John was born in 1826, probably in Cumberland County, New Jersey, the son of Samuel Van Meter and his wife Mary.
John married Salome (Simkins) Johnson, daughter of Isaac Simkins and widow of Joseph Johnson, in 1853 at Salem, New Jersey.[1]
John may have been a mariner as a young man -- a John Van Meter aged about 21 years and born in Cumberland County applied for papers for seaman's proof of citizenship in 1846 at Philadelphia.[2]
John passed away in 1889 and is buried at the Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Bridgeton.
↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Seamen's Proofs of Citizenship, 1791-1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRC-B1ND : 15 March 2018), John Vanmeter, 22 Dec 1846; citing Membership, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Censuses
1880 US Federal Census -- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZR-GQ8 : 12 August 2017), John A Vanmeter in household of Samuel Vanmeter, Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district ED 73, sheet 119D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0775; FHL microfilm 1,254,775.
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