When David Trimble Mead was born on 19 July 1826, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States, his father, Rhodes J. Meade, was 46 and his mother, Priscilla Newlon, was 44. He married Mary Jane Wallace on 28 March 1848. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Washington, Indiana, United States for about 20 years and Cowley, Kansas, United States in 1895. He died on 23 October 1899, in Dexter, Cowley, Kansas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Dexter, Cowley, Kansas, United States.
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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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