Robert, thank you Sandy Cocoa, Florida > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Perry [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 8:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WVMERCER] elizabeth meadows meador martin > > Dear Sandy- > Here is some amended data about John Calvin Meador's first wife Ellen. > [they were > my great-grandparents]. We now have amended dates for both her both and > death. > After she moved to Chillicothe, MO, she married again, as noted below. > ============================== > Ellen Saffrona Stafford was married to John Calvin Meador on 14 Nov 1877 > in John > Stafford Place, Trigg, VA. She was divorced from John Calvin Meador c1892 > in > Giles county, VA ??. John Calvin Meador was born on 12 Sep 1856 in > Dunns, WV. > He died on 5 May 1906. He was buried in Meador Cemetary, Dunns, WV. He > was a > teacher, and later a farmer > > Ellen Saffrona Stafford was born on 14 Nov 1857 in Trigg, Staffordsville, > Giles > Co., VA. This birth year supported by 1870 census, marriage record, and > death > certificate. She died on 23 Mar 1914 in Chillicothe, Missouri. From > records of > Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, MO, who have possession of records from > old > Meinershagan Funeral Home: > > Book of May 1912-Feb. 1916, page 148: > "Elane" Gordon, died 24 March 1914. Charge to J.S. Mooney, Order by Mooney > and > W.T. Reed, secured by Dr. Campbell. These same names appear with Ellen's > daughter > Stella's death, as well as others of that family. J.S. Mooney was Stella's > second > husband. > > Death Certificate confirms, but misspells name Elean. States Tuberculosis > of two > years duration, as primary cause of death. States birth year was 1857. > > Obituary in "The Evening Tribune", dated Wednesday March 25, 1914: > > " Mrs. Elam Gordon, a resident of the county for many years, died Tuesday > at her > home northwest of the city near Graham's Mill. A complication of allmenta > was the > cause of her death. Funera lservices were held from the house Wednesday > afternoon > at 4 o'clock and interment made in the Anderson Cemetery." She was buried > on 25 > Mar 1914 in Anderson Cemetery, Livingston County, MO.. In the 1900 > census, Ellen > and Carl, age 11, are shown living with Ellen's mother at Trigg, in Giles > County, VA. In the 1910 census, Ellen and Carl are living in Livingston > County, > Missouri , near Chillicothe, with her second husband, John Gordon. This > location > is six houses away from her daughter Stella and husband John Henry > Campbell. > > At some point after the divorce, Ellen's children, Ethel, Virginia and > Bernard > were > raised by their father's brother, R. G. Meador and wife Lizzie, in Athens. > Macy > was raised by her first cousin Wilbur J. Lilly and wife Vera. It is > undetermined > at this writing where Stella was raised. > ============================= > > [email protected] wrote: > > > In a message dated 3/2/00 8:23:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > > Martin, Elizabeth > > > d/o Anthony Meadows & Mary Shumate > > > Married #1 Josiah Meador > > > Married #2 Achilis Martin > > I thought I sent this, here it is again, please let me know if you can > add to > > it > > Sandy in Florida > > Descendants of Elizabeth Meadows > > > > 1 Elizabeth Meadows b: 03 August 1827 in Monroe Co., VA d: > 20 > > March 1882 in Dunns, Mercer Co., WV > > . +Josiah "Shack" Meador b: 14 June 1824 in Jumping Branch, > Mercer > > Co., VA m: 03 August 1846 in Monroe Co., VA d: 17 June 1858 in Dunns, > Mercer > > Co., VA Father: John MEADOR Mother: Anna MANN > > .... 2 Mary Ann Meador b: 19 October 1847 in Mercer Co., VA/WVA > > d: 12 September 1887 in Wyandotte Co., KS > > ........ +Samuel Sylvester Barker b: 02 February 1843 in > Kanawha > > Co., VA d: 26 July 1921 in Wyandotte Co., KS Father: James > Burwell > > BARKER Mother: Mary BARKER > > .... 2 Nancy Jane Meador b: 1848 in Mercer Co., VA d: 10 > > September 1885 > > ........ +Ballard P. Houchins b: 02 November 1842 m: 23 > February > > 1866 d: 23 October 1914 Father: Mother: > > .... 2 Rufus Green Meador b: 1850 in Mercer Co., VA d: 1931 > in > > St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL > > ........ +Elizabeth R. Oxley b: April 1856 in Virginia m: 13 > August > > 1874 in Mercer Co., WV d: 1925 Father: Bluford OXLEY Mother: > Rhoda J > > BIRD > > .... 2 Elizabeth C Meador b: 24 September 1851 in Mercer Co., VA > > d: 13 October 1935 > > ........ +John Scott Lilly b: 1853 m: 16 April 1871 d: 1924 > > Father: Mother: > > .... 2 Lucinda Meador b: 05 November 1853 in Mercer Co., VA > d: > > 1892 > > ........ +Jonathan Scott Lilly b: 05 November 1850 in Virginia > > d: 1924 Father: Jonathan LILLY Mother: Margaret WALKER > > .... 2 Infant Meador b: January 1855 in Mercer Co., VA d: > 11 > > March 1855 in Mercer Co., VA > > .... 2 John Calvin Meador b: 02 September 1855 in Mercer Co., VA > > d: 05 May 1906 in Mercer Co., WV > > ........ +Ellen Saffrona Stafford b: 14 November 1855 in > Trigg, > > Giles Co., VA m: 14 November 1877 in Giles Co., VA d: 24 March 1914 > in > > Chillicothe, MO Alt. date: 1909 death Father: Mother: > > .... *2nd Wife of John Calvin Meador: > > ........ +Virginia Bell Robbins Godfrey b: 20 May 1870 m: 13 > January > > 1894 in Mercer Co., WV d: 02 January 1929 in Ghent, Raleigh Co., WV > > Father: Mother: > > .... 2 Celia Meador b: 1858 d: Bef. 1860 in Mercer Co., VA > > *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Meadows: > > . +Achilles Martin b: 1821-1823 m: 29 October 1874 in Mercer > Co., > > WV d: 12 November 1912 in Mercer Co., WV Father: Mother: