Soldier Information
Name: Robert Meador
Alias: Medure, Meadows
Place of Birth: Oldham KY Year of Birth: 1846
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Mulatto
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 8
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: October 5, 1864
Enlistment Place: Owensboro
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 2nd
Company: A Regiment(s): 107th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Owensboro, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: October 20, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Born in Oldham County KY. Substitute for Frederick Meador of Breckenridge County KY (listed as 18 years and 11 months at enlistment)
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
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Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: October 8, 1933
Cause of Death: Senility
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: July 21, 1883
Application No.: 490602 Certificate No.: 534341
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
On his pension card and pension payment card, the soldier’s name appears as Robert Meadure.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Caroline Maiden Name: Haynes
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
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Children: Susan Meador 1864
Mary Meador 1867
Ida Meador 1869
Family Notes:
Robert Meador married Caroline Haynes in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, on December 27, 1870. The union produced at least three daughters before 1880 — Susan, Mary, and Ida. Based on census records, Caroline died between 1880 and 1900. Robert died on October 8, 1933. According to the 1910 census, Robert’s daughter Susan Wilkerson was the mother of 6 children, 4 of whom were living, including Maggie who married Barry Williams in Clark County, Indiana, on August 14, 1915.
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Farmer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
Robert Meador, a farmer, his wife Caroline, and their three daughters (Susan, Mary, and Ida) lived in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. His parents were born in Kentucky.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
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1900 Profession: Day Laborer
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
Robert Meador resided in Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County. He was a widower and lived alone. Robert’s daughter, Susan, who married Robert Wilkerson on December 25, 1883, resided in Hardinsburg with her husband and 4 daughters, one of whom was named after her grandmother Caroline.
1910 Census
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1910 Profession: Own account
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
Rober “Meadeur” remained in Hardinsburg. The Civil War service column for him was blank. His daughter Susan resided with her husband and two daughters.
1920 Census
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1920 Profession:
1920 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1920 Own/Rent: Own 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
Robert “Meador” lived near his daughter Susan and her husband in Hardinsburg. Robert lived alone. No children lived with Susan.
Enslaver Information
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found