Robert C. Meadows
There must have been something going on in the John
Calvin Meadows family. Martha Francis was born about 1844 in New Site, Tallapoosa
County, Alabama. She was living with her family on the 1850 through the 1880
census. Then she disappears and isn’t found again. She apparently didn’t marry
because she was thirty-four years old living with her father John C., her
sister Elizabeth age thirty-two, two brothers Asa age seventeen, and James age
fifteen. Her father was sixty-one years
old and widowed.
Then, there is Mary Elizabeth on the 1860 census
through the 1880 census. By 1880 their mother Sarah had died and Elizabeth
along with her sister are keeping house for John C. and the two younger
brothers. Sarah, their mother is on the 1870 census and is forty-eight years
old; however, by 1880 she is no longer living. There possibly is a physical
disability or health issue with the two daughters. On the 1870 census, they
both are listed as assistant house keepers. Neither can read or write. There
are no suggested records for the two daughters. There are no family trees with Martha
Francis and Mary Elizabeth married. Death records are not found for the two
daughters. So, the conclusion is they died between 1880 and 1900.
The seventh child of Sarah Ann Meadows wife of John
Calvin was Robert C. Meadows. Robert was
born June 1853 in New Site, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Robert like the rest of
the family was an ordinary farmer. He owned a farm and worked it along with his
family.
Robert married Sophronia C. Malear in Tallapoosa
County, Alabama 13 August 1876 by J. C. Allen Justice of the Peace in
Tallapoosa. Witnesses to the marriage were J. C. Meadows his father, and J. W. Spates
uncle of Robert C. Meadows. J. W. Spates married Robert’s sister Dolly.
The marriage bond for Robert C. Meadows and Sophronia C. Malear.
Marriage license for Robert C. Meadows and Fronia Malear. At the bottom
of the license John Calvin give his permission for him to marry. John Calvin is
Robert C. Meadow's father.
In 1880 Robert and Sophronia were living in Newsite,
Tallapoosa County, Alabama. They had two children Seretha J. E. age two years
and Frances B. age one. Sophronia was
twenty-one and Robert was twenty-three years old. By the time the 1900 census
was taken they had moved to DeKalb County. He owned his farm and it was mortgaged.
The couple had been married twenty-four years and Fronia was the mother of
eight children and all eight were living.
One can only surmise the reasons for Robert moving to
another county away from family. Possibly better farming land and a better
opportunity for raising a large family. Both of his parents were deceased by
1900. In 1910 Robert and his wife Sophrona were still living in DeKalb County,
and he was farming, owned his farm and it was mortgaged. Five of his eight
children were still living at home with him. Francis B. daughter was twenty-eight
years old and single, Robert E. a son was nineteen years old and was single. Robert’s
three daughters Eumer L. was fifteen, Jessie I. was fourteen, and Obera E. was
eleven. Robert and Saphrona were married thirty-six years and they were married
only once.
By 1920 live was
changed for Robert C. and Sophronia. They had aged and were living with their
daughter Seretha Germany and her family on Dutton and Hunger Road in District
49, Dutton, Jackson County, Alabama. Their daughter was widowed. Seretha “Reathie”
Meadows married William Oscar Germany 11 November 1894 in Tallapoosa County. This
possibly was the reason for Robert C. and Sophronia moved to DeKalb County. Their
daughter was living there after she married. By 1930 neither parent was living
with Seretha. Robert Caleb died 23 January 1925 in Jackson County; and he was
seventy-two years old when he died. Sophronia
Catherine died 16 March 1931 in Dawson, DeKalb County, Alabama, and she was
seventy-five years old when she died. Both are interred at the Lusk Chapel
United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Findagrave.com
Lusk Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetetery
Dawson, DeKalb County, Alabama
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