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Luther Mead
Birth 	26 Sep 1790
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death 	11 Jan 1876 (aged 85)
Huron County, Ohio, USA
Burial 	
Fitchville Cemetery
Fitchville, Huron County, Ohio, USA
Plot 	Section 2 - Lot 158
Memorial ID 	93726626 · View Source

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From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain,
Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (page 325)

"Luther Mead, son of Calvin, was born on his father's farm at Greenwich,
Conn., in 1790. When a young man he married Annis Mead, a native of
Westchester county, N. Y., and took her to his home in New York City, where
he had previously established himself in mercantile life. Subsequently he
moved to Ludlowville, where he started a dry-goods store, and carried on
business until 1826, when he and family went to Greenwich, Connecticut.

In 1830 Luther Mead, his wife and three children set out on a journey to
the "Firelands" in Ohio, traveling via Albany and Buffalo to Sandusky (at
that time called Portland), and thence by wagon via Norwalk to Greenwich
township, where his father, Calvin Mead, had purchased 1,100 acres of wild
land. He deeded to Luther 500 acres, and on this tract the pioneers erected
a cabin. In this pioneer cabin were born two children, viz.: Thomas L., the
subject of this sketch, and Annie M., a resident of Greenwich township. The
father of these children died on the original farm January 11, 1876, and the
mother in March, 1886, both being interred in the Fitchville cemetery. Luther
Mead was a Whig until the Republicans were organized, and for twenty years
was a faithful adherent of the new party. In religious connection he and
his wife were early members of the Congregational Church at Fitchville,
and among its most zealous supporters. On one occasion Mr. Mead saw a few
boys desecrating the Sabbath Day by bathing in a mill pond, and approaching
them invited them to his home to attend Sabbath-school. The boys, now clean,
good-natured and vigorous after their bath, accepted the invitation and
appeared in due time at the Mead cabin. The Sabbath school was thus opened
for the first time in Greenwich township. "

Family Members
Parents

    Calvin Mead
    1760–1847

    Deborah Mead Mead
    1766–1845

Siblings

    Myftilla Mead
    1794–1811

    Marcus Mead
    1798–1863

    Mary Jane Mead
    1803–1861

Children

    Joseph A Mead
    1828–1851

    Anna M. Mead
    1835–1909

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