David Trimble Mead

Brief Life History of David Trimble

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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Family Time Line

David Trimble Mead
1826–1899
Mary Jane Wallace
1828–1908
Marriage: 28 March 1848
Jesse Mead
1847–1847
Elizabeth Ann or Eliza Mead
1850–1894
Sarah Edwilda Mead
1852–1921
Amanda J. Mead
1854–1925
Albert Mead
1857–1858
Catharine Mead
1858–1934
Florance Mead
1862–1864
Mary L. Mead
1865–1870
Fulton David Mead
1868–1932
Ollifair A. Mead
1870–1958
Idella M Mead
1870–1961
Orest Mead
1873–1874
Infant Mead
1875–1875

Sources (8)

  • David T Mede, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
  • David T Meade, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • David Trimble Mead, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

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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