Lafayette
F.
Meador
Born in Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Lewis T. Meador
and Rachel (Cox) Meador
Brother of
Mathew Meador, Daniel Morgan Meador, Jamima Clementine (Meador) Pittman, Isaac Tyler Meador, Harriet Catherine (Meador) Meadows, Henry Lee Meador, Nancy Ann (Meador) Freeman [half], James Alexander Meador [half], Granville W. Meador [half], Mary Jane (Meador) Scott [half], Rosa Bell (Meador) Kirk [half] and Green Franklin Meador [half]
Husband of
Rhoda (Hoye) Meador
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Rubye (Meador) Shives
Died
at age 79
in Norton, Wise, Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Mar 2016
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Biography
Lafayette Meador lived in Appalachia, in Virginia (now West Virginia).
Lafayette Meador was born 23 May 1853 in Mercer County, Virginia. He was the son of Lewis Meador and Rachel Cox.[1]
Lafayette married Rhoda C. Hayes on 8 April 1878, Raleigh County, West Virginia.[2]By 1910 they would have 13 children and 10 were living.[3]
Lafayette died 24 January 1933 in Norton, Wise, Virginia. He was a retired retail merchant. He is buried in Highland Cemetery, Norton, Wise County Virginia. Find A Grave has a photo of his head stone.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ West Virginia, Births Index, FHL Film Number: 804467
- ↑ West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900
- ↑ 23 April 1910 Norton, Wise, Virginia U. S. Federal Census, p.73, Sheet 11A
- ↑ Commonwealth of Virginia-Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics, Registration District No. 0970B, Registered No. 4
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #110404543
- 18 June 1860 Raleigh County, Virginia U. S. Federal Census, p.14
- 6 August 1870 Shady Spring Township, Raleigh, West Virginia U. S. Federal Census
- 19 of June 1880 Shady Spring, Raleigh, West Virginia U. S. Census, p.13
- 7 June1900 Gladeville, Wise, Virginia U. S. Federal Census, p.93, Sheet 6B
- 23 April 1910 Norton, Wise, Virginia U. S. Federal Census, p.73, Sheet 11A
- 15 January 1920 Gladeville, Wise, Virginia U. S. Federal Census, p. 184, Sheet 7A
- 5 April 1930 Norton, Wise, Virginia U. S. Federal Census, p.14, Sheet 3A
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lafayette by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lafayette by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Grant Meadors
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1b1a2a1a1b, FTDNA kit #125381, MitoYDNA ID T16163 [compare] - Oscar Meadows :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L21, FTDNA kit #94428
- Justin Mills :
Y-Chromosome Test 780 markers, haplogroup R-BY39033, MitoYDNA ID Z10542 [compare]
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Rebecca (Tucker) Morris :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #535371
-
~1.95%
Elwood Cox :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T866493 [compare], FTDNA kit #536160
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch NS7497585 [compare]
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~0.78%
Tommy Redden :
23andMe, GEDmatch M094740 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T922384 [compare], FTDNA kit #141799
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~0.78%
~12.50%
Severin Marshall :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Jeffrey Cox :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A674486 [compare], FTDNA kit #B84054
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch WZ2695431 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Kathleen (Lilly) Pack :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H204611 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Cherie (Atkinson) Clark :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A331227 [compare], Ancestry member chersfmly
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A331227 [compare], FTDNA kit #B14009
-
~0.39%
James Richard Atkinson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A424894 [compare], Ancestry member dutch666
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch G959233 [compare]
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