Life History

Notes

• "W.A.J. died about 1856, Mary Ann died 06 Nov 1862, and Isaac died of disease on 17 Jul 1862 while serving with Company E, 26th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA. My great grandmother, Emma [daughter of William and Mary Ann Cook], ended up with all of the land, which totaled around 320 acres. She married my great grandfather, William Floyd Meeks, on 28 Feb 1867."
  --  Robert L. (Bob) Meeks, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 December 2014
  
  Before Emma married William John Meeks, she had been married to someone named Ussery.
  
  Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
  William F Meeks
  Age 28, Birth Year abt 1839
  Residence Desha County, Arkansas
  Spouse's Name Emma Ussery
  Spouse's Gender Female
  Spouse's Age 26
  Spouse's Residence Desha, Arkansas
  Marriage 27 Feb 1867 Desha County
  
  1870 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 22 July, Jefferson Township, PO Cypress Creek, page 14, Hse/Fam #141
  Meeks, William F 32 M W Farmer $2000 Real Estate $1200 Personal born Georgia [b abt 1838]
  Meeks, Emma 28 F W Keeping House b Ark [b abt 1842]
  Meeks, William B 10mos b Sept [1869] M W born Ark
  
  1880 Federal Census, Drew County, Arkansas, 8 June, Franklin Township, District 92, page 6-7, Hse/Fam #11
  Meeks, W F  W M 42 Head Farmer GA GA GA [b abt 1838]
  -page 7 -
  Meeks, Emma W F 40 Wife Keeping House AR KY AR [abt 1840]
  Meeks, Edgar  W M 10 Son Farming AR GA AR [b abt 1870]
  Meeks, Bennie W M 4 Son Farming AR GA AR [b abt 1876]
  Meeks, Fannie  W F 7 Dau Single At Home AR GA AR [abt 1873]
  
  The is little information about the Cook and Meeks family.  Some genealogies provide what appears to be information from family sources, but have no documentation.  I have not been able to find death and burial documentation for Emmaline Cook Meeks.  The information in the Dalton genealogy matches the grave information on Floyd Meeks.
  
  Emmaline Amelia Cook
  Birth 1839 in  Arkansas
  Death 06 APR 1898 in White County, Arkansas
  Spouse William Floyd Meeks
  Birth 1835 in Franklin Co. GA
  Death 1918 in  Desha Co. Arkansas
  --  Utah Daltons, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/22866893/person/1315643062
  
  William's date of birth on his grave is different from the earlier sources reporting birth date or age, which would make his birth more like 1838, instead of 1835 as the gravestone reports.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas, 22 July, Jefferson Township, PO Cypress Creek, page 14, Hse/Fam #141
  Meeks, William F 32 M W Farmer $2000 Real Estate $1200 Personal born Georgia [b abt 1838]
  Meeks, Emma 28 F W Keeping House b Ark [b abt 1842]
  Meeks, William B 10mos b Sept [1869] M W born Ark
  
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  Lieut William Floyd Meeks
  Birth 1835
  Death 1918 (13 Mar 1918 in Arkansas City AR )
  
  MEEKS, William Floyd
  2LT, Co. E, 26th Ark Inf, CSA;
  
  Unit also known as Morgan's Regiment; also served as 3SGT prior to promotion;
  Enlisted on 12 May 1862 under Capt. J.P. Stanley;
  Promoted to 2LT on 16 Dec 1863 (special order #44); Participated in battles of Prairie Grove, Devil's Backbone, Jenkins Ferry, and Pleasant Hill (LA) as well as the evacuation of Fort Smith;
  After the war he returned to Desha Co., AR and married Emmaline Amelia Cook on 28 Feb 1867; They had 5 children of which 3 reached adulthood; the family remained in the Drew and Desha Co. areas for the rest of their lives; William Floyd became a successful planter and also served as Deputy Sheriff of (now extinct) Napoleon, Arkansas; his wife died 06 Apr 1898.
  
  Source: Bob Meeks
  Carthage, MO
  
  Family links:
  Children:
  Ida E Meeks (1868 - 1868)
  Fannie E Meeks (1876 - 1886)
  Wilma Ethel Meeks Robinson (1882 - 1956)
  
  Burial Scott Cemetery, Winchester, Drew County, Arkansas
  
  Created by Bev Dec 27, 2004
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #10178751, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10178751
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Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Drew County, Arkansas
  • 8 June, Franklin Township, District 92, page 6-7, Hse/Fam #11
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Ancestry Trees
• 4. Robert Meeks, Ancestry Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins
• 5. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 6. 1870 Federal Census, Desha County, Arkansas
  • 22 July, Jefferson Township, PO Cypress Creek, page 14, Hse/Fam #141