Meek, Joseph T.

MEEK

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/9/2021 at 15:54:06

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.601

MEEK, JOSEPH T.; Indianola, was born in Decatur county, Indiana, in 1833, and was raised there on a farm; he came to Iowa in 1851, and to this county in 1853; he enlisted as a private in Company C, 34th Iowa Infantry, and served two years, and mustered out as 2d Lieutenant; he has held various township offices, and in 1873 was elected sheriff of Warren county; which office he held four years; he married Miss L. J. Pressley in 1857; she was born in Indianapolis, Indiana; they have five children: Eva, Wm. L., Clara, Charles and Louisa; lost two: Joseph, and an infant.