When Oscar Eli Mead was born on 18 October 1832, in Champaign, Ohio, United States, his father, Hilon Mead, was 31 and his mother, Lydia Minerva Barnes, was 28. He married Catherine Crowder on 24 October 1850, in Champaign, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Keokuk, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Van Buren Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 July 1912, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Sigourney Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Iowa Territory, United States 1843: Keokuk, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Keokuk, Iowa, United States
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
English:
topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Middle English mede ‘meadow’ (Old English mǣd), or a habitational name from one or more of the many places so named, such as Meads in Harford (Devon).
perhaps from Middle English mede ‘mead, alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water’, possibly denoting one who was fond of the drink or who made or sold mead. Compare Meader .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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