Horatio Bardwell Mead (1851 - 1940)

Born 3 Aug 1851 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Feb 1940 at age 88 in Armour, Douglas County, South Dakota

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Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: 3 AUG 1851

Place: Greenwich, Connecticut^[1][2][3]

Death

Death:

Date: 5 FEB 1940

Place: Armour, Douglas County, South Dakota^[4][5]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Armour, South Dakota^[6]

Note

Lived with and worked as a clerk in grocery store owned by Odle Knapp in Greenwich, CT at 1880 census. Was a mail carrier at Armour, Douglas County, S.D. in 1920

Mr. Mead came to Douglas County from Greenwich, Conn., in 1883 or 1884, homesteading west of Armour. He began a farm machinery business in Armour. He later became mail carrier, at a salary of $50 per month. - The Douglas County (S.D) History and Centennial Observation

The book, "Douglas County the Little Giant" by Robert Karolevitz at the declaration of the first world war mentions "Old Glory" flying from building, and Mrs. H.B. Mead, the milliner, was especially recognized for her patriotic display in her shop window.

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Marriage

Status: MARRIED

Husband: Horatio Bardwell Mead

Wife: Lora E. Stockwell

User ID: ED599F581ED81746817A383A650FF3399DED

Marriage:

Date: 20 MAY 1890

Status: MARRIED

Husband: Silas Deliverance Mead

Wife: Emily Louisa Close

User ID: CAF7E0A7C5A5864C8AD8340324F72C6ACEC5

Child: Myrtilla Platt Mead

Child: Silas Edward Mead

Child: Emily Cornelia Mead

Child: Sarah Clarissa Mead

Child: Horatio Bardwell Mead

Child: Harriet Althea Mead

Child: Ezekial Close Mead

Marriage:

Date: 22 SEP 1840

Place: Greenwich, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S40 Record ID Number: 1234 Page: Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
2. ↑ Source: #S318 Record ID Number: 86 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
3. ↑ Source: #S2335 Record ID Number: 4019 Page: 218
4. ↑ Source: #S275 Record ID Number: 3635 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
5. ↑ Source: #S1942 Record ID Number: 3501 Page: 79
6. ↑ Source: #S1895 Record ID Number: 3454

• Source: S1895 Type: Cemetery Marker (Publ.) Title: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Armour, South Dakota Publication: http://www.armoursd.com/PleasantRidge.prn OTHER This is part of a website for the city of Armour, Saouth Dakota. Abbreviation: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
• Source: S1942 Type: Book Title: Our Two Centuries in North Greenwich, Connecticut 1728-1924 Author: Louise Celestia Mead Feltus Abbreviation: Louise Celestia Mead Feltus OTHER She is a granddaughter of Althea Palmer and Exekiel Close and information should be considered a first hand family source. Abbreviation: Our Two Centuries in North Greenwich, Connecticut 1728-1924 Record ID Number: 3501 Page: 79
• Source: S2335 Type: Book Title: Commemorative biographical record of Fairfield County, Connecticut Publication: J. H. Beers and Co. 1899 Abbreviation: Commemorative biographical record of Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Source: S275 Type: Book Title: Armour 75th Anniversary 1816-1891 OTHER (Douglas County, SD) Abbreviation: Armour 75th Anniversary 1816-1891 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
• Source: S318 Type: Book Title: History and Genealogy of the Mead Family Author: Spencer P. Mead Abbreviation: Spencer P. Mead Publication: Knickerbocker Press, 1901 Abbreviation: History and Genealogy of the Mead Family Quality or Certainty of Data: 2 Record ID Number: 86 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
• Source: S40 Type: Census Title: 1860 U.S. Census Abbreviation: 1860 U.S. Census Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Record ID Number: 1234 Page: Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMR3-R6Y : accessed 30 July 2021), Horatio B Mead, Chester & Independence Township Schools Armour town, Douglas, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 135, sheet 1A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,549.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPX4-9QT : accessed 30 July 2021), Horatio B Mead, Armour Ward 3, Douglas, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 166, sheet 11B, family 211, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1480; FHL microfilm 1,375,493.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQVS-B52 : accessed 30 July 2021), Horatio B Mead, Armour, Douglas, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 10B, line 98, family 261, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2222; FHL microfilm 2,341,956.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66552207/horatio-b-mead

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Michael Palmer for creating WikiTree profile Mead-1345 through the import of Palmer, Nathaniel 1769.ged on Sep 2, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.