MEEKER-John M. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

John M. MEEKER, farmer and stock raiser, Stone Bluff, is a son of Usual and Sally Meeker, residents of Richland township. The former a native of New York, emigrated to eastern Indiana then to Ohio, then to Fountain county in 1828. The latter a native of Vermont. John M. was born in 1839, and was educated in the pioneer log school house and reared to farming. He was married in 1864 to Amanda R. McClane, a native of Virginia and daughter of Robert and Jane McClane, early settlers of Fountain county. By this union there are six children’ Euree, Joanna, Anna, Tabytha, Halford, and Edna. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church at Stone Bluff. He was a volunteer in the late war, Co. H 72nd Ind. Vols. He began life for himself with a limited amount of this world’s goods. He now lives on good the farm settled by Judge Birch in 1823. It consists of 400 acres in good cultivation well stocked. The railroad divides his farm into two parts. Mr. Meeker is a radical republican in politics. As a successful business man few excel him, nor is he les generous toward institutions which will increase the business interests of this country or benefits society morally.