Ancestry of
Jon Meacham

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Cowan White Kirby Meacham

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• • Great-grandfather of Jon Meacham — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Matthew Alexander Meacham 
  • Mother:
  • Alice B. Kirby   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Dec 1874 
  • Birth Location:
  • Tennessee 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Feb 1962 
  • Death Location:
  • Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee 
  • Burial Date:
  • 26 Feb 1962 
  • Burial Location:
  • Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eunice Jean Ellis
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1911 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Ellis Kirby Meacham (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Cowan White Kirby Meacham

  • ¹ Federal Census, TN, Hamilton County, 1930, Chattanooga, E.D. 22-42, Sheet 2B, Image 4 of 26.
  • ² Federal Census, TN, Williamson County, 1880, Dist. 3, E.D 230, p. 15, Image 15 of 28.
  • ³ Tennessee, U.S., City Birth Records, 1881-1915, Birth record for son Ellis Kirby Meacham.
  • ⁴ Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Death certificate for Cowan White Kirby Meacham.
  • ⁵ Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Death certificate for spouse Jean Alice Meacham.
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for son Ellis Kirby Meacham.

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