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Thomas Meek (Jefferson County, KY, steamboat pilot)

b. 1810-08-23 d. 1893-06-01

Louisville, Kentucky, pilot. Native of Ireland. Married to Elizabeth Elder Meek in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on November 25, 1832. Father of William E. Meek, Josephine Meek, Theodore Meek, George Meek, and Alonzo Meek. Married to Sarah W. Turner Meek in Jefferson County on July 13, 1844. Father of Martha A. Meek and Amelia J. Meek. Pilot in Louisville in 1850. Steamboat pilot in Louisville in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 395A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 863.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, 1785-1842, Film #000482706.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, 1844, Film #000817887.

"Thomas Meek (1810-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100104103, accessed March 7, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100104103.

Citation

Meek, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214080 (November 12, 2026).

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