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Leander A. Meeks

Male 1893 - 1950  (56 years)


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  • Name Leander A. Meeks  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 23 Jul 1893  Sexton, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Jul 1950  Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Burial Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • There is a military marker reading Texas Pvt 22 BN US Guards WW I

      https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSBK-WF8
      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"
    Person ID I42849  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2013 

    Father Joseph Edward Meeks,   b. Dec 1860, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Mary A. Harris,   b. 28 Apr 1866, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1924 (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1887 
    Family ID F12789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Fussell,   b. 23 Nov 1898   d. 8 Dec 1922 (Age 24 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jul 1919  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Family ID F12790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Jul 1893 - Sexton, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Jul 1919 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Jul 1950 - Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 5 Enumerated 15 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 16A Stamped 156 218-218 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S789] FamilySearch.org, Texas Marriages, 1837-1973.

    3. [S843] FamilySearch.org, Louisiana, Deaths Index, 1850-1875 , 1894-1956.

    4. [S39] McCary, Kay P. "Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.