Posted By:	Vance Mead
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	Subject:	Re: Col. John Boardman Mead b.1831 d.1887
	Post Date:	October 06, 2008 at 23:24:09
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	Forum:	Mead Family Genealogy Forum
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You can find more information about him on this page: http://home.comcast.net/~fguber/mead.htm He was born in Stratham NH and his parents were John Mead and Sarah Smith. This is mostly confirmed in census data: 1880 census 49 years old, b in NH, lives in Randolph, Orange, Vermont 1860 census John B Mead in Orange, Vermont, age 29, born in New Hampshire Wife Orpha Mead age 21 Child Char Mead age 1 1850 census John B Mead in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, age 19 In IGI: Charles Carpenter Mead, b 1859 son of John Mead and Orpha Carpenter