Looking for family of Abigail Jane Mead, b. Maryland or District of Columbia abt 1834

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Abigail Jane Mead married Samuel Murphy in Washington, DC 7 Oct 1852. Census record indicate Maryland and DC as place of birth.  1860 census finds them in St. Louis, MO

1870 finds them in Baltimore, MD

Three children were born

John Porter Murphy b. 26 Jul. 1854

Maria J. Murphy abt 1857, MD

Mary J Murphy b. Abt 1863, MO shortly before Samuel goes off to war joining the 35th Regiment Missouri Infantry Volunteers, Company G

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This is listed as Abigail Meads in an Ancestry.com member's tree

Anna J Meads

 in the 1850 United States Federal Census

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Name:	Anna J Meads
Age:	19
Birth Year:	abt 1831
Birthplace:	Maryland
Home in 1850:	Washington Ward 4, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Gender:	Female
Family Number:	592
Household Members:	Name Age Edward Meads 41 Sarah A Meads 39 Anna J Meads 19 Edward Meads 14 Sarah A Meads 9 Engle Meads 7

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Thank you for the look up.  This Anna (Abigal) doesn't marry it seems and she, Anna is still in the family structure in 1860, whereas Abigail is in St. Louis with children

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Not that many Meads born in Maryland at that time. I put just Meads in the search and got this

Mary E Meeds

 in the 1850 United States Federal Census

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Name:	Mary E Meeds
Age:	16
Birth Year:	abt 1834
Birthplace:	Maryland
Home in 1850:	District 3, Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA
Gender:	Female
Family Number:	143
Household Members:	Name Age John T Meeds 42 Mary Meeds 44 Mary E Meeds 16 Sarah L Meeds 14 Francis A Meeds 12 Richard R Meeds 9 Thomas E Meeds 7 Mary E Sparkes 17 Hester A Sparkes 13 Ann M Sparkes 11 William H Sparkes 10 James D Miller 20 Joshua Seeny 45

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I can find a Mead of any stripe who married a Murphy in Washington, DC in 1852. Sorry.