Ezra R. Mead (b. 1829)

MEAD, WILCOX

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 9/21/2002 at 20:29:47

Mead, Ezra P., farmer and clergyman, Section 36 (Fairfield township); PO Brush Creek; born in Saratoga Co., NY, Sept. 26, 1829; in 1843, he with his parents, came to Wayne Co., Mich. Here he married Emeline Wilcox Oct. 13, 1850; she was born in New York State Nov. 17, 1831; in 1853, they came to this county, and in 1856 settled on their present farm of seventy acres. He has been officiated ten successive years as Minister of the United Brethren Church. Their children are George W., born Aug. 12, 1851; Ellen, born Jan. 24, 1857, and Lillian, born Feb. 19, 1859.

Page 611, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"