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William Riley Mead

18 Oct 1837 – 8 Nov 1917

Birth	18 Oct 1837
Death	8 Nov 1917
Cemetery	Tracy Cemetery Pineville , McDonald County , Missouri , USA
Added by	LKSutton on 25 Jul 2020
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40522022

Bio

William Riley Mead was born in Franklin Township, Washington Co, Indiana, in 1837, and is the 4th child of John Newland Mead and Lucinda V Moore Mead. WR Mead married Malinda "Linnie" Clipp at New Albany, Indiana, on 12 June 1866. Occupation: Farmer. WR Mead was a Captain and served in the Civil War Co C 23 Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Union. He served four years, 3 months and 27 days. He was in 49 battles and 100 skirmishes and never received a wound. He lead the "forlorn hope" at Vicksburg; went into the charge with 54 men and came out with only 16. He enlisted 27 July 1861 and mustered out 23 July 1865. Information taken from Beth Tallon's, Who's Who in the Mead Family' book and genealogy compilation research.

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Family

Parents

• John Newland Mead 1811–1888 FaG
• Lucinda Vitera Moore Mead 1816–1878 FaG

Spouse

• Malinda C. "Linnie" Clipp Mead 1850–1911

Siblings

• Rhodes J Mead 1835–1915 FaG
• Robert Able Mead 1839–1907 FaG
• John Newton Mead 1841–1913 FaG
• Sarah Josephine "Josephine" Mead Brownell 1849–1918 FaG
• Priscilla Mead 1850–1853 FaG
• Medora Harrison Mead Grubb 1853–1905 FaG
• Mary D. Mead Parker 1857–1914 FaG
• Charles S. Mead 1866–1927 FaG

Children

• Jessie F Mead 1867–1887
• Oliver P. Mead 1870–1922
• Florence Mead Tenney 1874–1943
• Arthur Chester Mead 1879–1930
• Gertrude M. "Gertie" Mead Tomlinson 1880–1955
• Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Mead 1882–1958
• Logan Robert Mead 1884–1906
• Willa Mead Blanchard 1887–1965
• Roy Mead 1891–1916
• Herbert Spencer Mead 1894–1952

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