Person:Thomas Mead (2)

Col. Thomas A. Mead, was born in the same house where he now (1880) resides in Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Conn., May 29, 1799. He has always been a farmer, and now owns the same farm his father owned, which has been in the family since 1785, and lives in the house built by his father in 1797. He married Hannah Seaman, daughter of David Seaman, of New York, Feb. 23, 1833. They have had eight children, seven of them still living, viz.: Louisa S., Mrs. Thomas Rich; Thomas R., who was captain of Company G, Tenth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, was in several engagements, sickened and died at Washington, NC, Oct. 22, 1862; Seaman; Abigail R.; Mrs. Benjamin Wright; Elizabeth H.; Mrs. Henry Webb; Delia, Mrs. William E. Mead; Zophar; and Lucinda P.In politics, Col. Mead has always been a Whig and Republican, and as such has been one of the leading men of Greenwich. He was an assessor ten years, selectman a number of years, member of the State Legislature two terms, 1852 and 1872, and during his last term, server."