Josiah Nathaniel Meads (1894 - 1946)

Born 11 Nov 1894 in Windsor, York, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 25 Apr 1946 at age 51 in Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

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Josiah Meads served in the United States Army in World War I
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Josiah was born in 1894. He was the son of Franklin Meads and Fianna Alice Flinchbaugh.. He passed away in 1946.

Obituary

Josiah N. Meads

RED LION, May 1.

Josiah (Jess) N. Meads, a former resident ot Red Lion, who lived at 117 East Vaughn street, Kingston, Pa., died early last Thursday morning in St. Mary's hospital, Scranton, Pa. He was 52 years old. Mr. Meads was stricken while at work in the Luzerne Cigar company plant, Taylor, Pa. He was born in Windsor and lived in Red Lion for some time. Before moving to Taylor, he was employed for seven years by the General Cigar company. Forty Fort, Pa. He was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Thomas Meads, a student at Syracuse University and Sergeant Morton Meads, Army Air Forces, Manila, P. I.; his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Meads, Lancaster, and two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Deitz, Red Lion, and, Mrs. Cordie Martin, Pittsburgh. Funeral services were held. Monday afternoon in Kingston with the Rev. Samuel J. Truscott of Dorranceton Methodist church, officiating. Interment was in the Forty Fort cemetery.^[1]

Note that Forty Fort Cemetery was mostly destroyed in the floods that accompanied Hurricane Agnes.

Sources

1. ↑ Josiah N. Meads The York Dispatch from York, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1946

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQC7-7BT : 13 December 2019), Josiah Meads, Ward 5, Kingston, Kingston Borough, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-148, sheet 6B, line 62, family 121, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3554.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3H4-3SJ : accessed 22 July 2020), Josiah N Meads in household of Franklin Meads, Windsor Township, Northern District, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 174, sheet 4A, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,502.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K623-B7V : 26 August 2019), Josiah N Meads, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDM-DYY : accessed 23 July 2020), Josiah Meads in household of Frank M Meads, Windsor, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 108...
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X474-X47 : accessed 22 July 2020), Josiah N Meads, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 149, sheet 32A, line 34, family 474, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1801; FHL microfilm 2,341,535.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z87S-KJN2 : 12 May 2020), Josiah N. Meads and Vlasta M. Ryant, 1919.