Family:Joel Meadors and Penelope Welch (1)

Parents: Job Meadors and Lucy Rorie Joel Meadors b. Abt 1794 d. Abt 1846 Sumter, Alabama, United States	Penelope Welch b. Bet 1810 and 1820

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Facts and Events

Other^[3]	Bet 1835 and 1840	Speculative child^?: Bethena Meador (1)
Other^[3]	Bet 1835 and 1840	Speculative child^?: Julia Meador (1)
Marriage^[1]^[2]	3 Jul 1838	Sumter, Alabama, United Statesbefore 2 daughters in 1840 Census born

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Caroline Meador	Aft 1840
2.	Jackson Meador	Aft 1840

References

↑ Estate Papers May, Martha to Meador, John (FHL Film #2073334), in Alabama. Probate Court (Sumter County). Estate papers, 1832-1953. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1996)
Joel Meador, (Image I1396 and ff, FamilySearch).

- 16 Jan 1847, widow Penny Meador relinguishes right to Administer estate of Joel Meador, deceased husband, recommends James Rushing. Witness: Job Meador
- 19Aug 1847, Widow Penelope Meador, seven children
Elizabeth Thorn (wife of Turner Thorn), James Meador, Reason Meador, all of age 21
Bethena Meador, Julia Ann Meador, Jackson Meador, Caroline Meador, minors
all residents of Sumter County, Alabama
↑ Sumter County (Alabama). Judge of Probate. Marriage records, 1833-1936. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980, 1990)
Vol. 1 (White), p. 77, Image 699, FamilySearch.

Joel Meador and Penny Welch, marriage 3 July 1838 by M. B. Taylor JP
Bond Joel Meador
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Bethena and Julia were the oldest of the minor children named in Joel's probate records. They are presumably the 2 young girls in his household in the 1840 Census. They could be the children of Joel's last wife, married in 1838, but the timing is tight. Alternately, they could be the children of a previous wife, possibly Catherine, although so far she is not known to be the mother of any other children.