Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Meredith, M. T. 1869 - 
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Author: Ed Blair

 M. T. Meredith, county treasurer of Johnson county, is a native of Rochester, 
Fulton county, Indiana. He was born July 5, 1869, and is a son of Thomas and 
Lydia (Hainbaugh) Meredith, the former a native of Fulton county, Indiana, and 
the latter of Hamilton county. Ohio. Thomas Meredith was the second white 
child born in Fulton county; his parents were Pennsylvanians and very early 
settlers in Indiana. Thomas Meredith came to Kansas with his family in 1878, 
and took up a homestead in Butler county, near Eldorado, and the parents now 
reside in that county near Augusta where the father is living retired. They 
were among the very first settlers of Butler county. They were the parents of 
ten children, eight of whom are now living. M. T. Meredith attended public 
school in Indiana and in Butler county, after coming to Kansas, and began his 
career as a teacher in Butler county. In 1893 he came to Johnson county where 
he was engaged in teaching until 1905 when he was appointed deputy county 
treasurer under W. T. Turner. At the close of Mr. Turner's term, Mr. Meredith 
remained in the same position during two terms under Jesse T. Nichols, and in 
1912 was elected county treasurer and reelected to that office in 1914. and is 
now serving his second term. Mr. Meredith's long experience in the treasurer's 
office, added to his natural ability, makes of him an exceptionally efficient 
official. He was married September 2, 1890, to Miss Idella May Donovan, a 
native of Johnson county. She is a daughter of Albert and Mary Jane (Turner) 
Donovan. They were early settlers in Gardner township where the mother now 
resides. The father is deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Meredith have been born six 
children, as follows: Bessie married Charles Way and resides at Raymore, Mo.; 
Rose married Flavel Moberly, Kansas City, Mo.; Loren resides with his father 
on the farm in Olathe township; Albert, at home; Marie, deputy county 
treasurer, resides at home, and George, at home. Mr. Meredith is a Democrat 
and has been actively identified with that party since he cast his first 
ballot, and has frequently been a delegate to conventions. He is a member of, 
the Modern Woodmen of America and Kansas Citizens, and the family are members 
of the Christian church, in which Mr. Meredith has been an elder for a number 
of years.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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