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Archibald MEIKLE

Archibald MEIKLE

Male 1835 - 1887  (~ 52 years)


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  • Name Archibald MEIKLE
    Birth CA 1835  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • His stated age of 22 at the time of his 1852 immigration would put his birth in about 1830. But ages 25 and 35 in the 1860 and 1870 censuses put it in about 1835, while age 53 in the 1880 Census would put it in about 1827.
    Gender Male
    Immigration 18 May 1852  New York City, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Arrived aboard the ship Sarah Mary of Quebec, departing from Glasgow and Greenock, Scotland. No one else with the Meikle surname was found on the passenger listed.
    Census 1860  Kanawha Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1860  [1, 4] 
    miner 
    Military From 1861 to 1865  [5, 6] 
    Wagoner, Co G, 7th W.Va. Cavalry (8th Infantry), Civil War 
    Census 1870  Griffithsville, Lincoln Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [2] 
    farmer 
    Medical Condition 1880  [4] 
    disabled 
    Census 1880  Washington District, Lincoln Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [4] 
    miner 
    Death Jul 1887  [5] 
    • His wife America filed for a Civil War widow's pension on 15 July 1887.
    Person ID I139934  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2025

    Family America Jane PAULEY,   b. CA 1837, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 1856  Kanawha Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. Jeanette MEIKLE,   b. 15 Jul 1857, Kanawha Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1907 (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F62303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S390] 1860 Census, Kanawha County, (W)VA.

    2. [S393] 1870 Census, Lincoln County, WV.

    3. [S88] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S392] 1880 Census, Lincoln County, WV.

    5. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).