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Abner Louis Meeker

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Abner Louis Meeker

Birth
Lockridge, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Death
10 Apr 1914 (aged 59)
Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Abner Louis Meeker was the son of Nelson Joshua & Etna (Wyatt) Meeker
. Born in Iowa and raised in Missouri. He married 1st Mary Jane Shirley and had 1 known daughter, Burdella R. Meeker. (To date I have not found anything more about Mary or Burdella. Not whether they died before the family left for Dakota territory, or during the trip there. Or maybe after they got there.)

Abner joined his parents in 1881 on their journey to The Black Hills. Gramma said he was the Mailman. As it turns out, he was the Stage Coach Driver for Wells Fargo, from 1881 until about 1910. He made the stage runs from Spearfish to Deadwood.

In 1886 he remarried to widow Annet Carie "Nettie" (West) and the couple resided in Spearfish until their deaths.

Aunt Nettie had a Mina Bird that talked and often, she would leave it hanging on their front porch.

Abner's headstone looks like a tree stump with all the branches lopped off. The marker is part of the tour of the cemetery and was put there since he was a member of the Woodsmen Of The World.

Abner Louis Meeker was the son of Nelson Joshua & Etna (Wyatt) Meeker
. Born in Iowa and raised in Missouri. He married 1st Mary Jane Shirley and had 1 known daughter, Burdella R. Meeker. (To date I have not found anything more about Mary or Burdella. Not whether they died before the family left for Dakota territory, or during the trip there. Or maybe after they got there.)

Abner joined his parents in 1881 on their journey to The Black Hills. Gramma said he was the Mailman. As it turns out, he was the Stage Coach Driver for Wells Fargo, from 1881 until about 1910. He made the stage runs from Spearfish to Deadwood.

In 1886 he remarried to widow Annet Carie "Nettie" (West) and the couple resided in Spearfish until their deaths.

Aunt Nettie had a Mina Bird that talked and often, she would leave it hanging on their front porch.

Abner's headstone looks like a tree stump with all the branches lopped off. The marker is part of the tour of the cemetery and was put there since he was a member of the Woodsmen Of The World.

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