When Harvey Henry Meeks was born on 9 April 1838, in Newtonville, Hammond Township, Spencer, Indiana, United States, his father, William Athe Meeks, was 23 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Rhoads, was 19. He married Sarah Catherine Dowdle on 25 December 1860, in Center Creek, Wasatch, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Election District 6 Carter, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1900 and Mountain View, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1910. He died on 17 October 1915, in Hudson, Fremont, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hudson Cemetery, Hudson, Fremont, Wyoming, United States.
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After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Wasatch, Utah, United States
English (Cambridgeshire): variant of Meek , with post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Mix .
Dutch: patronymic from Meek 3.
History: Thomas Meeks (born c. 1624 in London) emigrated to New Haven, CT, in or before 1643. In 17th-century New Haven this surname was also spelled Meekes, Mix, and Mixx.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names"Harvey Henry Meeks the son of William Meeks and Mary Elizabeth Rhodes, was born April 9th, 1838. He came to Utah with his parents in 1852. They were part of the group driven from Navaoo in 1847. Th …
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