Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., Kenton Co. OLIVER S. MEEKS, deceased, was born in Columbia, Ohio, January 7, 1811, and came to Kentucky when small with his father, where he received his education. He followed farming all his life in Kenton County, where he died in January 1883. He married Mary E. Walton, a daughter of Robert Walton, of Boone County. To this union ten children were born--three daughters and seven sons: Ogden P., Edward E., Robert., Spencer, Cora D., Mary Elizabeth, WIlliam H., James K., Warren. and Lillie A. Mr. Meeks and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. Politically he was a Republican. Weeks Walton = Boone-KY OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/kenton/meeks.os.txt