Biographical Sketch of James Meek, Crawford Township, Buchanan 
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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James Meek, farmer, section 33, postoffice Wallace, is a native of
Indiana, born in Jennings County, December 7, 1820.  He was raised on
a farm, and received no education.  He emigrated to Missouri in 1841,
and was married in 1843 to Miss Cynthia Boyl, a native of Ohio.  By
this marriage he has had sixteen children, two of whom are dead.  He
has 80 acres of land, all under fence and well improved, with good 
house and barn.  He lost considerably by the late war, his damages 
amounting to sixteen hundred dollars.  He served in the State Guards
Confederate service three months, and was in the Pea Ridge battle.  He
takes a lively interest in the improvements of different breeds of 
live stock.

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