Surnames: ANKROM, BOYD, JEWELL, JOHNS, LANG, MEEK, PATTERSON, SHARP, SMITH
  Classification: Biography

JAMES MEEK, farmer and stock-grower, was born in Greene County, Penn., April 3, 1821. He is a son of John and Elizabeth (Boyd) Meek, natives of Greene County, Penn. His father was of French descent and his mother of Scotch ancestry. His father was a farmer and died in 1877. He served his country in the war of 1812. His family consisted of ten children. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of the children. He was reared on the farm, and was a school teacher early in life. He has made farming his main occupation, and owns a farm of 225 acres of well improved land. Mr. Meek is a self-made man, having acquired his present possessions entirely through his own industry. He was united in marriage, October 20, 1842, with Miss Mary, daughter of Samuel and Bithia (Sharp) Smith, who were of Scotch and Irish lineage. Mrs. Meek was born in Millsboro, Washington County, Penn., July 10, 1824. They have ten children, eight now living, viz., Melinda, wife of George Jewell; Elizabeth, wife of Abner Johns; James R., a farmer; Sarah Jane, wife of S. Lang; Martha, wife of W. Ankrom; C. J., a farmer; Eddie, wife of W. W. Patterson, ex-county register and recorder; and Mary A. Mr. Meek is a member of the Baptist Church. He is a Democrat, and in 1869 was elected county treasurer. He has held most of the offices F. and the Masonic fraternity.
Source: Bates, Samuel P., History of Greene County, Pennsylvania, (Nelson and Rishforth and Co.: Chicain his township, and has also served as auditor of the county. He is a member of the I. O. O.go, 1888), pp. 754-755. Banister, Kerr and Related Families.