Tallapoosa-Coosa County AlArchives Biographies.....Meadows, John Thomas (Tom) November 30, 1854 - November 26, 1890
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Martha Jean Tice Greenia jgreenia@bellsouth.net April 26, 2009, 3:55 am

Author: Martha Jean Tice Greenia

John Thomas (Tom) Meadows, son of Early Moses Meadows, Sr. and Didema P. 
Hogan, was born 30 Nov 1854 in Coosa County, Alabama (maybe Tallapoosa Co) 
Fishpond, AL. He died 26 Nov 1890 in Tallapoosa County, AL. He died at home of 
typhoid fever a few days after drinking spoiled milk during his lunch while on 
jury duty in Dadeville, AL. He is buried at the Fishpond Primitive Baptist 
Cemetery, Tallapoosa Co, AL

John Thomas married Lovely Anna Smith, daughter of Jasper Lincoln Smith, Sr. 
and Frances Elizabeth Eden. She was born 30 Nov. 1860 in Coosa Co, AL (maybe 
Tallapoosa Co) and died on 09 Feb 1940 in Phenix City, AL.

Lovely Anna Smith’s father, son of Robert W. Smith and Sarah Ann Pearson, was 
in the Civil War, inducted in 1862 into Co. F, 1st Ala Regiment, later 
transferred to Co. B, 12th Ala. Regiment in Virginia. The 12th Ala. Regiment 
was commanded by Col. Samuel B. Pickens. Co. B was made up of men from Coosa 
Co. They were a part of the Brigade of General Robert E. Rodes. Rodes division 
was a part of the 2nd Army Corps commanded by Lt. General Thomas J. 
(Stonewall) Jackson, and part of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s army of northern 
Virginia. Jasper, Sr. was captured at Petersburg, Virginia, on April 2, 1865, 
later released at Point Lookout, Maryland, on June 19, 1865. After the war, 
Jasper, Sr., taught school. 

Lovely Anna Smith’s mother (Frances Elizabeth Eden) was the daughter of Rev. 
James G. Eden and Harriet (Unknown name) Eden. Rev. Eden was an early settler 
of Coosa County. He was the first pastor of Fishpond Primitive Baptist Church, 
founded in 1842. Rev. Eden died in 1857 and is buried in a marked grave at 
Fishpond Cemetery. 

Of Interest: In the 1880 Census, Nixburg, Coosa, Ala, Jasper Smith and Frances 
E., with children (including Lovely A., age 19) lived 5 houses down from Moses 
Meadows.

Jasper Lincoln Smith, Sr., and Frances Eden Smith are buried in the Flint Hill 
Methodist Cemetery. They were married 25 July, 1858 in Coosa Co., Ala.

John Thomas Meadows and Lovely Anna Smith’s children were: Alvin Meadows, 
Alonzo Meadows, Annie Love Meadows, Lillian Augusta (Gussie) Meadows, Reuben 
Roy Meadows, and John Thomas (Tom) Meadows.

After John Thomas’ death, in 1902, Lovely Anna Meadows (also known as Grand 
Jenny) moved to Columbus, GA.  There had been a flood that had washed away the 
14th St. Bridge (called the old Godwin Bridge) and the family had to walk 
across the Cobb Bridge to get from Alabama to Georgia. They moved into a house 
on Church Street, called that due to a Primitive Baptist Church, a Methodist 
Church, and a Baptist Church being on the same street. The family lived across 
the street from the old Primitive Baptist Church. Grand Jenny moved her family 
to Phenix City for a short time, then back to Columbus to a ten room house in 
Bibb City, an area north of Columbus on the River where the Bibb Cotton Mills 
were located. Census records show that most of her children worked in the 
mills at early ages.  Here, in the ten room house, is where she ran a boarding 
house. She later married a Mr. James Weed of Columbus. She died on 9 Feb 1940 
in Phenix City, Ala and is buried at Linwood Cemetery in Columbus, GA. 

My Grandmother was Annie Love Meadows, born 8 May 1886 in Tallapoosa Co, Ala. 
She died on 20 Aug 1974 in Phenix City, Al; buried at Lakeview Memorial 
Gardens in Phenix City. All of the information about her family she provided 
as my cousin Chester Tice tape recorded it all.

Annie Love married Samuel Oscar Tice on 12 April 1904 in Columbus, GA. 

Their children were Harry Eugene Tice, Douglas Oscar Tice, Frances Andrew 
(Mike) Tice, Bill Tice, Dexter Tice, Mary Love Tice, Dan Meadows Tice, and 
Emmitt Earl Tice. At this time (March 2009) Mary Love Tice Smith and Emmitt 
Earl Tice are living in Phenix City, Ala. The others are deceased. 

Dexter Tice was my father. My mother was Myrtle Louise Wellborn. 

My brothers are James H. Tice of Opelika, Alabama and Oscar Edwin Tice of 
Lawton, Oklahoma.

Additional Comments:
This information is furnished by Martha Jean Tice Greenia. I would like to 
give credit to my cousin Danny Tice (son of Dan Meadows Tice) for the research 
he has compiled on the Meadows family.

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