Mead and Knapp Families Submitted by Nancy David Huron County First Family Member 268

Mead and Knapp Families Submitted by Nancy David Huron County First Family Member 268 Mead and Knapp Families
Submitted by Nancy David
Huron County First Family 268

Edmund MEAD, my great-great-great grandfather, was born 4 APR 1788 in Putnam County, New York to Ethan and Elizabeth (KEELER) MEAD. On 2 OCT 1813, Edmund married Rachel KNAPP who was born on 15 FEB 1790 in Delaware County, New York. She was the daughter of Silas and Anna (GUION) KNAPP. Both Ethan MEAD and Silas KNAPP served in the American Revolution. Edmund's brother, Abraham was one of the founders of Fitchville, Huron County, Ohio.

Edmund and Rachel (KNAPP) MEAD had nine children: Jane Emeline, Elizabeth Ann, Susan, Silas Knapp, Almira, Alfred Guion, Rachel, Charles Edmund and Calvert Augustus MEAD. Edmund MEAD was a private secretary to a captain in the War of 1812. He moved his family to Huron County, Ohio, where he first bought 125 acres of land 1 1/2 miles southeast of Norwalk. In 1832, he bought a tract of land in Bronson twp. He was a farmer. Edmund MEAD died 5 APR 1876 and Rachel MEAD died 2 APR 1878 and are buried in the Axe Factory (MESNARD) Cemetery in Huron County, Ohio.

Calbert Augustus MEAD, my great-great grandfather, was born 9 JUNE 1834 on Hillburn Farm in Bronson twp., Huron County, Ohio. He married Ellen Maria MESNARD on 24 MAR 1857. She was born in Ithaca, New York on 30 APR 1836 and the daughter of Eri and Harriet (BAKER) MESNARD. (See Mesnard and Baker Families) Calvert and Ellen MEAD adopted a son Charles and had six children of their own: Byron Luther Albert, Gertrude (married J. BAILEY), Clayton, Henry and Frank MEAD. Calvert was a successful farmer and active with the Republican Party. Calvert MEAD died 27 OCT 1912 and Ellen on 14 DEC 1911 and are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.

Byron Luther MEAD, my great grandfather, was born on 21 MAR 1861 in Bronson twp., Huron County, Ohio. He married Alice PECK on 22 JULY 1885. she was born 12 JUNE 1862 in Huron County, Ohio (daughter of John and Matilda Sprague Peck). They had four daughters: Lauretta, Jeanette, Bertha and Florence. Byron and Alice divorced. Byron moved to Bristol, Elkhart County Indiana and remarried. Alice remarried Joe PHILBIN (father of film star, Mary PHILBIN) and llived in Cook County, Illinois and later in Sandusky, Ohio. Byron died 18 SEPT 1934 in Bristol, Indiana. Alice died on 5 JAN 1942 in Sandusky, Ohio and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.

Florence Matilda MEAD, my grandmother, was born on 12 AUG 1896, Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois. She married Gordon DAUGHERTY (son of Henry and Clarissa Upp Daugherty) on 2 OCT 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. They moved to Fostoria, Ohio and later to Sandusky, Ohio. They had seven daughters: Hazel (m. William JACOB), Alice (married Russell PERKIS), Ruth (m. Robert SHEPAR; Willis HENRY), Mary (m. Charles CHEEK), Frieda (m. John GARRETT), Beatrice (m. Richard DAVID) and Nancy (m. James KELLER). Gordon was an electrician. He died on 26 NOV 1976. Florence died on 22 FEB 1965. They are buried in Meadow Green Memorial Park in Huron, Ohio.

Nancy Ann DAUGHERTY was born in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio and married James Errald KELLER born on 9 AUG 1920 in Hancock Co., Ohio (son of Errald and Mary Elizabeth Pugh Keller) on 26 May 1956 in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio. James died on 16 APR 2002 and is buried in Meadow Green Memorial Park in Huron, Ohio. He was employed by Ohio Bell Telephone Company and served in World War II.