Co D MO Cav - Civil War
Son of Abraham Meese and Mary "Polly" Smothers
According to Perry Co, Illinois marriage records his wives were:
1st - 4 June 1872 Elizabeth Jones
2nd - 30 July 1879 -Jefferson Co - Mrs Nancy Cash
3rd - 18 July 1882 - Martha F Rice
4th - 15 July 1888 - Olive Hester
5th - 26 Apr 1897 - Mary "Polly" M Loucks
His marriage license to Polly Loucks states he is 60 y/o and this is his 5th marriage, first for Polly at age 20 (see pix on this memorial and enlarge)
1910 census he is 73 years old married to 25 y/o Polly Loucks - (married 14 years - strange she has only aged 5 years between 1900 and 1910 census!). 3 young children in household who were obviously his and Polly's children. Also in household were his sons, Joseph Fifer19 y/o and Charles Abraham 26 y/o - obviously by a previous marriage.
Son of Abraham Meese and Mary "Polly" Smothers
According to Perry Co, Illinois marriage records his wives were:
1st - 4 June 1872 Elizabeth Jones
2nd - 30 July 1879 -Jefferson Co - Mrs Nancy Cash
3rd - 18 July 1882 - Martha F Rice
4th - 15 July 1888 - Olive Hester
5th - 26 Apr 1897 - Mary "Polly" M Loucks
His marriage license to Polly Loucks states he is 60 y/o and this is his 5th marriage, first for Polly at age 20 (see pix on this memorial and enlarge)
1910 census he is 73 years old married to 25 y/o Polly Loucks - (married 14 years - strange she has only aged 5 years between 1900 and 1910 census!). 3 young children in household who were obviously his and Polly's children. Also in household were his sons, Joseph Fifer19 y/o and Charles Abraham 26 y/o - obviously by a previous marriage.
Co D MO Cav - Civil War
Son of Abraham Meese and Mary "Polly" Smothers
According to Perry Co, Illinois marriage records his wives were:
1st - 4 June 1872 Elizabeth Jones
2nd - 30 July 1879 -Jefferson Co - Mrs Nancy Cash
3rd - 18 July 1882 - Martha F Rice
4th - 15 July 1888 - Olive Hester
5th - 26 Apr 1897 - Mary "Polly" M Loucks
His marriage license to Polly Loucks states he is 60 y/o and this is his 5th marriage, first for Polly at age 20 (see pix on this memorial and enlarge)
1910 census he is 73 years old married to 25 y/o Polly Loucks - (married 14 years - strange she has only aged 5 years between 1900 and 1910 census!). 3 young children in household who were obviously his and Polly's children. Also in household were his sons, Joseph Fifer19 y/o and Charles Abraham 26 y/o - obviously by a previous marriage.
Son of Abraham Meese and Mary "Polly" Smothers
According to Perry Co, Illinois marriage records his wives were:
1st - 4 June 1872 Elizabeth Jones
2nd - 30 July 1879 -Jefferson Co - Mrs Nancy Cash
3rd - 18 July 1882 - Martha F Rice
4th - 15 July 1888 - Olive Hester
5th - 26 Apr 1897 - Mary "Polly" M Loucks
His marriage license to Polly Loucks states he is 60 y/o and this is his 5th marriage, first for Polly at age 20 (see pix on this memorial and enlarge)
1910 census he is 73 years old married to 25 y/o Polly Loucks - (married 14 years - strange she has only aged 5 years between 1900 and 1910 census!). 3 young children in household who were obviously his and Polly's children. Also in household were his sons, Joseph Fifer19 y/o and Charles Abraham 26 y/o - obviously by a previous marriage.
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