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Alpheus K. Meaker 1830 - 1916

Alpheus K. Meaker was born on May 28, 1830 in Broome County, New York United States to Samuel H. Meeker and Sarah (Finch) Meeker, and had siblings Analiza (Meeker) Spafard, Stephen VanRennsalear Meeker, Eli Samuel Meeker, Deborah C. (Meeker) Rulison, Oliver W. Meeker, Elijah Meeker, Andrew Meaker, Lorenzo Dow Meeker, Elvira Sarah (Meaker) Vosburg, and Samuel Meeker Jr. Alpheus Meaker died at age 85 years old on April 15, 1916 in Johnson City.

Alpheus K. Meaker
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May 28, 1830
Broome County, New York, United States
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Johnson City, Broome County, New York, 13790, United States
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    The use of Meaker and Meeker names are interchangeable within this same family. He was the son of Samuel Meaker (Meeker) and Sarah H. Finch. Alpheus K. Meaker married Rebecca A. Disbrow in 1850. Alpheus K. Meaker was a trustee of Methodist Episcopal Church, along with Francis Rulison who was an original Trustee when the church was organized in abt. 1870. Nelson Rulison is also listed as a Trustee of the church in 1885 at Conklin Forks, Broome Co., NY.
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    May 28, 1830
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    Johnson City, Broome County, New York 13790, United States
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    Binghamton Press Obituary - Alpheus H. Meaker, 15 April 1916, page 18, Alpheus H. Meaker, aged 85 years, died this morning at 12:30 o'clock, at 155 Floral avenue. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Frank Prentice of Worcester; two sons, E. A. Meaker and E. G. Meaker; one sister, Elvira Vosburg of Hawleyton, two brothers E. S. Meaker of this city, and Samuel Meaker of California. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of his son, E. G. Meaker, 7 Carhart Avenue, and will be private. Friends wishing to view the body may do so anytime tomorrow. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. [Article dated Saturday, 15 Apr 1916] Died of bronchial pneumonia on April 15, 1916. Buried on April 17, 1916. NOTE: Mrs. Frank Prentice = Jessie Mae Clark was also listed as Jessie A. Meeker. Jessie was taken in by the close neighbor Alpheus Meeker when her father and mother died in the 1870's and was apparently identified on the 1880 census as Jessie Meeker, daughter of Alpheus. No other census before or after identifies the mysterious Jessie as a Meeker.
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In 1830, in the year that Alpheus K. Meaker was born, on May 28th, the US Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The Act authorized the President to negotiate with Native Americans in the southern region of the US, exchanging their ancestral lands for federal territory west of the Mississippi River. Tens of thousands of Native Americans were forced to move - and march - west.
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In 1848, Alpheus was 18 years old when on February 2nd, the Mexican–American War ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The Rio Grande River became the border for Texas and California and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming became US territory. Ninety percent of the population in those areas chose to become US citizens.
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Meaker, Robert (Feb 3, 1938 - Jan 17, 2011) Meaker, Nelson (Jul 9, 1896 - Jan 25, 1989) Meaker, Merritt (Jun 19, 1900 - Jun 1983) Meaker, Charles (Jul 2, 1903 - Jan 25, 1995) Meaker, Margaret (Nov 21, 1900 - Apr 1987) Meaker, Sheridan (Nov 16, 1938 - Jul 9, 2010) Meaker, Emma (Feb 23, 1880 - Jan 1979) Meaker, Irene (Sep 11, 1897 - Oct 19, 1988) Meaker, Willola (Feb 26, 1884 - Jun 1973) Meaker, Laura (Oct 29, 1898 - Oct 24, 1988)
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