Biography of T A Meacham, Independence Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas. 
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
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page 698

T. A. Meacham is a prosperous farmer of Independence County, Ark., and was born
in this county September 14, 1831, being a son of John W. Meacham, who was born
in Orange County, N. C., May 8, 1786, and was reared and educated in Virginia,
and afterward married in Montgomery County, Tenn., on the 24th of December,
1809, to Miss Mary Allen, who was also a native of the “Old North State.” James
and T. A. Meacham, and Margaret Carter are the only ones of their family of
eight children who are now living. The father was a farmer. T. A. Meacham was
reared and educated in Independence County, and was married on the 13th of
March, 1856, at which date Miss Elizabeth Allen, also a native of the county.
became his wife. The following children have been born to this union: Mollie
A., Sarah A., James A., Eliza E., Leona, Jeff, Cora L., William A. and Robert
R. Mr. Meacham's acreage amounts to 500, of which there are about 150 acres
under cultivation, which he has cleared and put under the plow himself, and in
tilling his broad acres he has met with more than average success. He has shown
his approval of secret organizations by joining the Masonic Lodge, and in this
order held the position of junior warden for some time. He served in the late
war under Gen. Hindman, and in 1862 participated in his first hard battle at
Prairie Grove, Ark., which combat lasted for about twenty-nine hours. He and
family attend the Methodist Church, and, owing to their long residence in the
county and their many admirable qualities, they enjoy an extensive acquaintance
and are highly respected.