As of February 1, 2022, no descendants of the Robert Meeks family have contributed any family records.

This page has been assembled from the various items that appear below. If you have information about the Meeks family, please use the link in the footer of this page to contact the Darrtown webmaster.

The 1925 newspaper article (posted at the right) surfaced during research for other Darrtown people.

With this news item reporting that Robert Meeks was from Darrtown, a search for the Meeks family began. That led to the discovery of the Meeks family information provided below.

HOW THIS PAGE STARTED

The addition of this Meeks family page is the result of happenstance research.

1898: Robert Meeks was listed as a musical performer at a Butler County teachers' association meeting, in Darrtown. Census reports show Robert's year of birth as 1900; hence Robert would have been about eight years old at the time of this event.

1900 CENSUS REPORTS RELATED TO ROBERT MEEKS

Click the following link to see how other family names listed before and after the Meeks family (on the 1900 census) provide proof of Darrtown residency.

The 1900 census report lists John and Mattie Meeks as the parents of Robert and his sister Ruth. It seems reasonable to assume that John and Mattie were the first adult Meeks to live in Darrtown and, thus, assign Darrtown Pioneer status to both John and Mattie Meeks.

1910: Robert Meeks, at 20 years of age, was listed in a 1910 Hamilton (Ohio) City Directory, as a teacher living on Franklin Avenue.

1920: At the age of 30, Robert Meeks was living in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, with his wife and two sons.

1940: Robert, at age 50, still lived in Cuyahoga county, with wife, Ruth, and son, Benton.

Errors on the 1940 profile have been corrected.

1983: Robert Meeks, died at age of 73 years, in Lorain, Ohio.

According to U.S. Census reports and Ancestry.com records, Robert and Ruth Meeks had two sons, Shafor and Benton.

Click the following links to see a profile of each son, from the 1940 U.S. Census.