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Joseph Meek |
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Farmer; P.O., Eureka; was born in Fayette County, Ky., June
7, 1797; is the son of Bazel and Ellen (Roberts) Meek; with his parents
they moved to Indiana and settled in Jennings County, where he remained
until 1830; in Spring of 1830, with his wife and four children, they
started for Illinois in a wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen, and arrived and
settled in Woodford County on the place that he now lives on ; he built
him a log cabin soon after he arrived, which stood until the Spring of
1875, and was destroyed by fire; when Mr. Meek first came here, he was
worth about $740; he invested in farming land, and with success and good
management, he was at one time worth 1,340 acres of fine farm; and today
owns 240 acres of improved land; Mr. Meek has held several offices of
public trust; was one of the first County Commissioners of Woodford
County,which office he held for six years, also held the office of County
Supervisor for one year; is a member of the Christian Church; a Democrat
in politics; married twice; his first wife, Uraney Sullivan, of South
Carolina, who died Jan. 21, 1848, aged 48 years and nine days; his second
wife, Mrs Barbara Shaffer of Va.; born Oct. 10, 1810; children by first
wife - Daniel, Marshall, Ezra and Jessie; by second wife - Joseph, Mrs.
Shaffer had three children living when Mr. Meek married her - Elizabeth
Jane, Simon and Mary Ann. |