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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 187-188



HENRY MEAD.

	Henry Mead, residing at No. 1863 Tenth avenue in Greeley, was 
born in Genoa, New York, March 20. 1861, his parents being Stephen and 
Anna Mead. The father was a school teacher and farmer. He followed the 
profession of teaching in New York city and afterward gave his 
attention to agricultural pursuits in central New York. He was a son of 
Henry Mead, a soldier of the Revolutionary war. In religious faith 
Stephen Mead was a Presbyterian and his life accorded with his 
profession as a member of the church.

	Henry Mead, whose name introduces this review, completed a high 
school education at Moravia, New York, in March, 1881, when he was a 
young man of twenty years. Anxious to try his fortune in the west, he 
removed to Colorado in 1886 and for two decades was actively and 
successfully engaged in farming northwest of Greeley, where he owned 
and cultivated one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he highly 
developed and improved. In addition to carrying on his farm work in the 
cultivation of the cereals best adapted to soil and climate he became 
identified with banking and for twelve years was a director of the 
Farmers National Bank at Ault, which is a very profitable and 
prosperous financial institution of Weld county.

	In Eaton, Colorado, in 1897, Mr. Mead was united in marriage to 
Miss Alberta Newell, a daughter of Oliver Newell, of Burlington, Iowa. 
Mrs. Mead passed away in 1904. On the 2d of February, 1908, Mr. Mead 
was again married, his second union being with Grace A. Bates, a 
daughter of Albert Bates, whose father was a Canadian shipbuilder. 
Albert Bates was a miner at Helena, Montana, connected with the 
development of the gold mines of that state between the years 1864 and 
1870, during which he won a substantial measure of success. He 
afterward engaged in the bakery business in Solomon City, Kansas, for 
seven years and in 1877 he came to Colorado, where he followed the 
milling business, making his home in Fort Collins. He afterward removed 
to Aspen, Colorado, where he conducted a dairy business but because of 
ill health he went to Seattle, Washington, hoping that a change of 
climate might prove beneficial, and there he passed away in 1909. He 
was one of a family of ten children, six sons and tour daughters. Mrs. 
Mead's mother was born in Exeter, England. Her grandmother was 
descended from Sir Thomas Bodley, the founder of the Bodleian Library 
of Oxford, England. Sir Thomas was twelve years of age when he was 
compelled to leave the kingdom on account of his religious views. He 
settled with the family at Geneva, Switzerland, and there continued 
until the death of Queen Mary, during which time he studied under 
various renowned professors of that period. Upon the accession of Queen 
Elizabeth to the throne of England he returned with his father to that 
country and entered Magdalen College at Oxford in 1563. There he won 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The year following he was admitted a 
fellow to Merton College and in 1565 he read a Greek lecture in the 
hall of that college, which won him the Master of Arts degree. During 
the subsequent year he taught natural philosophy in the public schools. 
In 1569 he was one of the proctors of the university and for some time 
afterward officiated as public orator. Quitting Oxford in 1576, he made 
a tour of Europe and returned to his college after an absence of four 
years. He became a gentleman usher to Queen Elizabeth and in 1585 he 
married Anne Ball, a widow of considerable fortune. Soon afterward he 
was sent as ambassador to the kingdom of Denmark and also to several 
German principalities. He was next dispatched on a secret mission to 
France. On his return to England in 1597, finding his preferment 
obstructed by the interests of the lords of Burley and Essex, he 
retired from court and could not be persuaded to accept any public 
employment. He then began the foundation of the Bodleian Library and 
soon after the accession of King James I to the throne he received the 
honor of knighthood. He died at his home in London in January, 1612, 
and was buried in Merton College chapel, where a memorial was erected 
to him crowned with his statue. He wrote the history of his own life to 
the year 1609. As stated, the line of descent can be traced down to 
Mrs. Bates, the mother of Mrs. Mead, who left England in August, 1869, 
in company with a friend from Devonshire. They were passengers on the 
steamship City of Paris, on which Prince Arthur sailed, and they were 
en route to Halifax for six days. Mrs. Bates has a grandson in the 
Yeoman School, preparing for the navy.

	In his political views Mr. Mead is a stalwart republican, having 
stanchly supported the party since attaining his majority. He is also a 
member of the Masonic lodge and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
and he holds membership in the Greeley Club. He is highly esteemed 
throughout the community, honored for his successful career and for his 
upright life.