Born in Franklin, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Clay Dillon Sr.
and Joanna (Pasley) Dillon
Sister of
Jesse Dillon, Sarah R Dillon, Sallie R. (Dillon) Forbes, Elizabeth Dillon, Robert Pasley Dillon, Mary Dillon, Joanna S. Dillon, Henry Clay Dillon Jr, Jesse Dillon and Julia Ann (Dillon) Powell
Wife of
Andrew Terrell Demoss Meador
— married
6 Apr 1855 in Franklin County, Virginia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 30
in Franklin, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 May 2015
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Biography
Louisa Paulina Dillon was born in 1829 in Franklin County, Virginia, the daughter of Henry Clay Dillon and Joanna Pasley.
Louisa married Andrew Terell Demoss Meador, 6 Nov 1855, in Franklin County, Virginia. They had two sons before Louisa died in early 1860 of tuberculosis. The 1860 census records Andrew and his sons in the household of Henry and Joanna Dillon.
Andrew remarried in 1861 to Lucy A. Robertson but Andrew died as a prisoner of war in 1864. See his profile for details.
Children: Henry John (his death certificate), and Fleming Terah Demoss "Moss" (his death certificate) ,
Sources
- Franklin County, Virginia Register of Deaths, 1853-1871, FHL Film #31524, Image 375; p. 40; Louise Meador died 8 February 1860 of consumption (TB); Parents: Henry & Jemima Dillon; reported by Phebe Baker "Friend" (mother-in-law). Note: When Phebe Baker reported the death she apparently got Lousie's mother's name incorrect.
December 2018 updates: Find A Grave: Memorial #154860497 and
Ancestry.com, including
- [Virginia, Select Marriages
- U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 for Louisa P Meador (she died of TB)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Louisa by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Louisa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Louisa by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Louisa:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Cary Richards 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Richards_Cary
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~1.56%
Delana (Smith) Blake :
23andMe
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~0.78%
John Ellis :
23andMe, GEDmatch M679136 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QF6158742 [compare], Ancestry member JohnEllis630
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T857370 [compare], FTDNA kit #B283208
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~0.78%
Kathleen (Brown) Ward :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A048975 [compare], Ancestry member kward3199
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B504081
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