Person:Sampson Meiks (1)

Died of typhoid fever at age 61 THE SHELBY DEMOCRAT Thursday, March 28, 1895, page 3 column 2

Samue(Sampsonl)* Meiks died at his home in Marion township at 9:30 P.M. Monday March 25th, of typhoid fever, aged fifty-seven years and seven months. Funeral services were held in the Little Blue River Baptist Church at two P.M. Wednesday, March27th, Rev. R.N. Harvey officiating. Interment in the Bennett graveyard under the auspices of Dumont Post, G.A.R., of this city. Deceased served in the late war in the 16th Ind. Infantry and also in the 13th Ind. Cavalry. Cummins & Edwards had charge.

Sampson Meiks was born on a farm in Rush Co., Ind., Aug. 9, 1837. His father Jacob Meiks, was born in Penn., in 1811, and when a young man came to Rush Co., Ind., where he engaged in farming. He died in 1874. In 1857 he changed the family name from Mincks to Meiks, in the Shelby County Circuit Court. He was of Holland Dutch ancestry. He and his wife are buried in the Bennett Cemetery, in Shelby County. Sampson Meiks was reared in Rush Co., Ind., and after his marriage moved to Shelby County, and purchased a farm in Marion Twp., where he reared his children. he engaged in farming in Shelby County. he died Mar. 25, 1895. he was a soldier in the Civil War, as were 2 of his brothers. His wife, Barbara J. (Holbrook) Meiks, who also is decd., was born in Shelby Co., Ind. She was the daughter of John and Mary Ann (Brown) Holbrook. Sampson and Barbara J. (Holbrook) Meiks are buried in the Bennett Cemetery, in Shelby Co., Ind. There were the parents of 6 children, 2 of whom died when young. Those living are as follows: (1)John W., who engages in farming in Shelby Co., Ind. (2) Maggie J. (Meiks) Mohr, who resides on a farm in Shelby County. (3) George Holbrook Meiks. (4) Scott, who is mgr. of the Producers Commission Ass., Indianapolis. he resides in Shelbyville.

1910 Census - Shelby County - Marion Township - Residence = 8-8 Barbara J. Meiks - F - W - 73 Scott - M - W - 31