Leander A. Meeks

Notes:

There is a military marker reading Texas Pvt 22 BN US Guards WW I

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Name: Leander A Meeks
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Jul 1950
Event Place: Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Race (Original): White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Father's Name: Joseph E Meeks
Father's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name: Mary Harris
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name: Lurline Meeks
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Certificate Number: 8858
Page:
GS Film number: 1418489
Digital Folder Number: 004215561
Image Number: 00935
Collection: Leander A Meeks, "Louisiana, Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956"

Leander married Mary Fussell on 1 Jul 1919 in San Augustine County, Texas. Mary was born on 23 Nov 1898; died on 8 Dec 1922; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 5
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 16A Stamped 156
218-218
Meeks, Joseph E Head W M Dec 1860 39 m 13 Ga Ga Ga Farmer
Meeks, Mary A Wf W F Apr 1866 34 m 13 6/5 Ark Ala Ala
Meeks, William E Son W M Nov 1887 12 S Tx Ga Ark Farm Laborer
Meeks, Joseph A Son W M Feb 1892 8 S Tx Ga Ark Farm Laborer
Meeks, Leander A Son W M July 1893 6 S Tx Ga Ark
Meeks, Robert C Son W M Oct 1896 3 S Tx Ga Ark
Meeks, Rosa L Dtr W F Dec 1898 1 S Tx Ga Ark

Joseph married Mary A. Harris about 1887. Mary was born on 28 Apr 1866 in Arkansas; died on 12 Jul 1924; was buried in Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In her annotated transcription of the Myrtle Springs cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows her as a daughter of Samuel HARRIS and Susan F. PICKARD, and wife of Joseph E. Meeks. Her headstone is inscribed "The Lord is my Shepherd-Rest Mother rest in quiet sleep whiel friends in sorro over thee weep."