However, as soon as they could, Asa and his brother, Hiram, crossed the river to the other side, to Patterson, Missouri, where Asa joined the Union Army on November 19, 1862, as a Private in Co. C, 2nd Regiment, of the Arkansas Calvary. He was discharged at the end of the war on August 2, 1865. He suffered a major injury in one of the battles when his horse was shot out from under him. The horse fell on Asa's leg, which never quite healed right, paining him in future years. His brother, Hiram, joined the Union Army in Houston, Texas. Their brother, Grove Lee, was ill and didn't cross the river, dying in 1862.
After the war ended, Asa returned to Arkansas where he married Nancy Ann Wren on February 17, 1866, in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas. They had nine children, five girls and four boys.
In 1892, Asa moved his family to a farm at the head of Squaw Creek, near Tolar, in Hood County, Texas, where he lived the remainder of his days. He was a Republican, a member of I.I.O.F., and Superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School in Tolar. He was also the Postmaster of Tolar, Texas, for a few years. Was a very active, busy member of his community. He received a Civil War pension.
After his death, his widow received his Civil War pension.
However, as soon as they could, Asa and his brother, Hiram, crossed the river to the other side, to Patterson, Missouri, where Asa joined the Union Army on November 19, 1862, as a Private in Co. C, 2nd Regiment, of the Arkansas Calvary. He was discharged at the end of the war on August 2, 1865. He suffered a major injury in one of the battles when his horse was shot out from under him. The horse fell on Asa's leg, which never quite healed right, paining him in future years. His brother, Hiram, joined the Union Army in Houston, Texas. Their brother, Grove Lee, was ill and didn't cross the river, dying in 1862.
After the war ended, Asa returned to Arkansas where he married Nancy Ann Wren on February 17, 1866, in Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas. They had nine children, five girls and four boys.
In 1892, Asa moved his family to a farm at the head of Squaw Creek, near Tolar, in Hood County, Texas, where he lived the remainder of his days. He was a Republican, a member of I.I.O.F., and Superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School in Tolar. He was also the Postmaster of Tolar, Texas, for a few years. Was a very active, busy member of his community. He received a Civil War pension.
After his death, his widow received his Civil War pension.
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Grover Henry Meeker
1867–1951
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Nellie L. Meeker Landers
1870–1899
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Dora Phoebe Ann Meeker Weir
1871–1945
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Nancy Ann "Annie" Meeker Pierce
1874–1966
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George Washington Meeker
1876–1962
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Sallie J. Meeker McIlroy
1877–1960
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Nettie Alice Meeker Brown
1880–1960
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John Wesley Meeker
1884–1961
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David Madison Meeker
1888–1950
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