Person:John Meredith (24)
Judge John B. Meredith
b.28 May 1809 Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States
d.22 Aug 1896 Shelby, Richland, Ohio, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1794
  1. Jesse Meredith1802 - 1880
  2. Judge John B. Meredith1809 - 1896
Spouse and Children
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m. 28 Jul 1835
  1. Jane Elizabeth Meredith1836 - 1839
  2. Lt. Philander Curtis Meredith1838 - 1863
  3. Emma Louisa Meredith1840 - 1886
  4. Henrietta Rebecca Meredith1842 - 1848
  5. James Knox Meredith1844 - 1845
  6. Theodore William Meredith1846 - 1915
  7. Minnie Anna Meredith1848 - 1940
  8. Fransetta Minerva Meredith1848 - 1940
  9. Lorenzo Albert Meredith1850 - 1858
  10. Elizabeth Meredith1852 - 1928
  11. Mary Draper Meredith1852 - 1853
  12. Frank Joseph Meredith1861 - 1882
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Judge John B. Meredith
Alt Name[3] John Meredith
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 28 May 1809 Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States
Marriage 28 Jul 1835 Holmes, Ohio, United Statesto Sarah Margaret Tidball
Census[3] 1860 Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United StatesJohn Meredith, 50, [h/o] Sarah
Death[2] 22 Aug 1896 Shelby, Richland, Ohio, United States
Burial[2] 22 Aug 1896 Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States
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Obituary

At noon today the remains of JUDGE JOHN MEREDITH, whose death occurred Saturday at his home in Shelby, arrived in this city. Interment was made in the Mansfield Cemetery. The deceased was a member of the Masonic order and the members of the fraternity in this city assembled at the Masonic Temple and escorted the remains to the cemetery.

Judge Meredith was one of the best-known characters in Richland County and was a well-known figure in this county's history. He was a life long Democrat. His age was 89 years and he leaves a wife to mourn her loss. He was the second probate judge of Richland County, being the successor of Judge Noel Meyers, and was the last of the early pioneers of the Richland County press, being the founder of The Shield and Banner, concerning which the Richland County History says:

In 1836, John Meredith and John Warnock purchased the Spectator office of Hoffman and Rentzel and continued its publication as a Democratic journal of super-royal size, for some two years, under the title of the Ohio Shield, when Meredith purchased Warnock's interest, enlarged the paper to double-medium size, and changed its' title to that of the Shield & Banner. This publication of the paper was continued by Meredith and Meredith & Maxwell until May, 1841, when it was purchased by John Y. Glessner. Thus it will be seen that the Shield & Banner is the pioneer paper.

Later in the same paper ....

JUDGE MEREDITH was a well known figure in this county's history and was a life long Democrat. Many years ago he shook hands with Andrew Jackson, the "rough and ready" president and when William Jennings Bryan was at Crestline he shook hands with him, the second Jackson.

Judge Meredith was 89 year and leaves a wife to mourn his death.

(RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER: 22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15)

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Foster, Minnie A., in State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Ohio Deaths 1908-1953. (Ohio, United States: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)
    19 Dec 1940.

    JOHN MEREDITH, b. in Mansfield, Ohio, is listed as father of Minnie A. Foster, b. 28 Jul 1848 in Mansfield, Ohio, widow of Amanza [Almanza] Foster; she died 19 Dec 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio; her mother is listed as Sarah, also b. in Mansfield.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Judge John B. Meredith, in Find A Grave.

    Website - Find A Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106733197

    Website - Records.Ancestry.Co.Uk - http://records.ancestry.co.uk/john_b_meredith_records.ashx?pid=22019490

    22

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Meredith, John, in Richland, Ohio, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p 19.

    JOHN MEREDITH, 50, b. abt 1810; Sarah, 40, b. in Pennsylvania; Philena 22, Emma, 20, Theodore, 14, Anna, 12, & Lizzie, 7.

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