May, born March 10, 1877.” Past and Present of Livingston County by Major A. J. Roof, 1913
“Death came last Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock to John Fielding Meek of Chillicothe, one of Livingston County’s oldest and most highly respected and esteemed pioneers and the only remaining Mexican War veteran in the county. He was 92 years old.” Chariton Courier, June 9, 1916
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