John MEAD

  General Notes:

BIOGRAPHY: John Mead was a member of an old colonial family of German descent. He enlisted at the age of fifteen years as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving through that struggle. In an early day, he left New York and settled in Dearborn County, Indiana, and in 1834 her removed to Penn Township, St. Joseph County, where he remained till his death.

  Research Notes:

"Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties, Indiana", published 1893 by Goodspeed Brothers, 775 pages

John married.