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My family and I are trying to find the parents of Nancy Jane Meeker. She was born April 10, 1840, in Fulton County, Illinois. She died May 31, 1885, of the "hasty consumption" at the age of 45, in Fulton County, Illinois. She was married first to Charles Stanley on April 29, 1857, in Mason County. They divorced February 1863, and Charles took their son and told everyone that Nancy had died in 1861 (according to a biography in the Fulton County Historical Book). He later married Dorinda Bybee.
Nancy then married James E. Hodson on June 13, 1864, in Knox County, Illinois, although they continued to live in Fulton County. They had several children together. Her obit (from 1885) said she left behind her husband, James, and 10 children. She is buried in Orendorff Cemetary in Orion, Illinois. Her cemetery record states her date of death as May 31, 1885, and "father Dan Meeker".
In the 1850 census, at 11 years old, she is living with the Jerod Wheadon family in Waterford. In the same census, there is a girl named Abigail Meeker living with the Thomas Bybee family in Buckhart (note that after Nancy, Charles married a Dorinda Bybee). We think Abigail may have been a close cousin of Nancy's.
In the 1860 census, Nancy has apparently left Charles, and is living with David and Abigail (Meeker) Wilcoxen.
In the 1870 census, Nancy is married and living with James Hodson. Abigail is also still in Fulton County, with her husband David Wilcoxen. An Aaron Meeker is living with Abigail and David.
In the 1880 census, Abigail and Nancy are each still living with their families in Fulton County. Aaron Meeker is now living with Nancy and James.
Also in the 1880 census, Abigail shows she was born in Illinois, and her parents were from Kentucky. Nancy shows she was born in Illinois, and her parents were from Ohio. Aaron also shows he was born in Illinois, and his parents were from Ohio. We think Nancy and Aaron were brother and sister.
I have been unable to find the parents of either Nancy, Abigail, or Aaron (although I think Aaron is the same as the 3-year-old Aaron living with Moses Meeker in the 1850 census, and the 14-year-old Aaron living with Sarah Russell in Iowa in the 1860 census).
I found a Daniel Meeker in the 1840 census living in Adams County. The census was taken before Nancy's birth, and since I cannot find him in any subsequent census, I think it's possible he's her father. If so, he may have died between 1840 and 1850 (perhaps after 1847, since that's when Aaron was born), and Moses Meeker may have taken in Aaron himself, and helped find Nancy a home with the Wheadons. We also found a Daniel Meeker in Madison County, but have pretty much ruled him out.
Anyone have any further clues, or an idea of where I could search further? Any help would be appreciated!
Thank you!
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