Susan Ann Smith
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4) Susan Ann Smith:
born 11 Jun 1848 Washington Co, VA; photo
of Susan; family history
notations;
died 27 Feb 1914 Ottumwa, Coffey, KS; obituary;
notation of death;
cause of death: pneumonia, general poor health;
death
certificate;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
married John Wesley Meek on 05 Dec 1864 Clay Co, IL
(born 10 Jan 1842 or 1843 KY; photo
of John; family history
notations;
died
13 Sep 1920 Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA;
death record; cause
of death: uremia sepsis from prostatectomy; on 07 Sep, 1920;
buried Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA;
tombstone photo;
son of Jesse Meek (born c. 1814 KY) and Louisa
Henderson
(born c. 1820 KY));
* There is a Mary A Meek, born 1873, died 1921 with tombstone located two headstones away from John Wesley Meek in Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA. At this time, we do not know if (or how) she is realated.
children:
1) Asa Alvin Meek - born 05
Nov 1865 Oskaloosa, Clay, IL; photos
of Asa; family history
notations;
died 15 May 1940 Emporia, Lyon, KS; obituary;
notation of death;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
notation of Asa and Viola's house in
Strawn;
married Viola Belle Baxter on 21 Feb 1892 Strawn, Coffey, KS - by
Rev James L Lehr;
(born 22 Apr 1869 Lima, Allen, OH; photos
of Viola; family history
notations;
died 18 Apr 1943 Sylvia, Reno, KS; obituary;
notation of death;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
daughter of Griffin Baxter and Mary ____);
notation of marriage for
Asa and Viola;
children:
1) Hazel Esther Meek - born 07 Feb 1895 Strawn, Coffey, KS; family
history notations;
died 27 Feb 1988 Hutchinson, Reno, KS; obituary;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
Hazel married (1) Franklin Wagaman on 30 Oct 1915 Ottawa, Franklin, KS;
(born 13 Apr 1890 Independence, Jackson, MO;
family history notations;
died 29 Mar 1972 Hutchinson, Reno, KS; obituary;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone photo;
WWI draft registration card;
signature:
;
son of Harry Wagaman and Delta ____);
children:
1) Dean F Wagaman - born 21 Feb 1917 Strawn, Coffey, KS;
died 28 Oct 1973 Olympia, Thurston, WA; obituary and funeral notice;
U.S.
Navy - WWII;
married Barbara E ____
(born 06 Jan 1920 Emporia, Lyon, KS;
died 16 Dec 1999 Tacoma, Pierce, WA; obituary);
children:
1) Deanna Marie Wagaman - living?;
married Bernard Rohnke (living?); children?
2) Steven D Wagaman - living?;
married Cherie M Barnes (living?);
children:
1) Christie M Wagaman - living?; married?; children?
3) Nancy Wagaman - living?;
Nancy married (1) Jerry Smith (living?); children?
Nancy married (2) ____ Morton (living?); children?
Hazel married (2) Clarence Oliver Masterson on 02 Jun 1974 Hutchinson, Reno, KS
(born 21 Mar 1889 West Line, Cass, MO;
died 02 May 1976 Hutchinson, Reno, KS);
no children
2) Fern Chester Meek - born 02 Aug 1896
Strawn, Coffey, KS; notation of birth; family
history notations;
died 19 Oct 1918 Fort Riley, Geary, KS; obituary - includes
photo; notation of death;
cause of death: Influenza, broncho-pneumonia;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
U.S.
Army - WWI; WWI draft registration card;
Strawn County, KS - partial list of soldiers
buried;
signature:
;
never married
3) Kermit Wesley Meek (twin) -
born 21 Apr 1906 Strawn, Coffey, KS;
notation of birth; photo
of Kermit; family history
notations;
newspaper notation regarding Kermit;
died 10 Mar 1982 Emporia, Lyon, KS;
obituary;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
notation of Kermit's house in Strawn;
married Nellie May Stubbs on 04 May 1929 Lyndon, Osage, KS
(born 14 Jul 1911 Hartford, Lyon, KS; photo
of May; family history
notations;
died 10 Jun 1997
Shawnee Mission, Johnson, KS; obituary;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey,
KS; tombstone photo;
daughter of Charles Stubbs and Nell Gilbert);
notation of marriage for Kermit
and Nellie;
children:
1) Rosemary Meek - living?; family
history notations;
married John Anthony Manoski on 07 May 1955 Topeka,
Shawnee, KS
(living?; family
history notations);
children:
1) Rosanne Manoski - living?;
family history notations;
Rosanne married (1) Dwight J Ensminger in Jun 1978 (living?);
divorced in 2000;
children:
1) Michael John Ensminger - living?; married?;
children?
2) Mark James Ensminger - living?; married?;
children:
1) Aiden Michael Ensminger - living?; married?;
children?
Mark married Stephanie Winstone on 01 Jan 2011 (living?);
children?
Rosanne married (2) Danial Loren Thiry in Mar 2003 (living?);
children?
2) Stephen John Manoski -
born 19 Jun 1959 Emporia, Lyon, KS;
family history notations;
died 25
Mar 1996 Dallas, Dallas, TX;
obituary;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS;
tombstone photo;
married?; children?
4) Kenneth Griffith Meek (twin) -
born 21 Apr 1906 Strawn, Coffey, KS;
notation of birth; family history
notations;
died 02 Mar 1972 Girard, Crawford, KS;
obituary; notation of death;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
never married;
no children
2) John Archimedes Sr Meek - born 07 Sep 1869 Oskaloosa,
Clay, IL; photos including John;
died 30 May 1958 Burlington, Coffey, KS;
obituary; notation of death;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo - includes photo;
married Mary Anna Fry on 27 Dec 1903 Ottumwa, Coffey, KS
- by Rev G B Mehl;
(born 11 Jun 1883 Ottumwa, Coffey, KS; photos
including Mary;
died 26 Mar 1944 Emporia, Lyon, KS;
obituary; notation of death;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo - includes photo;
daughter of H A Fry and Anna Richards (photo
of Anna));
children:
1) Mary Addeene Meek - born 02 Oct 1904 Ottumwa, Coffey, KS;
died 11 Feb 1905 Ottumwa, Coffey, KS;
obituary;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo
2) Bessie May Meek - born 25 Nov 1905 Ottumwa, Coffey, KS; photo
including Bessie;
died 21 Mar 1914 Ottumwa, Coffey, KS;
obituary; notation of death;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo
3) Edna Merle Meek - born 18 Oct 1907
Strawn, Coffey,
KS; notation of birth;
died 15 Sep 1987 Jim Wells Co, TX;
married Clifford Leroy Anderson on 27 Jan 1946 Burlington, Coffey, KS
(born 19 Sep 1907
Roxbury, McPherson, KS;
died 20 Aug 1993 Jim Wells Co, TX;
U.S.
Air Force (07 Apr 1942-01 Oct 1945));
children?
4) John Albert Jr Meek - born 24 Apr 1912
Strawn, Coffey, KS; photo of John;
died 25 Jan 1965 Shawnee Mission, Johnson, KS; obituary; notation
of death;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
U.S.
Army - WWII; enlistment record;
married Fern Baker on 05 Jun 1937 Neodesha, Coffey, KS - by Rev S
H Barley
(living?)
children:
1) Judy Meek - living?;
married Dick Rosetta (living?); children?
2) Patsy Meek - living?;
married ____ Svarvari (living?); children?
5) Maxwell A Meek - born 25 Apr 1914 Ottawa,
Coffey, KS;
died 09 Feb 1999 Salem, Marion, OR;
obituaries -
includes photo; cause of death: stroke;
buried Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Marion, OR; tombstone
photo;
Maxwell married (1) Dorothy Day on 25 Dec 1936
(born 02 Mar 1918 Hebron, Thayer, NE;
died 06 Nov 1987 Salem, Marion, OR; obituary;
buried Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Marion, OR; tombstone
photo);
children:
1) Kent Allen Meek - living?;
married Anne ____ (living?); children?
2) Mary Ann Meek - living?; married?; children?
Maxwell married (2)
Shirley J ____ c. 1989 (living?);
no children
6) James Darwin Meek - born 24 Feb 1916
Strawn, Coffey, KS;
died 04 Feb 1973 Burlington, Coffey, KS; obituary;
buried Graceland Cemetery, Burlington, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
married Louise Margaret Eicholtz on 21 Apr 1939
Olathe, Johnson, KS;
(living?; on 20 Apr 1974 Burlington, Coffey, KS Louise
married (2) Ernest Vasey Wortman (born c. 1905));
children?
7) William M "Billy" Meek - born 02 Mar
1918 KS;
died 28 Sep 1995 possibly Bixby, Tulsa, OK; death
notices;
buried Graceland Cemetery, Burlington, Coffey, KS;
tombstone photo;
U.S.
Air Force - WWII;
married Edna M Roberts on 17 Nov 1940 (living?; daughter of
Russell A Roberts and Ethel Moomey);
children?
8) Betty Jo Meek - born 13 Apr 1926
Ottumwa, Coffey, KS;
died
02 Sep 1960 Burlington, Coffey, KS;
obituary;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
married William George Remy on 25 Oct 1944 Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS;
(living?; U.S.
Army - WWII; enlistment record);
possibly divorced or separated;
children:
1) Dana Michael Remy -
living?; married?; children?
2) Terry Lee Remy -
living?; married?; children?
3) William George Remy -
living?; married?; children?
4) Renee Remy - living?;
married?; children?
3) Mertia Myrtle Meek - born 1873 Oskaloosa, Clay, IL;
died after Sep 1920 (she is the informant on her father's
1920 death certificate);
Mertia married (1) Frank Freeman on 04 Dec 1892 Strawn, Coffey, KS
(born c. 1869; died (___); son of Samuel Freeman and Mary F ____);
notation of marriage for Mertia
and Frank;
children:
1) Lester Freeman - born (___); died
(___); married?; children?;
Mertia married (2) James B or V Randall (born c. 1865 Canada; died (___));
children:
2) Elmer Randall - born 11 Jan 1906 CA;
died 27 Mar 1966 Los Angeles Co, CA;
married?; children?
3) Edna O Randall - born c. 1908 CA; died (___);
married?; children?
4) unknown Meek - born (___); died by 1914; married?; children?
5) Charles Wesley Meek - born 01 Aug 1884
Strawn, Coffey, KS;
died 16 May 1947 Ottawa, Franklin, KS; notation
of death;
obituary;
cause of death: exhaustion, carcinoma liver and stomach;
death certificate;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS;
tombstone photo;
WWI draft registration card;
signature:
;
married Mary Etta Smith on 30 Jun 1912 Burlington, Coffey, KS - by
Charles O Brown PJ;
(born 27 Apr 1894 Melvern, Osage, KS; photo
of Mary Etta;
died 27 Jun 1953 Ottawa, Franklin, KS; obituary;
death
certificate;
cause of death: coronary thrombosis, high blood pressure;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
daughter of Benjamin Joseph Smith (18
Oct 1864 MO-25 Oct 1921 KS) and
Lucy Florence Kershner (29 Sep 1873 WV-26 Dec 1948
KS));
children:
1) Edwin Thomas Meek -
born 25 Jul 1913
Ottawa, Franklin, KS;
birth certificate;
photos including Edwin;
died 16 Nov 1992
Topeka, Shawnee, KS; cremated;
obituary notice;
death
certificate; cause of death: ruptured abdominal aortic anyurism;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
U.S.
Army - WWII, Korea; identification
cards;
married Mildred Maxine Kirkham on 08 Sep 1940 Iola, Allen, KS
- by Rev Robert B Brown;
(born 21 Jun 1918 Burlington, Coffey, KS;
photos including Mildred;
died 02 Jun 2004 San Marcos, Hays, TX; cremated;
obituary
- includes photo;
death certificate; cause
of death: failure to thrive, chronic airway obstruction, emphysema;
buried Graceland Cemetery, Burlington, Coffey, KS; tombstone
photo;
Mildred married (2) ____ Stone;
daughter of Elmer Lee Kirkham (19 Aug 1891 KS-27 Jul 1971
KS) and
Ursula March Carter (11 Jun 1893 OH-14 Nov 1985 KS);
Elmer and Ursula buried
Graceland Cemetery, Burlington, Coffey, KS;
tombstone photo);
divorced;
children:
1) Leon Thomas "Rocky" Meek - living?;
photos including Leon;
Leon married (1) Cynthia Lee Hargis (living?);
U.S.
Air Force - Vietnam;
children:
1) Jeremiah Joseph Meek -
living?;
photo including
Jeremiah;
married?; children?
2) Stacy Renee Meek - living?;
photo including Stacy;
married?; children?
Leon married (2) Deneice Rae ____ (living?);
no children
2) Lyle Edwin Meek -
living?; photos including Lyle;
married
Pamela Irene Harper
(born 29 Jul
1943; photos
including Pamela;
died 01 Jul 2009;
cremated);
U.S.
Air Force;
children:
1) Michael Thomas Meek - living?;
photo including Michael; married?; children?
2) Steven Lyle Meek - living?;
photo including Steven; married?; children?
2) Charles Lester
"Les" Meek - born 01 Jul 1915
Strawn, Coffey, KS; photo of
Charles;
died 27 Jan 2000 Topeka, Shawnee, KS; obituary;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS;
tombstone photo;
never married
3) Edith Lavone Meek
(twin) - born 11 Nov 1917
Bassett, Allen, KS;
died
14 Nov 1917 - no obituary found in Coffey Co, KS;
buried Strawn Cemetery, Strawn, Coffey, KS;
tombstone photo
4) Raiburn Larve "Jake" Meek
(twin) -
born 11 Oct 1917 Bassett, Allen, KS;
died 02 Mar 1993 Topeka, Shawnee, KS;
U.S.
Army; enlistment
record;
married
Elizabeth ____ (living?);
children?