Ancestry of Maj. Gen.
George Meade

Union Army - U.S. Civil War

George Gorden Meade

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Richard Worsam Meade 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Coats Butler   
  • Birth Date:
  • 31 Dec 1815 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cádiz, Spain 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Nov 1872 
  • Death Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Notes: 

  • Mexican-American War

    U. S. Civil War veteran - Union Army - General

    General Meade was involved in many of the notable battles in the U. S. Civil War including the defeat of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.

    U. S. Civil War battles included, but not limited to, Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg, Siege of Petersburg, and Appomattox.

• Marriages for George Gorden Meade

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaretta Sergeant
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Dec 1840

• Sources for George Gorden Meade

  • ¹ Federal Census, PA, Philadelphia County, 1870, Philadelphia Ward 7, District 20, p. 13, Image 13 of 248.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/01/2024).
  • ³ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, Death record for daughter Sarah Meade Large.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 71.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Appomattox Campaign", (accessed 02/01/2024).
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Battle of Antietam", (accessed 02/01/2024).
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Battle of Chancellorsville", (accessed 02/01/2024).
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Battle of Fredericksburg", (accessed 02/01/2024).
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Battle of Gettysburg", (accessed 02/01/2024).
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "George Meade", (accessed 02/01/2024).
  • ¹¹ Wikipedia, "Second Battle of Bull Run", (accessed 02/01/2024).
  • ¹² Wikipedia, "Siege of Petersburg", (accessed 02/01/2024).