Meredith, T. O.

MEREDITH

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/4/2008 at 16:29:14

T. O. Meredith

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.138, Knox Twp.)
T. O. Meredith, agricultural implements, Avoca, was born in England in 1844, son of Thomas Meredith, who still lives near Lewis, and was married January 1, 1872, to Miss M. J. Marsh, of Cass County, born in Indiana, and daguhter of Enoch Marsh. Mr. and Mrs. Meredith have two children, both boys. Subject has two brothers and one half-brother, all living in Cass County. Subject came from Lewis, Cass Co., Iowa, in March, 1872, and has followed his present business since coming here. He was raised on a farm adjoining Lewis, and came to this country with his parents when only eight years of age, and settled in Madison, Wis., remaining there about two years, then moved to Cass County, Iowa, making that his home until he came here in 1872. He voted the Republican ticket until the fall of 1881, when he joined the Greenback party. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln.