Lowndes County AlArchives Photo Place.....Meadowlawn November 22, 2008
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Bobby Meadows brmeadows@hotmail.com December 23, 2008, 10:43 am

Source:             Photo by Bobby Meadows taken December 22, 2008

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The following information was abstracted from "Lowndesboro's Picturesque
Legacies," published by the Lowndesboro Heritage Society (1994) and from census, 
cemetery and marriage records for Lowndes County.

Meadowlawn was built in 1853 for Squire George Thomas (1797-1867).  The house was
later sold to Fort Williamson [is this Arthur Fort Williamson (1846-1888) who
is buried in Oakview Cemetery in Lowndesboro?].  In 1905 the home was sold to
Ransom Meadows, son of William & Angelina Virginia McClendon Meadows, born 
June 18, 1846, died February 02, 1940.  He was the last surviving Confederate
veteran in Lowndes County.  His daughter, Aline Meadows, born February 16, 1880,
died February 16, 1979, married Robert Bragg Hagood on April 03, 1907 in
Lowndes County.  She and Robert were living with Ransom in the 1910 Census.  
It is to this couple that Ransom Meadows deeded the house.  To honor her father, 
Mrs. Hagood renamed the house "Meadowlawn."  She lived in the house until her death 
at age 99.  In 1994 the house was owned by Dr. & Mrs. Robert Bragg Hagood, Jr. 
and his son lived in the home.


Additional Information:

All of the following are buried in the Oakview Cemetery, Lowndesboro,
Lowndes County, AL unless otherwise noted. (See:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lowndes/cemeteries/oakview.txt)

See a photo of Ransom & Clara's tombstone at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/lowndes/photos/tombstones/oakview/oakview.htm

Ransom Meadows married Clara Matilda Howard on November 27, 1873 in Lowndes
County.  Clara was born April 10, 1853 and died January 14, 1909.  They had at 
least 8 children:

1.  An infant daughter born August 30, 1874, no other information.

2.  William Ransom Meadows, born June 20, 1875, died July 15, 1967, married 
    Margaret Burke

3.  Henry Howard Meadows, born February 04, 1877, died June 10, 1955, married
    Dora Robinson, daugter of Eli Ware & Dora McCain Robinson, on Mar 28, 1878.

4.  Eugene P. Meadows, born October 06, 1878, died October 7, 1909, unmarried

5.  Aline Meadows (dates above), married Robert Bragg Hagood on April 3, 1907

6.  Clara Meadows, born February 07, 1882, died July 15, 1883

7.  Alphonzo Whitaker Meadows, born July 25, 1885, died January 05, 1962, married
    Mary Eloise Chapman

8.  Inida Elise Meadows, born October 1897, per 1900 and 1910 census; she married
    Eghert Earle Cocke on December 9, 1917 in Lowndes County.


Ransom married 2nd to Ann M. Powell Dickson, widow of Edwin Hooper Dickson and
daugter of William F. & Mary E. Miller Powell.  Ann was born November 06, 1871 
and died February 14, 1966.  She is buried with her brother Charles and her first 
husband, Edwin, in the Oakview Cemetery.
    


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