William Lafayette Meeker (1842 - 1906)

Born 2 Nov 1842 in Near Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Phylinda (Baughman) Meeker — married 17 Sep 1867 in Wood County, Ohio

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1906 at age 63 in Ada, Hardin County, Ohio

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Biography

William Lafayette was born on 2 November 1842 in Near Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio. He was the son of Mahlon Meeker and Francis (Cooper) Meeker.^[1]

On 9 September 1850 William Lafayette (age 7) was living in Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio.^[2]

On 29 June 1860 William Lafayette (age 17) was living in Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio.^[3]

When William Lafayette was 24 he married Phylinda “Linda” Baughman on 17 September 1867 in Wood County, Ohio. The couple had 7 children: Willis L. Meeker, Fannie Elizabeth Meeker, Martha “Mattie” Meeker, Martin Meeker, Alton Chester Meeker, Herman F. Meeker and Julius F. Meeker.^[4]

On 27 June 1870 William Lafayette (age 27) was living in Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio.^[1]

On 12 June 1880 William Lafayette (age 37) was living in Center Township, Wood County, Ohio.^[5]

When William Lafayette was 42 he married on 19 November 1884 in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio. The couple had one child: Ethel Meeker.^[6]

On 8 June 1900 William Lafayette (age 57) was living in Hardin County, Ohio.^[7]

William Lafayette died at the age of 63 on 1 November 1906 in Ada, Hardin County, Ohio.^[8]

William Lafayette was buried on 3 November 1906 in Union Hill Cemetery, Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio.^[9][10][11]

Research Notes

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There are additional sources with no facts or date. Often these are sources for the baptism or marriage of children that mention the parents or father. This section can just be removed if you will be adding those children and using these sources there.^[12]

Notes from external profile

Living with his parents in the 1870 census, with wife and 2 children.
Lived in Henry County approx 1886. After remarriage moved to Hardin county.^[13][14][15]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Census: Text: Census Text: 1870 U.S. census, Wood County, Ohio, population schedule, Plain township, Bowling Green post office, page 6, dwelling 46, family 47, Mahlon Meeker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 January 2013) citing NARA microfilm M593, roll 1283. Object: Format: gif File: ~/Documents/Genealogy/Census Images/Meeker_Mahlon-1870.gif Title: Meeker_Mahlon-1870 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 24 SEP 2013.
2. ↑ Census: Text: Census Text: 1850 U.S. census, Wood County, Ohio, population schedule, Plain township, page 160, dwelling 742, family 764, Mahlon Meeker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 Jun 2005), citing NARA microfilm M432, roll 741. Object: Format: jpg File: ~/Documents/Genealogy/Census Images/Meeker_Mahlon-1850.jpg Title: Meeker_Mahlon-1850 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 24 SEP 2013.
3. ↑ Census: Text: Census Text: 1860 U.S. census, Wood County, Ohio, population schedule, Plain township, Bowling Green post office, page 244, dwelling 416, family 404, Mahlon Meeker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 Jan 2013) citing NARA microfilm M653, roll 1053. Object: Format: jpg File: ~/Documents/Genealogy/Census Images/Meeker_Mahlon-1860.jpg Title: Meeker_Mahlon-1860 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 24 SEP 2013.
4. ↑ Marriage: Missing source ID S972. (accessed before 27 May 2014)
5. ↑ Census: Text: Census Text: 1880 U.S. census, Wood County, Ohio, population schedule, Center township, enumeration district [ED] 97, supervisor’s district [SD] 1, page 24, dwelling 213, family 218, Lafayette Meeker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 May 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1078. Object: Format: jpg File: ~/Documents/Genealogy/Census Images/Meeker_Lafayette-1880.jpg Title: Meeker_Lafayette-1880 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 24 SEP 2013.
6. ↑ Marriage: Missing source ID S984. (accessed before 27 May 2014)
7. ↑ Census: Text: Census Text: 1900 U.S. census, Hardin County, Ohio, population schedule, McDonald township North precinct, enumeration district (ED) 97, p. 242 (stamped), sheet 6A, dwelling 109, family 111, Lafayette Meeker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 July 2007), citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1284. Object: Format: jpg File: ~/Documents/Genealogy/Census Images/Meeker_WmLafayette-1900.jpg Title: Meeker_WmLafayette-1900 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 23 SEP 2013.
8. ↑ Death: Text: Book Text: Kathleen K. Saffell Text: The Descendants of Timothy Meeker (1708 - 1798) Text: 2nd edtion Text: Ridgecrest, CA: Kathleen K. Saffell. (accessed before 27 May 2014)
9. ↑ Burial: Text: Book Text: Union Hill Cemetery, Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio Text: Wood County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, compiler Text: (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, 1993). (accessed before 27 May 2014)
10. ↑ Burial: Text: Photograph Text: Union Hill Cemetery (Wood County, Ohio; near Bowling Green, SW of intersection of Union Hill Road and Brim Road), Lafayette Meeker tombstone; photographed by author July 2005. Object: Format: jpg File: ~/Documents/Genealogy/Tombstone Photos/Meeker/Meeker_Lafayette.JPG Title: Meeker_Lafayette Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 23 SEP 2013. (accessed before 27 May 2014)
11. ↑ Burial: Text: Newspaper Text: Lafayette Meeker obituary Text: The Wood County Sentinel Text: Bowling Green, Ohio Text: 8 November 1906 Text: page 7, column 3 Text: Formerly Lived in County
    CONT La Fayette [sic] Meeker Died At Home in Ada of Cancer of the Stomach
    CONT Lafayette Meeker, one of the members of the old Meeker family, whose home was north of this city, died Thrusday night at his home in Ada, O., from cancer of the stomach. He had been a sufferer for years with stomach trouble but not until the past few weeks had he been very ill.
    CONT The remains were brought to this city Saturday at 1 o’clock via the T. & O. C. railway, and were immediately taken to Union Hill, where funeral services were held at 2 o’clock.
    CONT The deceased was born on the sand ridge north of town about Union Hill in November, 1842. His boyhood was that of a backwoodsman’s son––plenty of hard work, short school hours, and hunting.
    CONT He married Miss Linda Baughman, and they farmed in this county for many years, removing about twenty years ago to Henry county. She died at their home near Napoleon and he afterwards married Mrs. Roxie Collins, at Napoleon.
    CONT They removed to Hardin county, and later to Ada. One child, Ethel, who lives at home with the mother, was the product of this last union, while six children of the first wife survive their parents. They are: Willis, who live in Georgia; Mrs. Letta Spafford, of Napoleon; Mrs. Marshall Dimick, residing east of town; Alton Meeker, of near Ada; and Herman and Floyd, who reside at home.
    CONT He was one of a family of nine, the other members being: J. S. Meeker, who lives east of this city; Mrs. Washington Avery, of Bowling Green; Mrs. Mary McGinnis, of California; Mrs. William Avery, north of town; Mrs. Adeline Francis, near Union Hill; and the following, now deceased: Horatio, a former resident of Sugar Ridge; Mrs. Gilbert Avery, of this city, and Mahlon Meeker, of Missouri. Data Changed: Date: 9 JUL 2007. (accessed before 27 May 2014)
12. ↑ Unclassified: Text: E-Mail Message Text: R. Craig Kammerer Text: Mahlon Meeker Text: email message from <rcraigk> (P.O. Box 505, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920) Text: to author Text: 19 December 2002 Text: Hello:
    I am a Meeker expert and write for the Meeker newsletter. His birthdate was Sept. 15, 1799, as his parents were married 12/30/1798 as an officila county record in Morris County NJ. His parents were Jonas Meeker & Elizabeth Miller. From many years of research, his children were:
    Horatio Sharp, born 1 Apr 1822, Eliza Jane--Jan 20, 1824, Narcissa Ann--5 Mar 1826, Mary Evaline---12 Aug 1828, Betsey Hannah--Apr 15, 1832, Mahlon Icabod---12 Aug 1833, John Frances---10 Apr 1836, Rachel Adeline---14 Jan 1839, & William Lafayette---2 Nov 1842
    Have not seen his obit however.
    CONT All the best
    Craig Kammerer
    P.O. Box 505
    Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. (accessed before 27 May 2014)
13. ↑ Source: #S357
14. ↑ Source: #S716
15. ↑ Source: #S716