Darius Mead and Ann Hoffman

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Husband Darius Mead ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 4 Dec or 9 Dec 1764 1 2 3
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           Died: 1813 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Darius Mead (1728-1791) 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Ruth Curtis (1734-1794) 7 9

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       Marriage: Abt 1784-1793

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Wife Ann Hoffman ⁴

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            AKA: Anna Hoffman 5
           Born: Abt 1769
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Children

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1 F Else Mead ³

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           Born: 7 Feb 1788 3
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         Spouse: William Arthur (1777-1849) 3 10
           Marr: 24 Feb 1803 3

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2 M Philip Mead ^{5 11}

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           Born: 1794 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 11
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           Died: 1861 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 11
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         Spouse: Mary Coover (1795-1883) 11

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3 M Darius Mead ⁵

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4 M Ashel Mead ^{4 5}

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5 M Joseph Mead ⁵

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6 F Ruth Mead ⁵

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7 F Elizabeth "Betsy" Mead ^{3 5}

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           Born: 5 Jan 1801 - Warren Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Stephen Littlefield (      -      ) 3

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8 F Anna Mead ⁵

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9 F Sarah Mead ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Darius Mead

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He came to Warren County, Pennsylvania, between 1798 and 1800.

In 1793 Darius Mead, with his sons David, John, Darius, and Joseph, and two daughters, emigrated from the Susquehanna River in what later became Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, to the tract of land now embracing Meadville, Crawford County, from whom the city took its name. By reason of the hostile demonstrations of the Indians they removed to Franklin, where was a fort and United States garrison. After the subsidence of the Indian troubles, David and John Mead returned to Meadville. In the spring of 1799 Joseph and Darius, Jr., removed to Warren County with their families, the former settling on the Big Brokenstraw, where Mead's mill would later stand, about a mile west of Youngsville. Darius located on the farm later owned and occupied by Captain James Bonner. In a year or two, however, he joined his brother, and with him built a grist-mill and two saw-mills. This was the first grist-mill in Warren County, there being at that time no mill within a radius of thirty miles.

Darius Mead, Jr., was an acting justice for several years, and was hospitable and social in his habits. It is told of him that once, pending the delivery of a sermon at his house the Rev. Bishop Roberts, Darius Mead and his friend Isaiah Jones went to the cupboard and indulged in a drink of whisky. When requested to postpone the drinking until after the services were over, he replied: "Bishop, stick to your text; never mind us and we'll not disturb you."

He died and was buried in the cemetery on the original John Andrews farm.

1 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 136.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 723.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 366.

4 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 178.

5 Spencer P. Mead, History and Genealogy of the Mead Family (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901), Pg 315.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 62.

7 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 135.

8 Spencer P. Mead, History and Genealogy of the Mead Family (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901), Pg 306.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 728.

10 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP 6.

11 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 389.