The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-03-07
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Huvgn ri " MI. Conn. Reg.
TiuuNDExnaA. oCToNYM 1850.

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DR.. Amos Mead hurried Ruth BnTh.
daughter ~ JMstM@ hush, nnd hal
two children, lsichard anh Thomas.
Thomas died young bnt Richard
lived "a DO over ~ ycnrS NJ nRr. H.
like many others. WAS In Tire Kcvo.
lutIOnnry war, and NJ ono time VIVA
taken prisoner md confined In the
sugar House Prison. ri which plnrr
VIZ have spoken before. While ~
home hr Mns il marked subject for
capture ~ the enemy, and liz wnA ~
chased ah.l hunted Wy tho "eow boys"
lhAt NJ would ~ buck In thu country,
ocaAsinnly returning by night " look
after matters Ut tho house. A. thc
close u onc winter, hc cam. dawn 10
look At Held II wheat growing some
distance back VI the house. hut whrn
arriving NJ q certain point, he turned
back, Tor hc wNs Impressed With tho
Idea TINT II would hc unsafe ~ pro.
eech farther. Hoon After Is iriglli,Of
met him and told him ihnt i've mrn
bent on taking hiH lif.. wcru hidden
In thNt Very Msla, with their muskets
MI aimed III II certain point I'm 1ht
rupd where h. must hnvc passed hnd
he proceeded onward. The sword
whiri, liz carried II nnw IN possession
III his oldest son, Colonel Thomas A.
Mead. 1'hc spot whore thu above
occurrence took place hms often l,rcn
pointed out BY him u tho writer, and
| Tor those interested, RON lM sccn NJ
they Nfe on tho present road IN ulsn.
villc. Hoon after they leNvs the main
roMd ~ North Greenwich.
To Richard Mead, Greenwich N In.
debtnsi for thu present r0hal down
putuaIn's hin. He took tho contract,
blasul the rocks, and opened way
which hMl long been needed. Tic
alOry VI PutnAIn'a ride u No familiar
10 readers u American history that ~
reputation horu would b. siip0rtlu0nA,
and ~ II has no other connection
with the Mead family than that mon.
tionml above ~ pAsH n BY. Wc may
.tntc, however, that II wAH 4 ridu
down and up that hill which put II
| IN tho mind ri Benson j. L0sslng 10
niyc "a hia most interesting work,
Pictorial Field Book ri tho Ncyolu.
tion.
Richard M~nh married twice Arst,
sarah NJ nj, daughter " Nehemiah
Mead IN the In. .. Benjamin, sixth
son ~ John !. by her h. had ono
child, sophia, fdied 1880 thc grand.
mother % ths writer; she married In
l7p6 Potter DrmIll, II Stamford III.
Metst, and three EARS after Richard
NaMd married kaehcl Mead, dMught-
AZ Oe IlolivcrMnce Mead: by her hr
had three children: Colonel Thomas
A., Elisabeth H., ldisd 1874 and
sarah A., living.
After Amos came Edmund, who
sailed fer thu West Indies and wMs
never hsMr from. i Nv believed thnt
thn vessel wAx wrecked and none
anrvlycl 10 tell The tNic. The other
children oi this family have III been
mentioned IN thu prcvl0tis paper and
W. now tGturn again 10 John ].
DArtd WAS tha I'm s0n. hut u him
nothing n known ny The writer. biz
family yGt remaining ~ br discover.
I'd. Ii IL generally believed he MAS
tho ancestor u the Long Pond"
MvAAs.
Bsnjamtn, tho sixth son, Was man
u family, Born IN 1905, b. married
MAG 10, l7OO, Sarah Waterbury ~
stamford. After her death he mar.
risd Rachel brown VI 1iyc. Hlx fninl.
" like Inst " thu second ELAnrser,
GonsIsgb1 % twelve children hut wss
unlike II, Il belnR more varied Ia
character. H. had y boys mud three
aiIit BY hIB lttst wife, and three bpy.
and three girls by bis second wife.
| Tho Inst three boys Nerc named Obn-
dinh, Zrbcsliali. Noht nilAh.
Benjamin MA buried ncAr Cos Cob.
aud biz ton'bstone = year o. two MO
WxH IyiuR Wy Thu toAI side, broken
and dIsfigufed. II Ii \ gr.At pity
that sums ri tho family have not tus.
cued aud preserved II. Tim writer
linz IN hls possessions \ photograph
III IL Surely s0Mlu Ut hIA descend.
ants should b. interested enough In
tile matter ~ secure II from entire
destruction.