Indiana Family Group Sheet for James MEAD Family

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Submitted by: Susan Adkins
Email address: susanlouise1@earthlink.net


Husband: James MEAD
Birthdate: 31 Jul 1791
Birthplace: , Dutchess, NY
Death date: 27 Feb 1860 (1)
Place of death: Patriot, Switzerland, IN
Father: Justus MEAD
Mother: Mary KNAPP

Marriage date: about 1813
Marriage place: , Westchester, NY

Wife: Phebe CUNNINGHAM
Birthdate: 6 Dec 1796
Birthplace: , Orange, NY
Death date: 21 May 1875 (1)
Place of death: Patriot, Switzerland, IN
Father: Unknown UNKNOWN
Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Selah MEAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 7 Aug 1814
Birthplace: , , NY
Death date: between 1832-1833
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Child No. 2: Hiram MEAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1 Jul 1816
Birthplace: , Orange, NY
Death date: 16 Jul 1891
Place of death: 
Marriage date: 14 Feb 1837 (2)
Marriage place: , Switzerland, IN
Spouse's name: Grovelina HUMPHREY

Child No. 3: Dewitt Clinton MEAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 Aug 1819
Birthplace: , , NY
Death date: 9 Sep 1891
Place of death: 
Marriage date: 15 Aug 1838 (2)
Marriage place: , Switzerland, IN
Spouse's name: Harriet FEAY (sp 1)

Child No. 4: Dewitt Clinton MEAD
Sex: 
Birthdate: same as #3
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Marriage date: 8 Apr 1864 (2)
Marriage place: , Switzerland, IN
Spouse's name: Mary JONES (sp 2)

Child No. 5: Harriet MEAD
Sex: F
Birthdate: 18 Dec 1820
Birthplace: , , NY
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Child No. 6: James D. MEAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 2 May 1823
Birthplace: , , NY
Death date: 
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Marriage date: 2 Aug 1849 (2)
Marriage place: , Switzerland, IN
Spouse's name: Emily STEWART

Child No. 7: Gilbert Lafayette MEAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: about 1826
Birthplace: Patriot, Switzerland, IN
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Child No. 8: Benjamin G. MEAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 Sep 1828 (1)
Birthplace: Patriot, Switzerland, IN
Death date: 22 May 1904 (1)
Place of death: Rising Sun, Ohio, IN
Marriage date: 1 Feb 1854 (2)
Marriage place: , Switzerland, IN
Spouse's name: Purrilla F. HUMPHREY (sp 1)

Child No. 9: Benjamin G. MEAD
Sex: 
Birthdate: same as #8 above
Birthplace: 
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Marriage date: 27 Sep 1863 (2)
Marriage place: , Switzerland, IN
Spouse's name: Mary CARVER (sp 2)

Child No. 10: Rachel MEAD
Sex: F
Birthdate: about 1833
Birthplace: Patriot, Switzerland, IN
Death date: 
Place of death: 
Marriage date: 4 Jul 1853 (2)
Marriage place: , Switzerland, IN
Spouse's name: Henry M. COREY

Child No. 11: Daniel MEAD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 23 Jan 1835
Birthplace: Patriot, Switzerland, IN
Death date: 1 Aug 1916
Place of death: Rising Sun, Ohio, IN
Marriage date: 19 Oct 1856 (2)
Marriage place: , Switzerland, IN
Spouse's name: Lucinda DAVIS 

Child No. 12: Melissa MEAD
Sex: F
Birthdate: 22 Aug 1837 (3)
Birthplace: Patriot, Switzerland, IN
Death date: 27 Nov 1875 (3)
Place of death: , , KS
Marriage date: 3 May 1864 (2) (3)
Marriage place: , Switzerland, IN
Spouse's name: Benjamin Franklin TRUESDELL

Child No. 13: Mercy Zerador MEAD
Sex: F
Birthdate: 21 Dec 1841 
Birthplace: Patriot, Switzerland, IN
Death date: between 1860-1864 (4)
Place of death: , , IN
Marriage date: 30 Dec 1857 (2)
Marriage place: , Switzerland, IN
Spouse's name: Benjamin Franklin TRUESDELL 

Documentation: 
(1)Wanda L. Morford, "Switzerland County, Indiana Cemetery Inscriptions 1817-1985" (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1986).
(2) "Switzerland County IN Marriages 1814-1885" (Warsaw, IN 46580; Scheuer Publications; 1994).
(3) List handwritten by B.F. Truesdell dated 19 Nov 1884.
(4) B.F. Truesdale household, 1870 U.S. Census, Posey Twp., Switzerland, IN, Pg 21 of 59, Ancestry.com.