Children of Levi Mead
Children of Levi Mead
Wayne County, NY and Butler County, Michigan, USA
Malinda Graves MEAD PAGE and Sarah A MEAD PAGE
Ephraim PAGE was the husband of (1) Malinda Graves {MEAD} and (2) Sarah A MEAD
Testimony from the reading of the will of Levi Mead, 1843, Wayne Co., NY
The witness [Cornel H Brown] was then reexamined by the counsel for the applicants, and testified as follows that is to say. Malinda Page is the daughter of Mr. Mead�s last wife, as I have been informed by Mr. Mead. She lived in Mr. Mead�s house at the time of his death, with her husband. She has always lived there, since I have known anything about the family.
Testimony of David Mead, brother of Levi Mead
Malinda Page was born before her mother was married to Levi Mead. She was two or three months old at the time of her mothers marriage. Her home was at Levi�s until she was married to Page. She was known by the name of Malinda Mead. Levi and Malinda�s mother, were not acquainted with each other before Malinda was born, to my knowledge.
1840 Galen, Wayne Co., NY page 24
Ephraim Page
males 5-10 (1)
males 20-30 (1)
females 20-30 (1)
1850 Butler, Branch Co. Mich
page 823 household 120
Ephraim Page age 37 b. NH
Sarah Page age 30 b. NY
Edwin Page age 10 b. NY
Erastus Page age 7 b. NY
Malinda Page age 6 b. NY
Mary E Page age 5 b. Mich
Levi Page age 3 b. Mich
12 Jul 1860 Butler, Branch Co., MICH page 174 or 1043
E Page age 48 Farmer b. NH
Sarah age 41 NY
Edwin age 19 Farmer b. NY
Elisa age 15 Mich
Levi age 13 Mich
George age 6 Mich
Matilda age 5 Mich
Ephraim age 2 Mich
15 Jun 1870 Quincy, Butler, Branch Co., Mich page 95
Ephraim Page age 57 Farmer b. NH
George age 16 farm labor Mich
Matilda age 14 keeping house Mich attended school
next door
Benjamin Barnes Carpenter age 42 NY
Olive age 25 Keeping house b. NY
Jay Barnes age 3 Mich
Jessie Barnes age 1 Mich
next door
1880 Ferry, Oceana Co., MICH page 571D
Ephraim Page age 67 Farmer NH NH NH
George F. son age 27 Farm Laborer MI NH NH
Ellen Page daughter in law age 23 keeping house PA PA PA
Philander MEAD
Excerpt from the Will of Levi Mead, Wayne County, NY 1843:
"I also will and bequeath unto my son Philander Mead eighty acres of lands in the State of Michigan, it being the east half of the south west quarter of section eight of township five south of range five, west in the district of land subject ot sale at Kalamazoo Michigan"
This information provided by Susan Burgess
Plat maps of the townships in Branch County, Michigan.
Butler Township is Township 5 South, Range 5 West of the Michigan Meridian. It looks like the willed property was in the south west 1/4 of Section 8 in Butler Township. This is within the Northwest corner of Butler Township. Butler Township lies in the far Northeast corner of Branch County just above Quincy Township.
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Olive A MEAD
Almira Maybl MEAD & William WINDIATE
From Shirley Roemer
In 1860, the family was in Le Roy, Calhoun County, MI, and the surname was
spelled "Windeatt". This is the household roster:
7 Sep 1850, Waterford, Oakland Co., Michigan page 123
William Windiate age 27 b. ENG Farmer
Almira age 25 b. NY
Theodore age 2 b. MICH
Emmeline Mead age 18 b. NY
Daniel Windyate age 75 b. NY Farmer
From Shirley Roemer
In 1860, the family was in Le Roy, Calhoun County, MI, and the surname was
spelled "Windeatt". This is the household roster:
William Windeatt 37 b. c1823 England
Almira " 36 b. c1824 NY
Theodore 12 b. c1848 MI
Agnes 10 b. c1850 MI
Emma 8 b. c1852 MI
Annette 6 b. c1854 MI
Juliet Wells 21 school teacher b. NY
Achsah Mead 25 b. NY
Ery Mead 2 b. MICH
14 June 1870 LeRoy, Calhoun Co., MICH page 644
Wm Wintiate age 47 ENG Farmer both parents of foreign birth
Almira age 45 keeping house b. NY
Theodore age 22 b. MICH
Agnes age 19 b. MIHC
Emma age 17 b. MICH attends school
Anna age 15 b. MICH attends school
Emory Mead age 12 b. MICH
Charles age 2 b. MICH
9 June 1880 LeRoy, Calhoun Co., MICH page 275C
William Windiate age 56 ENG ENG ENG Farmer
Almira wife age 53 NY CONN VT keeping house
Emeline MEAD LINSDAY
This information provided by Susan Burgess
Portrait and biographical album of Hillsdale County, Mich. : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States.
Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1888, 1014 pgs.
"JAMES B. LINSDAY. The late James B. Linsday, who died May 21, 1888, was a prominent citizen of Litchfield Township. He became identified with the people of Southern Michigan in 1837, while it was still a Territory. As the son of a pioneer farmer, he was in early life trained to habits of industry, and upon reaching his majority started out for himself dependent upon his own resources for his future success. Nature had endowed him with a courageous spirit and willing hands, and after many years of continuous labor he found himself considerably above the foot of the ladder and on the highway to prosperity. He was numbered among the solid residents of this county, and proved no unimportant factor in the development of its resources.
The family history of our subject is in its main points as follows: His parents, David H. and Anna (Dayton) Linsday, were natives respectively of New York state and New England, and after their marriage settled in Van Buren Township, Onondaga Co., N.Y., near the birthplace of the father, and where they lived until 1836. David Linsday then desiring to better his condition, came with his family to Branch County, Mich. His first wife had died in 1826, and in this journey he was accompanied by his second wife and six children, among whom was James B., our subject, then a lad twelve years of age.
The father of our subject took up a quarter-section of land in Butler Township, Branch County, and while operating as a tiller of the soil, also officiated as a local minister of the Christian Church. After a worthy and useful life he departed hence, March 24, 1862, at the age of sixty years. He had been deeply interested in the progress of the war which was then pending, and the only thing he regretted at the time of his death was that he was not permitted to see the abolition of slavery and the independence of the Union maintained. Of the three children born of his first marriage, one died in infancy. The one remaining, Joel D, is a resident of Michigan. Of the second marriage there were born two sons and three daughters. The daughters are the only ones living.
James B. Linsday was born March 11, 1825, in Van Buren Township, Onondaga Co., N.Y. His parents lived in Oswego County about nine years after their marriage. James B. there conned his first lessons at school, being in the tenth year of his age when the family removed to Onondaga County. He enjoyed very little schooling after the removal to Michigan, His services being required in the cultivation of the farm and the building up of the homestead. Seven Years after attaining his majority he was married, Nov. 4, 1852, to Miss Emeline Meade, who was born Dec. 5, 1826, in Wayne County, N.Y., and was the daughter of Levi and Olive (Graves) Meade, natives of New England, the father born in Mt. Washington, Conn., and the mother near Prattsburg, Vt. Her paternal grandfather served in the Revolutionary War and spent his last years in New York.
Levi Meade served his country later in the War of 1812. He was first married to a Miss Smith, and they became the parents of four children, only one of whom lived to mature years. Of his second marriage there were born eight children, of whom Mrs. Linsday was the fifth. These all grew to mature years. The early home of Mrs. L. was in Galen, Wayne Co., N.Y., where she was reared to womanhood. In the meantime Levi Meade departed this life, in 1842, when his daughter was a maiden of sixteen years. He had been prosperous as a farmer and business man, and at the time of his death, at the age of sixty-three years, was the owner of 120 acres of good land. Emeline continued with her mother until twenty-one years old, and on leaving the district school finished her studies in the college at Albion. She was subsequently occupied as a teacher two terms. Of her marriage with our subject there were born three children, the eldest of whom, Elton A., married Miss Ada Allen, and is carrying on farming in Litchfield Township; they have one child, a son Allen. Eldorus J. is now at home with his mother, conducting the farm; he married Miss Kate Reese, and they have had one child, Vera, who died at the age of two years. Ida M. is the wife of Gilbert Lewis, a commercial man, of Cambridge, Ohio.
Mr. Linsday upon becoming of age was given a small piece of land by his father, but it not being very profitable, he sold it and occupied himself at farm labor until his marriage, when he invested his capital in 130 acres in Litchfield Township. His wife also had some means which, together with their mutual labors, formed a very good basis upon which to build for the future. He left a comfortable home and considerable property besides. He did much hard labor in clearing his land, and had upon it a substantial farm residence, with a good barn and all the other necessary out-buildings for the shelter of stock and the storing of grain.
Our subject was a very warm advocate of temperance, as also is Mrs. L. Mr. L., following in the footsteps of his honored father, took a firm stand on the slavery question, and rejoiced with all his heart when it was finally settled by emancipation. He cast his first Presidential vote for Zachary Taylor, and continued a member of the old Whig party until its abandonment in 1856, when he threw up his hat for John C. Fremont, and until his death was a firm supporter of Republican principles."
Daniel MEAD
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Alonzo MEAD
Jesse H MEAD
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Jesse H Mead
Birth 1836
Death March 10, 1916
Unit Designation: 2 State: Michigan
Branch: Infantry Company H
Rank: Private: Enlisted Feb 15, 1865
Discharges: May 22, 1865
Burial: Veterans Cemetery, 3000 NE St, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan
Section 6, Grave 19, Military Headstone
1870 Butler, Branch Co., MI, page 94
Jesse Mead age 35 farmer b. NY
Valida Mead age 27 b. MI keeping house
Bertha age 10
Estella age 7
Florence age 2
Hortence age 1
1880 Butler, Branch Co., MICH page 511B
Jessie Mead age 44 Farmer NY ___ VT
Belleda wife age 38 keeping house MI CT VT
Berthai dau age 20 at home MI NY MI
Estellia dau age 17 at home MI NY MI
Florence dau age 13 at school MI NY MI
Hertence dau age 11 at school MI NY MI
Volney son age 7 MI NY MI
13 Jun 1900 Butler, Branch Co., MICH page 71
Jessie Meade b. Nov 1835 NY VT VT age 64 m. 41 yrs Farner
Veleda wife b. Feb 1842 age 58 MI CT VT m. 41 yrs 1 child still living
Volney S son b. Feb 1873 age 27 MI NY MI Farm Laborer
28 Apr 1910 Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Mich page 16B
Michigan Soldiers Home
Valeda S Mead Inmate female age 68 married 1 time for 51 years, had 6 children, 2 surviving MICH CT VT
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