Ancestry of
Jon Meacham

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Jean Bevan Austin

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• • Grandmother of Jon Meacham — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • James Bevan Austin 
  • Mother:
  • Ethel M. Hand   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 May 1918 
  • Birth Location:
  • Kansas City, Missouri 
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Jan 1986 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Ellis Kirby Meacham
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Feb 1940 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee 
  • Child:

  Jere Ellis Meacham (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Jean Bevan Austin

  • ¹ Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 31 DEC 1940, pp. 19, 26, Wedding of Ellis Kirby Meacham and Jean Bevan Austin.
  • ² Chattanooga News-Free Press (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 09 JAN 1977, p. 8, Obituary for father James Bevin Austin.
  • ³ Chattanooga Times Free Press (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 01 OCT 2008, Obituary for son Jere Ellis Meacham.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, TN, Hamilton County, 1930, Chattanooga, E.D. 33-53, Sheet 2A, Image 3 of 31.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/24/2025).
  • ⁶ The Weekly Kansan Republican (Newton, Kansas), 23 MAY 1918, p. 4, Birth notice for daughter Bevin and Ethel (Hand) Austin.

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