Merritt Isaac Mead

Merritt Isaac Mead

• Father: Isaac B. Mead b. circa 1802, d. 27 March 1888
• Mother: Mary (?) b. circa 27 September 1807, d. 30 March 1870

• Merritt Isaac Mead was born on 15 September 1847 in Ohio.
• Isaac B. Mead and Mary (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Shalersville, Portage County, Ohio. Other members of the household included Merritt Isaac Mead. Also in the household were children? William (age 22), Joanna (21), Merilla (18), Harriett (16), Sabrina (13), Cyrus (11), Marinda (8) and Mary (6).
• Isaac B. Mead and Mary (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio. Other members of the household included Merritt Isaac Mead. Also in the household were children Cyrus (age 20) and Mary (15).
• In May 1864, Merritt Mead enlisted as a private at the age of 17 in Company K, 135th Ohio Infantry Regiment, GAR, and mustered out on 1 September 1864 at Camp Chase, Ohio.
       Inn March 1865 he enlisted in Company D, 198th Ohio Infantry Regiment, and mustered out on 8 May 1865 at Camp Bradford, Baltimore, Maryland.
• Merritt Mead enlisted on 28 March 1865 at the age of 18 as a private in Company D, Ohio 198th Infantry Regiment, and served from 21 April until he mustered out on 8 May 1865 at Camp Bradford, Maryland.
• He and Sarah M. Wight obtained a marriage license on 20 February 1868 in Loraine County, Ohio, with a note by Merritt's father Isaac B. Mead consenting to the marriage.
• He married Sarah M. Wight, daughter of William Wight and Adelia (?), in February 1868.
• Merritt Isaac Mead and Sarah M. Wight, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Eaton, Lorain County, Ohio. Also in the household was Frederick Henderson (age 20), working on the farm.
• He was farming, according to the 1870 census.
• Merritt Isaac Mead and Sarah M. Wight appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Belvidere, Thayer County, Nebraska. Other members of the household included Gertrude Mabel Mead. Also n the household was daughter Blanche M. (age 8).
• He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
• Merritt Isaac Mead died on 1 October 1905 at age 58.
• Sarah M. Wight became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Ainsworth Cemetery, Ainsworth, Brown County, Nebraska.

• Last Edited: 19 Nov 2016