Stephen Hall Meek (1807 - 1889)

Born 4 Jul 1807 in Saltville, Washington County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Schoonover) Meek — married May 1845 in St. Louis, Missouri

Died 8 Jan 1889 at age 81 in Etna, Siskiyou County, California, United States

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Biography

Stephen Meek is Notable.

Stephen Meek was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Trails and Wagon Trains.

Stephen Hall Meek Historical Marker

Stephen Hall Meek was born on June 4, 1805 in Saltville, Washington County, Virginia, United States, the son of James Meek and Spica (Walker) Meek. He was the brother of Mary (Meek) Snodgrass and Joseph Meek.

Stephen was a fur trapper and guide in the American west, most notably a guide on a large wagon train known as the Meek Cutoff. Stephen wrote an autobiography in which he claimed to be related to President Polk.

Stephen married Elizabeth Schoonover in May 1845 at St. Louis, Missouri. They had one son they named George.

Stephen died January 4, 1889 in Etna, Siskiyou County, California, United States.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHNL-72Z

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/24226414/person/26145764012/facts

• Stephen Hall Meek "A Sketch of the Life of the First Pioneer" in The Golden Era, April, 1885.

• Meek, Stephen Hall Lettuck "Early Oregonian Search" Sources: awt; Terrible Trail; Brazen

• Wikipedia Stephen Hall Meek, Mountain Man, Fur Trapper, Oregon Trail Guide and California Gold Prospector.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK4-1W5 : 18 February 2021), S L Meek, 1860.

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBJ-P4H?i=5&cc=1473181&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMDK4-1W5

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN66-GTR : 28 May 2021), Steven H Meek, 1870.

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D4Z9-TR4?i=1&cc=1438024&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMN66-GTR

• United States Census 1880 index and images, FamilySearch, Stephen H Meek in household of Josiah Dall, South, Siskiyou, California, United States; citing enumeration district 103, sheet 214D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0083; FHL microfilm 1,254,083.

• Find A Grave Stephen Hall Meek, Memorial# 17350642.

• https://www.geni.com/people/Stephen-Meek/6000000012490505931

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1518812/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meek_Cutoff