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Oscar McCain Meador

M, b. 28 June 1886, d. 17 March 1961

Parents

FatherOscar Woodson Meador (b. 10 February 1858, d. 8 November 1942)
MotherMarietta McCain (b. 16 April 1865, d. 29 May 1940)

Child with Margaret M. Lowry (b. 19 February 1887, d. 26 April 1964)

SonOscar Raymond Meador (b. 19 August 1908, d. 9 November 1957)
Pedigree Chart
Included in charts - listsDescendants of Alexander McCain (McKean) b. 1675
Descendants of Alexander McCain (McKean) b. 1752
Descendants of Arthur R E Forbis b. ca 1723
Descendants of James Francis Anderson b. ca 1726
Descendants of James Howell, b. 1760
Descendants of Jesse Staton, b. ca 1740
Descendants of John Cockrill b. ca 1757
Descendants of John Kinkead b. 1736
Descendants of John Shirley b. 1725
Descendants of John Woodson - Jamestowne Resident at Muster of 1624/25
Descendants of Jonas Meador, b. 1698
Descendants of Jordan Watson b. 1773
Descendants of Marcom Manning b. 1730
Descendants of Thomas Morton b. 1726
Descendants of Thomas Watson b. 1735
Descendants of William McMurry b. 1725
RelationshipGranduncle of Charles Ryland ("Ryland") Scott
5th cousin 3 times removed of Carol Jay Gilstrap
2nd great-granduncle of Isaac Silas Vaughn
2nd great-granduncle of Katherine Gilstrap Scott
2nd great-granduncle of Joseph Ryland Scott
2nd great-granduncle of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott
2nd great-granduncle of Orly Marie Vaughn
2nd great-granduncle of Avital Catherine Vaughn

Biography

ChildParent1,1
Person SourceOscar McCain Meador had person sources.1
Birth28 June 1886He was born on 28 June 1886 in Hazen, Prairie, Arkansas, United StatesBGO.2,3
Residence1 June 1900He lived in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United StatesBGO, on 1 June 1900. Name: Oscar M Meador, Age: 13, Birth Date: June 1886, Birth Place: Arkansas, USA, Record ID: 7602::61131684, Gender: Male, Race: White, Relationship: Son, Marital Status: Single, Father's Name: Oscar Meador, Father's Birth Place: Mississippi, USA, Mother'4
Marriage1906He and Margaret M. Lowry were married in 1906.2
Residence13 April 1940He lived at 2861 Poplar AveBG in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United StatesBGO, on 13 April 1940. Name: Oscar Meador, Age: 53, Estimated Birth Year: ca 1887, Gender: Male, Race: White, Birth Place: Arkansas, Marital Status: Married, Relationship: Son, Residence in 1935: Memphis, Occupation: Owner, Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year, Househ5
Death17 March 1961He died on 17 March 1961 at age 74 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United StatesBGO. Oscar McCain Meador, the founder and former owner and operator of the Angel Food Ice Cream Company at 2469 Summer Avenue, Memphis, Tn, died at Methodist Hospital on March 17, 1961. He was 74.
Meador was born in Mississippi in the 1880s and moved to Memphis when he was a boy. He founded the ice cream company and operated it for about 25 years before retiring in 1957.
was active in the Tennessee Dairy Products Association and was a Shriner, Rotarian and a member of Trinity Baptist Church.
and his wife, Margaret Lowry Meador, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1956. Their only child, a son, Raymond Meador, died several years prior to his dad.
his wife, he left a sister, Mrs. George Scott of Germantown, TN and Fort Lauderdale, FL.
were at National Funeral Home and burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.2,3
Burialafter 17 March 1961He was buried after 17 March 1961 at Memorial Park CemeteryBG in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United StatesBGO.2
Last Edited25 June 2022

Citations

  1. [S2] Interview with Cleo Meador Scott (2921 Rivermeade Drive, Atlanta, GA 30327-2011), 27 Sep 2004. (.)
  2. [S279] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
  3. [S191] Cleo Meador Scott, Manning & Ancestors (, 1979), p. 89. Hereinafter cited as Manning & Ancestors.
  4. [S580] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 18, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 1597; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0056; FHL microfilm: 1241597
  5. [S6805] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03966; Page: 61A; Enumeration District: 98-181A