Descendants of David Meredith
Fox Township

by Sherry Jesberger

Generation No. 1

1. DAVID MEREDITH was born October 07, 1787 in York County, PA Newberry Twp., and died September 21, 1865 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. He married LYDIA TAYLOR.

Notes for LYDIA TAYLOR:

It is almost a certainty that Lydia Taylor Meredith is somehow related to the other Taylors who came to Fox Twp.;however, that relationship is uncertain at this time.

Children of DAVID MEREDITH and LYDIA TAYLOR are:

• 2. i. ELIJAH T. MEREDITH,

  b. July 19, 1822, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA;

  d. September 06, 1889, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA

  Buried in Elkton Cemetery..

  • 3. ii. SARAH JANE MEREDITH,

    b. February 16, 1824, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA.

    • 4. iii. HANNAH MEREDITH,

      b. August 05, 1827, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA.

      • 5. iv. RACHEL MEREDITH,

        b. July 14, 1829, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA.

        • v. MARY ANN MEREDITH,

          b. May 09, 1831.

          • 6. vi. DAVID MEREDITH , JR.,

            b. March 22, 1833, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA;

            d. May 24, 1914, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA

            Buried in Elkton Cemetery..

            • vii. HARRIET MEREDITH,

              b. December 08, 1835;

              d. May 24, 1914.

              • viii. ENOS MEREDITH,

                b. August 05, 1836.

                • ix. LYDIA MEREDITH,

                  b. February 11, 1839.

                  • x. EMILY MELISSA MEREDITH,

                    b. July 25, 1845.

Generation No. 2

2. ELIJAH T.² MEREDITH (DAVID¹) was born July 19, 1822 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA, and died September 06, 1889 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. He is buried in Elkton Cemetery. He married ANN TAYLOR, daughter of DAVID TAYLOR and ELIZABETH KRIEGER.

Children of ELIJAH MEREDITH and ANN TAYLOR are:

• i. SALINDA A. MEREDITH,

  b. September 05, 1851, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA;

  d. Abt. 1877, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA

  Buried in Elkton Cemetery.;

  m. GEORGE W. TAYLOR, 1868, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA.

  • ii. ELIZABETH ALMIRA MEREDITH,

    b. October 05, 1853.

3. SARAH JANE² MEREDITH (DAVID¹} was born February 16, 1824 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. She married DAVID KYLER, son of JESSE KYLER and ELIZABETH PACKER.

Children of SARAH MEREDITH and DAVID KYLER are:

• i. SUSAN KYLER,

  b. 1850, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.

  • ii. MARSHALL KYLER,

    b. July 1854, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA;

    m. FLORENCE.

    • iii. ENOS KYLER,

      b. 1856, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.

      • iv. REBECCA KYLER,

        b. 1858, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.

        • v. ISRAEL KYLER,

          b. 1861, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.

          • vi. ROLAND KYLER,

            b. 1864, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.

4. HANNAH² MEREDITH (DAVID²) was born August 05, 1827 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. She married AARON HARRINGTONin 1862, son of ANDREW HARRINGTON and SARAH.

Child of HANNAH MEREDITH and AARON HARRINGTON is:

• i. CATHERINE HARRINGTON.

5. RACHEL² MEREDITH (DAVID¹) was born July 14, 1829 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. She married JOHN K. TAYLOR December 25, 1855 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA Town of Kersey, son of DAVID TAYLOR and ELIZABETH KRIEGER.

Notes for JOHN K. TAYLOR:

John K. Taylor was the son of county residents, was instantly killed and his body terribly mangled at a crossing accident February 22 1905 at his home in Galt, Iowa, where he resided for 15 years.

John K. Taylor was the son of David and Elizabeth Krieger Taylor, and was born about 1836 in South Kersey about three miles from Centerville, Elk Co., PA. He married Miss Rachel Meredith, also of Kersey, and for a number of years afterwards lived at J.S. Hyde's Toby Farm having charge of Hyde's saw mill at that place. In 1865 he removed to Illinois, where he lived until 1890, when he went to Iowa.

Six children, four of whom are still living were born to him. One son and one daughter live in Iowa, another son lives in Montana, and the other daughter was married to Dr. J.C. McAllister in 1889 and lives in Ridgway, Elk Co., PA.

He is also survived by his only brother, Joel S. Taylor, of Dagus Mines who is his senior by two years; Mrs Chauncey Brockway of Crenshaw, and Mrs Ann Meredith of Kersey. The following clipping from the local Iowa paper will be of interest to his former associates and relatives:

"Mr. Taylor came to this place some twelve years ago with Mr. and Mrs. A.F. McCoy, and had since made this his home. He was a wagon maker by trade, and had a wagon shop where he did all kinds of repairing. He was a great reader and kept himself thoroughly informed on the news of the day, a good conversationalist, a good friend, a good citizen, a good neighbor, and a man who was honest in his dealings with his fellow man. The familiar face of Mr Taylor will be missed by all as each goes about his daily duties. To the bereaved relatives of the deceased is extended the heartfelt sympathy of all."

Taken form the Ridgway Advocate, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA, on Thurday March 16, 1905. Page 10 Col 3.

Children of RACHEL MEREDITH and JOHN TAYLOR are:

• i. ELLIS TAYLOR,

  b. 1856, Fox Twp., Elk County, PA.

  • ii. LORINDA M. TAYLOR,

    b. December 27, 1859, Elk County, PA;

    m. JOHN CRAIG MCALLISTER.

6. DAVID² MEREDITH , JR. (DAVID¹) was born March 22, 1833 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA, and died May 24, 1914 in Fox Twp., Elk County, PA. He is buried Elkton Cemetery. He married ELIZABETH THOMPSON December 17, 1859 in Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, daughter of JOHN THOMPSON and ANNA REESMAN.

Children of DAVID MEREDITH and ELIZABETH THOMPSON are:

• i. WALTER MEREDITH,

  b. 1860, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA;

  d. August 30, 1933, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA;

  m. LOVIE ALLEN, July 24, 1880, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA.

  • ii. EMMA PERMILLA MEREDITH,

    b. October 04, 1862, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA;

    d. August 30, 1947;

    m. JAMES ELMER CASE, June 17, 1880, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA.

    • iii. ANNE MEREDITH,

      b. May 09, 1866, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA;

      d. March 09, 1963, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA;

      m. GEORGE MCCLELLAND THOMPSON, March 27, 1888, Ridgway, Elk Co., PA.

      • iv. WILLIAM WALLACE MEREDITH,

        b. March 24, 1868, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA;

        d. 1943, Elk Co., PA.

        Buried in the Mt. Zion Cem., Elk Co., PA.;

        m. CAROLINE THURSTON, October 19, 1892, Mt. Zion Church, Caledonia, Elk Co., PA.

        • v. NETTIE MEREDITH,

          b. November 03, 1870, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA;

          d. January 14, 1958;

          m. DAVID RUPP EBERSOLE, October 19, 1892, Mt. Zion Church, Caledonia, Elk Co., PA.

          • vi. CHARLES MEREDITH,

            b. April 27, 1873, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA;

            d. February 02, 1970, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA

            Buried in Elkton Cem., Kersey, PA;

            m. MABLE CLARE HUSTON, June 05, 1900, Kersey, Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA.

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