James Iredell Meares (1856 - 1931)

Born 15 Dec 1856 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, US

Ancestors

Died 15 Sep 1931 at age 74 in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US

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Biography

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Name

Name: James Iredell /Meares/^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 15 DEC 1856

Place: Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, US^[12]

Death

Death:

Date: 15 SEP 1931

Place: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[13]

Cause: Hemorrhage - Cerebral

Baptism

Baptism:

Date: 24 MAY 1857

Place: St. James Episcopal Church, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[14]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[15]

Medical Entry

Medical Entry: Arteriosclerosis^[16]

Occupation

Occupation: Attorney

Date: 1900

Place: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[17]

Occupation: Attorney

Date: 1910

Place: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[18]

Occupation: Attorney

Date: 1930

Place: Washington, District of Columbia, US^[19]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1860

Place: Smithville Community, Caswell Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina, US^[20]

Residence:

Date: 1910

Place: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[21]

Residence:

Date: 1900

Place: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[22]

Residence:

Date: 1931

Place: Washington, District of Columbia, US^[23]

Residence:

Date: 1930

Place: Washington, District of Columbia, US^[24]

Residence:

Date: 1870

Place: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US^[25]

Note

Note: #N3820

Marriage

Husband: Thomas Davis Meares

Wife: Jane Moore Iredell

Child: Mary Owen Meares

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Thomas Davis Meares

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Belvidere Meares

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Frances Iredell Meares

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I2557@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jane Iredell Meares

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Iredell Meares

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Hannah Johnston Meares

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Frank Lennox Meares

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Margaret Iredell Meares

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Eliza Walker Meares

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 15 OCT 1845

Place: Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, US^[26]

Sources

1. ↑ Meares-65 was created by Jane Naus through the import of Harriss-Naus-Cotton-Haefele-Ancestors-Descendants_2014-12-22.ged on Dec 22, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S1949
3. ↑ Source: #S824
4. ↑ Source: #S2249 Page: Database online. Wilmington Ward 5, New Hanover, North Carolina, ED , roll T624_1124, part , page . Data: Text: Record for George F Meares
5. ↑ Source: #S2250 Page: Database online. Smithville, Brunswick, North Carolina, post office Smithville, roll M653_888, page 182, image 359. Data: Text: Record for Hannah J Meares
6. ↑ Source: #S2241 Page: Database online. Wilmington Ward 4, New Hanover, North Carolina, ED , roll , page . Data: Text: Record for Iredell Meares
7. ↑ Source: #S2243 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Fredell Meares
8. ↑ Source: #S2248 Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: 294; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 182.0. Data: Text: Record for Louis H Meares
9. ↑ Source: #S2376
10. ↑ Source: #S2238 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1151; Page: 508A; Image: 723; Family History Library Film: 552650 Data: Text: Record for Thomas D Meares
11. ↑ Source: #S2376
12. ↑ Source: #S2376
13. ↑ Source: #S2243 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Fredell Meares
14. ↑ Source: #S824
15. ↑ Source: #S2376
16. ↑ Source: #S2243 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Fredell Meares
17. ↑ Source: #S2241 Page: Database online. Wilmington Ward 4, New Hanover, North Carolina, ED , roll , page . Data: Text: Record for Iredell Meares
18. ↑ Source: #S2249 Page: Database online. Wilmington Ward 5, New Hanover, North Carolina, ED , roll T624_1124, part , page . Data: Text: Record for George F Meares
19. ↑ Source: #S2248 Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: 294; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 182.0. Data: Text: Record for Louis H Meares
20. ↑ Source: #S2250 Page: Database online. Smithville, Brunswick, North Carolina, post office Smithville, roll M653_888, page 182, image 359. Data: Text: Record for Hannah J Meares
21. ↑ Source: #S2249 Page: Database online. Wilmington Ward 5, New Hanover, North Carolina, ED , roll T624_1124, part , page . Data: Text: Record for George F Meares
22. ↑ Source: #S2241 Page: Database online. Wilmington Ward 4, New Hanover, North Carolina, ED , roll , page . Data: Text: Record for Iredell Meares
23. ↑ Source: #S2243 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Fredell Meares
24. ↑ Source: #S2248 Page: Database online. Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, ED 76, roll 294, page , image 182.0. Data: Text: Record for Louis H Meares
25. ↑ Source: #S2238 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1151; Page: 508A; Image: 723; Family History Library Film: 552650 Data: Text: Record for Thomas D Meares
26. ↑ Source: #S824

• Source: S1949 Author: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, US Title: Cemetery Records - New Hanover County, NC - Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC NOTESource Medium: Official Document CONT
• Source: S2238 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1870 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003; Repository: #R2227 NOTE1870
• Repository: R2227 Name: HR-1005-BGR Address: www.ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S2241 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R2227 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900
• Source: S2243 Author: Ancestry.com Title: North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007; Repository: #R2227
• Source: S2248 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002; Repository: #R2227 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930
• Source: S2249 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R2227 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910
• Source: S2250 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R2227 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860
• Source: S2376 Author: Various Title: Web Site, www.findagrave.com Repository: #R2446
• Repository: R2446 Name: HR-3610-HAR Address: www.findagrave.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S824 Author: Kate Stirk, stirkk@@juno.com Title: Family Tree, Stirk-London Families Repository: #R821 NOTESource Medium: Internet CONT
• Repository: R821 Name: www.rootsweb.com, HR-1961-CAR Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

Notes

Note N3820From www.digital.lib.ecu.edu.com, Eastern North Carolina Digital Library

Pictorial and Historical

NEW HANOVER COUNTY and WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA

1723-1938

Edited, Compiled and Published by

WILLIAM LORD DEROSSET

Wilmington, N. C.

1938

pp37-38

IREDELL MEARES, ESQ.

James Iredell Meares, third son of the Hon. Thomas Davis Meares and Jane More Iredell, was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Dec. 15th, 1857-his father being a member of the Legislature at that time.

From childhood Mr. Meares desired a liberal education, and his ambition impelled him to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfathers and become a lawyer. His father's fortunes having been wrecked by the War Between the States and his death occurring when Mr. Meares was a lad of fifteen years, the son was unable to go to the University, to his great disappointment. During his youth and early manhood, while he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and later while serving as special Deputy Collector of the Port of Wilmington, 1885-1889, Mr. Meares studied earnestly and read broadly. Admitted to the Bar in 1889, Mr. Meares became an active member of that body, and won a position of State-wide prominence in his profession, having been for a number of years connected as counsel with much of the more important litigation of his section of the State, in both State and Federal Courts, appearing as counsel in a number of cases in the reports of North Carolina.

He took a prominent part in the political campaign of 1898, and served that year in the well-remembered Wilmington Revolution, on the special Committee of Twenty-five, appointed by the mass meeting of the citizens of the city. He afterwards wrote a history of the movement, in which he maintained that it was a social and not a political revolution-that it was the assertion of the Anglo-Saxon's determination to govern himself, and his account was widely scattered over the State by the Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, Mr. Simmons, in the campaign for the Constitutional Amendment in 1900.

Mr. Meares was a frequent contributor to the press in the discussion of public questions. Aside from his speeches on political matters he was often called upon to make addresses on public occasions, a number of these addresses having been published in pamphlet form.

Mr. Meares was endowed by inheritance with a bright intellect and a strong constitution. He had, by incessant labor developed his talents to a high degree. His wide experience gave him a broad sympathy with every class of society. He fought against great odds, and by personal endeavor overcame obstacles which would have daunted many of the strongest men. He was a student of public questions since early manhood, and possessed a broad intellectual grasp of the economic problems of the country, and was ever keenly alive to the needs of his native city and State.

He was a devoted Communicant of St. James Episcopal Church and a loyal and interested Mason, being a member of St. John's Lodge, the oldest in North Carolina. For several years before his death, Sept. 14th, 1931, Mr. Meares resided in Washington, D. C., as he had an appointment in the legal department of the Alien Property Custodian. Returning to Wilmington for a visit, he died while at the home of his sister, Mrs. William Latimer, and is interred in the family lot in Oakdale Cemetery.

Mr. Meares married in 1883 Josephine Folger, of Courtland, New York, who died 1932. Three children were born of this union; Harriet Folger, who died in infancy; George Folger, lost at sea Nov. 1925; and Jane Iredell who married the late Willis Brown of San Francisco, California, and is now living in California.