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* MEEKS FAMILY CEMETERY *

& one lone "MEEK" grave

 

 

Located North of Junction City, Arkansas; Going North toward El Dorado,

turn right onto Caledonia Road traveling east; the cemetery plot is fenced

in iron in a field, off the south side of Caldedonia Road.  Canvassed May 1990

by Ralph G. Weldon.  Update July 2009.

*Go to bottom of list to see lone "Meek" grave info.

 Updated  August 2019  by Janice Holzer.  JCSH432@gmail.com

 

JULIA  FRAZER  MEEK  MAYFIELD 

1-14-1860AR  to  5-1-1895AR

*D/of  James Madison Meek(1814-1886) & Julia Frances Frazer Meek(1823-1872)

*Wf/of  Hugh Andrew Mayfield (1858-1927)  *Md: 1880

ALEXANDER  BENJAMIN  MEEK   (No dates)   "Husband"

*B: 1857  Union Co., AR    D: 4/18/1888 Union Co., AR

*S/of  James Madison Meek (1814-1886) & Julia Frances Frazer Meek(1823-1872)

*Md: 1878, Union Co., AR ~ Annie Womble Meek(1857-1918)

 

Daughter  MEEK   (No dates)

*D/of Alexander Benjamin Meek(1857-1888) & Annie C. Womble  Meek(1857-1918)

 

ANNIE  C.  WOMBLE  MEEK   (No dates)  "Wife"

*Born  10/8/1857 Wharton Co., TX  Died 10/7/1918 Kent Co., TX

*D/of  James J. Womble (b:ca 1826 AL) & Susan Jenkins Womble (b:ca 1830 TX)

*Md: 1878, Union Co., AR ~ Alexander Benjamin Meek (1857-1888)

 

JAMES  MADISON  MEEK  8-11-1814SC   to  6-6-1886AR

*Born Laurens Co., SC,  * The family immigrated to America from Scotland.

*S/ of Sarah Spraggin Meek  &  Dr. John Alexander Meek (Doctor-Lawyer-Preacher)

*James joined Scotland Presbyterian Church, Union Co., AR  10/5/1863~also Baptized.

*Info about his becoming a member of the church & baptism, from Ann Dysart.

*Husband of  Julia Frances Fraser Meek

JULIA  FRANCES  FRAZER  MEEK  12-1-1823AL  to  3-14-1872AR

“FRASER” *Julia was the D/of Walter Fraser & Kerenheppack Brame Fraser

*Mrs. Julia Meek joined Scotland Presbyterian Church, Union Co., AR, Sept 1862.

*Dates from tombstone.

(This information from the files of contributor Ann Dysart)

*Wf/of James Madison Meek

 

JOSEPHINE  P.  MORGAN  MEEK (35)  3-7-1853LA  to  4-5-1888AR

*D/of  George M. Morgan(1823-1908) & Luquincy Melton Morgan(1827-1877)

*Josephine Morgan  md:1873, Union Co.,AR   William Spurgeon Meek(1849-1882)

 

WILLIAM  SPURGEON "WILLIE" MEEK   5-3-1849  to  6-9-1882

*S/of James Madison Meek(1814-1886) & Julia Frances Fraser Meek(1823-1872)

"Husband" of  Josephine  P. Morgan Meek

 

* 3  children  "POWELL"   no dates, but died in the 1930's

Children of  Mr. & Mrs.  DIAMOND  POWELL

* Infant son  ……Infant twins, a son & a daughter

*Children Diamond D. Powell(1903-1989) &  Inell Amason Powell(1911-1962)

CLARENCE  TAYLOR     (No dates)  *Age  93 yrs

 

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* * MEEK  GRAVE  * *

See listing below

Take Hwy. 63 (old Hwy. 15) East from El Dorado to Armer Road (old County Rd. @

Old Union). Go North on Armer Road or Crain City Rd. to Lockner Road

(runs between Armer  & Crain City Roads, east & west).

*Sometimes in the past this single grave has been listed separately by itself,

but I have chose to include with the family cemetery.  It is located in a

different area from the "MEEK FAMILY CEMETERY" listed at the

beginning of this posting.

The single grave is located behind a house, about 200 ' off the south side of

Lockner Road.   Private land.   Canvassed by Ralph O. Weldon  April 1986.

1st Submitted to post online  2014; updated Aug 2016. final update 8/2019

JCSH432@gmail.com     by Janice Holzer.   

 

ELIZABETH  FORNEY MEEK   3-31-1795   to  1-11-1844

*Spouses:  *1st husband,  JUDGE  HENRY  YOUNG  WEBB (1784-1823) Age 39 yrs old

*Judge Webb is buried at Mount Hermon United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greensboro,  Hale Co., AL

*Webb children:  William Peter Webb (1815 NC-1890 AL) ~  Dr. Henry Young Webb(1822-1893 AL) ~

Frances Ann Webb ~ William Peter Webb ~  Col. James D. Webb ~ Susan E. Webb

 

*2nd husband,  REV. JOHN ALEXANDER MEEK (1791SC-1863AR )

*Died in his sleep while visiting his son in Bradley Co., AR,

but due to bad weather conditions, it is thought by his descendants,

that he may have been buried some where on his son’s property.

*Exact burial location unknown.

*Meek children:  John A. Meek (1828-1911) wife, Mary H. Meek (1841-1914)

*John & wife, Mary buried at Christ Church Cemetery, Bastrop, LA

 

"To our mother by her sons"

  ELIZABETH MEEK   "To our mother by her sons" Inscription