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Isaac Van Meter

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Isaac Van Meter

Birth
Old Fields, Hardy County, West Virginia, USA
Death
8 Oct 1854 (aged 60)
Clark County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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ISAAC VAN METER was the son of JACOB VAN METER [Garrett, Isaac Van Metre, Joost Janse van Meteren aka John Van Metre (immigrant), Jan Joosten Ven Meteren (immigrant)] and his wife TABITHA INSKEEP, d/o Joseph Isaac Inskeep & Hannah McCulloch.

"Native of Hardy County, VA, moved to Clark County, KY as a young man, where he engaged in farming and stock breeding, and was among the first to introduce shorthorn cattle to the State, deacon in the Presbyterian Church, an old line Whig." ['Kentucky, a history of the state...'(1887) by W H Perrin, J H Battle, G C Kniffin, pg 1029]

Isaac was married 17 Jun 1817 in Clark Co, KY to Miss REBECCA CUNNINGHAM, the young daughter of Capt Isaac Cunningham & Sallie (Harness) Cunningham. Isaac Cunningham had removed from Hardy Co, VA to Clark County in 1802 and was Isaac Van Meter's business partner.

Isaac & Rebecca were the parents of 15 children, 10 of whom lived to adulthood. See them listed in greater detail in Rebecca's memorial (source: Rebecca's bible).
ISAAC VAN METER was the son of JACOB VAN METER [Garrett, Isaac Van Metre, Joost Janse van Meteren aka John Van Metre (immigrant), Jan Joosten Ven Meteren (immigrant)] and his wife TABITHA INSKEEP, d/o Joseph Isaac Inskeep & Hannah McCulloch.

"Native of Hardy County, VA, moved to Clark County, KY as a young man, where he engaged in farming and stock breeding, and was among the first to introduce shorthorn cattle to the State, deacon in the Presbyterian Church, an old line Whig." ['Kentucky, a history of the state...'(1887) by W H Perrin, J H Battle, G C Kniffin, pg 1029]

Isaac was married 17 Jun 1817 in Clark Co, KY to Miss REBECCA CUNNINGHAM, the young daughter of Capt Isaac Cunningham & Sallie (Harness) Cunningham. Isaac Cunningham had removed from Hardy Co, VA to Clark County in 1802 and was Isaac Van Meter's business partner.

Isaac & Rebecca were the parents of 15 children, 10 of whom lived to adulthood. See them listed in greater detail in Rebecca's memorial (source: Rebecca's bible).


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