Ancestry of
Jon Meacham

Author and Historian

Ellis Kirby Meacham

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• • Grandfather of Jon Meacham — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Cowan White Kirby Meacham 
  • Mother:
  • Eunice Jean Ellis   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Sep 1913 
  • Birth Location:
  • Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Aug 1998 
  • Death Location:
  • Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Jean Bevan Austin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Feb 1940 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee 
  • Child:

  Jere Ellis Meacham (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Ellis Kirby Meacham

  • ¹ Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 31 DEC 1940, pp. 19, 26, Wedding of Ellis Kirby Meacham and Jean Bevan Austin.
  • ² Chattanooga Times Free Press (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 01 OCT 2008, Obituary for son Jere Ellis Meacham.
  • ³ Federal Census, TN, Hamilton County, 1930, Chattanooga, E.D. 22-42, Sheet 2B, Image 4 of 26.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/24/2025).
  • ⁵ Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2022, Death record for Ellis Kirby Meacham.
  • ⁶ Tennessee, U.S., City Birth Records, 1881-1915, Birth record for Ellis Kirby Meacham.
  • ⁷ Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Death certificate for father Cowan White Kirby Meacham.
  • ⁸ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for Ellis Kirby Meacham.

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