Ancestry of
Merrill C. Meigs

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Church Meigs

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• • Grandfather of Merrill C. Meigs — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Heman Meigs 
  • Mother:
  • Lydia Hunt   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Dec 1804 
  • Birth Location:
  • Lyndon, Caledonia, Vermont 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Jul 1865 
  • Death Location:
  • Malcom, Poweshiek, Iowa 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Ivy Hill Cemetery, Malcom, Poweshiek, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Nancy Paddleford
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Oct 1834 
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  • Child:

  Church Paddleford Meigs (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Church Meigs

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Poweshiek County, 1860, Westfield, p. 62, Image 2 of 2.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/07/2019).
  • ³ Vermont, U.S., Death Records, 1909-2008, Death record for son Church Meigs.
  • ⁴ Cothren, William, History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1872, Vol. 2, Woodbury, Connecticut: The Stafford Printing Office (1872), 1516.
  • ⁵ Meigs, Henry B., Record of the Descendants of Vincent Meigs, Who Came From Dorsetshire, England, to America About 1635, Baltimore, Maryland: John S. Bridges and Co. (1901), 64, 97, 136.
  • ⁶ Wells, Frederic Palmer, History of Barnet, Vermont: From the Outbreak of the French and Indian War to Present Time, Burlington, Vermont: Free Press Printing Co. (1923), 574.