Meade, John Francis

Other Events:

• Death Record - Civil: 1850

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Land Record:
Like Amos A. Lawrence, John Meade and George Lawe knew that having the Lawrence Institute nearby would make their land more valuable. With that in mind, each man offered to donate 31 acres to the school. Lawe's gift was a strip of land next to Meade's property, running north from the river. On a current map of Appleton, that strip would lie between Drew and Union Streets, and just a little past North Street. This land would eventually become the center of the Lawrence University campus, and is now the site of the Main Hall and the Memorial Chapel, as well as Appleton's City Park. Meade's gift of 31 acres was included in a deed by which Mr. Lawrence purchased the remainder of Meade's property. That deed provided an additional 149.18 acres, at a price of $4.00 an acre. In September, 1847, still working as an agent for Mr. Lawrence, Reeder Smith contacted Daniel Whitney and purchased nine more acres of riverfront property adjoining the Meade land on the west. As an example of how land prices were rising, a plot that sold for under $200 in 1846 cost Mr. Lawrence almost $600 just one year later.

Other Info or Events:
John Francis Meade was born in PA, not in Ohio. Someone set fire to one of his homes in Shantytown, Brown Co., WI., and he was burned beyond recognition, except for his gold wedding ring. He died in 1850 in Brown County, WI. Four children were born to John Francis Meade and Mary "Pollie" Lawe.

Death Record - Civil:
Surname:John F. Meade
Year:1850
County:Brown CO.
State:WI
Age:30
Gender:M (Male)
Month of Death:May
State of Birth:PA
ID#:MRT44_1730
Occupation:NONE LISTED
Cause of Death:ACCIDENT

John married Lawe, Mary Frances "Pollie" 16 Nov 1841, , Brown County, Wisconsin, USA. Mary (daughter of Lawe, Judge John and Rankin, Theresa Sophia "Ne kik oqua") was born 9 Mar 1821, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA; died 5 Jul 1885, Rio DE Janiero, Brazil. [Group Sheet]