Cornelius served in Company A 12th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War.
Discharged Chattanoga, TN., Oct. 1864 as a Corporal. Son of Aurilius A. and Harriet (Rossiter) Meacham. Brother of Edgar Meacham also buried in Pine Glen Cemetery.
Cornelius was married 3 times. From the Wisconsin Marriage Records-pre 1907 they are, with marriage name & date:
MARY E. WHITCOMB (Mollie) - marr. Oct. 08, 1868, child Harry Clifford Meacham b. 1870. After his mother's death in 1874 Harry Clifford Meacham can be found in the 1880 Federal Census for Prescott Wi. living with his father Cornelius in the household of his Grandfather Aurillius Meacham.
MARY E. RICHARDSON - She was married twice. Maiden name was Little. Marr. 1st Sept. 6 1865 to Durant Richardson (Wis. Marriage Records 1820-1907. Ancestry record - Pierce Co., WI Marriage Rec. to 1907, & USGENWEB record, Pierce Co. WI).
Her 2nd marriage. Jun. 11 1875 to Cornelius (Ancestry record - Wis. Marriage Records 1820-1907, & USGENWEB record, Pierce Co., WI Marriage Rec. to 1907). Witnesses to the marriage of Cornelius & 2nd Mary were James & Mary Lyford. Cornelius & Mary had a son, Charles Dean Meacham b. 15 Nov 1877.
CHARLES DEAN MEACHAM was adopted by James & Mary Lyford after the death of his mother Mary E. (Little, Richardson) Meacham - (History of Prescott WI by Ahlgren & Beeler).
After adoption Charles went by the name Charles Dean Lyford. Charles Dean Lyford died 2 Apr 1952. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106205908/charles-d-lyford
LILLIAN E. BROWN - marr. Apr. 28, 1883
Cornelius served in Company A 12th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War.
Discharged Chattanoga, TN., Oct. 1864 as a Corporal. Son of Aurilius A. and Harriet (Rossiter) Meacham. Brother of Edgar Meacham also buried in Pine Glen Cemetery.
Cornelius was married 3 times. From the Wisconsin Marriage Records-pre 1907 they are, with marriage name & date:
MARY E. WHITCOMB (Mollie) - marr. Oct. 08, 1868, child Harry Clifford Meacham b. 1870. After his mother's death in 1874 Harry Clifford Meacham can be found in the 1880 Federal Census for Prescott Wi. living with his father Cornelius in the household of his Grandfather Aurillius Meacham.
MARY E. RICHARDSON - She was married twice. Maiden name was Little. Marr. 1st Sept. 6 1865 to Durant Richardson (Wis. Marriage Records 1820-1907. Ancestry record - Pierce Co., WI Marriage Rec. to 1907, & USGENWEB record, Pierce Co. WI).
Her 2nd marriage. Jun. 11 1875 to Cornelius (Ancestry record - Wis. Marriage Records 1820-1907, & USGENWEB record, Pierce Co., WI Marriage Rec. to 1907). Witnesses to the marriage of Cornelius & 2nd Mary were James & Mary Lyford. Cornelius & Mary had a son, Charles Dean Meacham b. 15 Nov 1877.
CHARLES DEAN MEACHAM was adopted by James & Mary Lyford after the death of his mother Mary E. (Little, Richardson) Meacham - (History of Prescott WI by Ahlgren & Beeler).
After adoption Charles went by the name Charles Dean Lyford. Charles Dean Lyford died 2 Apr 1952. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106205908/charles-d-lyford
LILLIAN E. BROWN - marr. Apr. 28, 1883
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