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     Reuben Heron Meek was born on 6 October 1801 at Father's Home, Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.² He married Mary Ann Gray, daughter of Peter Gray Jr. and Mary Magdalena "Polly" Hyskell, in 1832 at Patton Township, Pennsylvania?, USA.²

Reuben Heron Meek died on 7 March 1873 at Patton Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 71.²
Reuben Heron Meek was buried after 7 March 1873 at Meek's Cemetery, Fairbrook, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
This burying ground is found at Fairbrook United Methodist Church. According to a letter from James H. Hill of Penn. Furnace to PGM in '89: "The Meek Church has always been Methodist and to my knowledge so has the entire family." This church is later referred to as Grays Church and was built in 1888.
from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      Oct. 6, 1801, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Mar. 7, 1873
     h/o Mary Ann Gray Meek
     Aged 72y
     Burial: Meek's Cemetery, Fairbrook, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Tom Whitehurst
     Record added: Nov 29, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 62317769.^3,2
      ; MEEK, REUBEN H., died March 7, 1873, aged seventy-one years and five months. He was a resident of Patton township, and father of Hon. P. Gray Meek, editor of the Democratic Watchman. He was buried in Meek's burying-ground at Spruce Creek. Mr. Meek was born in Ferguson township, married Miss Mary Ann, daughter of Peter Gray, of Half-Moon, and until his death resided continuously in this county. No man in the county, perhaps, was better or more favorably known and respected. Although the greater part of his life was spent in agricultural pursuits, yet such were his varied attainments, his many virtues and hospitable nature, that he always enjoyed a large circle of friends and acquaintances. In early life he wan a leader in all movements in this county that had in view the development of its material interests or the advancement of society. Although a partisan, and always taking an interest in political matters, he never aspired or was elected to any office. He became a member of the Methodist Church at the early age of fourteen, and was a faithful and de-voted member thereof. His wife. Mary A., soon followed him to the grave; she died April 16, 1873.

(from John Blair Linn, "History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania", 1883, p. 213.)³ EDV-2.

; Person Source.⁴ He was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."⁵
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DNA Match of 3rd cousin 2x removed (23 cM | 2 segments) with "Shayna Keller" and Ellen Downing (MEEK) VAUT - https://www.ancestry.com/account/profile/0644d1ad-0006-0000-0000-000000000000, descendant of Reuben Heron MEEK [455] on ThruLines. See attached image.^6,7,8
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DNA Match of 3rd cousin 2x removed (18 cM | 3 segments) with "Zachery Decker" and Ellen Downing (MEEK) VAUT - https://www.ancestry.com/account/profile/06bc3092-0006-0000-0000-000000000000, descendant of Reuben Heron MEEK [455] on ThruLines. See attached image.^9,10,11
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DNA Match of 3rd cousin 1x removed (29 cM | 3 segments) with "D. H." and Ellen Downing (MEEK) VAUT - https://www.ancestry.com/account/profile/008cb320-0002-0000-0000-000000000000, descendant of Reuben Heron MEEK [455] on ThruLines. See attached image.^12,13,14
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DNA Match of 3rd cousin 2x removed (14 cM | 2 segments) with "K. H." and Ellen Downing (MEEK) VAUT - https://www.ancestry.com/account/profile/008cb320-0002-0000-0000-000000000000, descendant of Reuben Heron MEEK [455] on ThruLines. See attached image.^15,16,17
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DNA Match of 3rd cousin 2x removed (9 cM | 4 segments) with ""DaleOrndorf67" and Ellen Downing (MEEK) VAUT - https://www.ancestry.com/account/profile/016fdd5e-0002-0000-0000-000000000000, descendant of Reuben Heron MEEK [455] on ThruLines. See attached image.^18,19,20

Reuben Heron Meek and Mary Ann Gray appeared in the census of 1840 at U. S. Census, Patton Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 184, line 12
Name:     Reuben H Meek
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     Patten, Centre, Pennsylvania
     Birth Year:     abt 1801
     Age:     39 [39-40]
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     1 [aft 1835] ?Unknown
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-1810] Reuben H. b1801
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1835] Theressa b1836
     Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9:     1 [1831-35] Mary Eliz. b 1834
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1826-30] ?Unknown
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20] Mary Ann (Gray) b1817
     Persons Employed in Agriculture:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     4
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     6.²¹

Reuben Heron Meek and Mary Ann Gray appeared in the census of 24 October 1850 at Patton Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
p. 269-A; Lines 25-32; Dwelling 135; Family 135
     25 MEEK, Reuben H. 47 [1803] M Farmer PA
     26 " , Mary 37 [1813] F PA
     27 " , Mary E. 16 [1834] F PA
     28 " , Theresa 14 [1836] F PA
     29 " , Dempster 9 [1841] F (sic) PA
     30 " , Peter 11 [1839] M PA
     31 " , Leonidas 6 [1844] M PA
     32 " , Sarah 4 [1846] F PA.²²

Reuben Heron Meek and Mary Ann Gray appeared in the census of 20 August 1860 at U. S. Census, Patton Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
p. 732; Lines 19-25; Dwelling 1509; Family 1555
     19 MEEK, Reuben H. 58 [1802] M Farmer 4000 1050 PA
     20 " , Mary A. 46 [1814] F PA
     21 " , Theresa 21 [1839] F PA
     22 " , Gray 20 [1840] M PA
     23 " , Dempster 17 [1843] M PA
     24 " , Leonidas 15 [1845] M PA
     25 " , Sarah J. 10 [1850] F PA.²³

Reuben Heron Meek and Mary Ann Gray appeared in the census of 23 July 1870 at U. S. Census, Patton Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; pp. 616-b & 617A, lines 37-40, 1, Dwelling 131, Family 131
     37 MEEK, Reuben H. 68 [1802] M W Farmer $3840 $1530 PA
     38 " , Mary A. 56 [1814] F W Keeping House PA
     39 " , Theresa Z. 24 [1846] F W At home PA
     40 " , Sarah J. 18 [1852] F W At home PA
     1 ALLEN, Matthew 14 [1856] M W Works on Farm PA Attended school.²⁴

     Katharina (?) married Prislaw (?) of the Wends circa 1159.¹

     James Lawrence Thompson was born on 22 September 1801 at Pine Grove Mills, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2 He married Catherine Gearhart, daughter of John Frederick Gearhart and Catherine Gray, on 10 May 1821.²
James Lawrence Thompson married Rebecca A. Layton on 16 April 1861 at Dayton, Pennsylvania, USA,
; his 2nd wife.^1,3 James Lawrence Thompson married Susan Hannah in 1870
; his 3rd wife.¹
James Lawrence Thompson died on 28 September 1876 at West Decatur, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 75.^2,1
James Lawrence Thompson was buried after 28 September 1876 at Old Perks Cemetery, Morrisdale, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      Sep. 22, 1801, Pine Grove Mills, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Sep. 28, 1876, West Decatur, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Son of William Thompson and Elizabeth Turner
     First married to Catherine Gearhart in 1821
     Second married to Rebecca Ann Layton 16 April 1851
     Third married Susan Hanna 1870
     Family links: Spouses:
      Catharine Gearhart Thompson (1802 - 1850)
      Rebecca Ann Layton Thompson (1805 - 1865)
     Children:
      George W. Thompson (1822 - 1907)*
      J G Thompson (1823 - 1905)*
      Sarah Ann Thompson Travis (1827 - 1905)*
      Davis Kenison Thompson (1828 - 1906)*
      William Turner Thompson (1830 - 1901)*
      Ellen B Thompson Kahle (1834 - 1902)*
      Peter N Thompson (1838 - 1922)*
      Elizabeth C Thompson Kahle (1840 - 1927)*
      Wesley Cooper Thompson (1842 - 1927)*
      Nercissa Lomon Thompson Flick (1845 - 1931)*
     Burial: Old Perks Cemetery, Morrisdale, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Charles Patterson
     Record added: Mar 13, 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial# 66863560.⁴
      ; DEATH: Commemorative Biographical Record, PG 861 Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930, pg 710.

; Person Source.⁵

     Prislaw (?) of the Wends married Katharina (?), daughter of Canute III Lavard "the Pious" (?) King of Wenden/So. Jutland and Ingibiorg Mstislavna (?) of Kiev, circa 1159.¹

     Hedwig (?) von Werle married Johann II (?) Margrave of Brandenburg, son of Johann I (?) Margrave of Brandenburg and Sophia (?) of Denmark, between 1258 and 1262.^3,1,2

Hedwig (?) von Werle died on 7 September 1287.^1,2
      ; Hedwig von Werle, +7.9.1287, bur Kloster Chorin; m.1258/62 Mgve Johann II of Brandenburg (*1236 +10.9.1281.)¹

; Leo van de Pas cites: 1. Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, 4 volumes, Marburg, 1953, 1975., W. K. Prinz von Isenburg, Reference: I 120
2. Nachkommen Gorms des Alten 1978. , S. Otto Brenner, Reference: 293.²

     Sigrid (?) of Denmark married Gottschalk (?) Prince of the Obotrites.¹

     Gottschalk (?) Prince of the Obotrites married Sigrid (?) of Denmark, daughter of Svend II Ulfssen (?) King of Denmark.¹

Gottschalk (?) Prince of the Obotrites died in 1066; murdered.¹

     George Hyskell was born on 25 December 1764 at York, York Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^6,4,1 He married Eve Gray, daughter of Peter Gray Sr. and Eve/Eva Ann Kreider, at Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^6,4,7,1

George Hyskell died on 9 February 1848 at Shippenville, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 83; "George Hyskell, after living some time on the homestead, moved to Venango County."^2,4,1
George Hyskell was buried after 9 February 1848 at Shippenville Methodist Church Cemetery, Shippenville, Clarion Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Dec. 25, 1764
York
York County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death:      Feb. 9, 1848
Shippenville
Clarion County
Pennsylvania, USA

Born in York County, George moved to Huntingdon County, where he married Eve Gray and in 1822, relocated with his wife to Clarion County, Pa., where he lived until he died. George's father and mother were Benjamin Hyskell and Anna Margaretha Spessert (also spelled Spessard by Ira Hyskell, who wrote a book on the family). George and Anna's families were of German origins. George's name is sometimes spelled HYSKILL and other times, HYSKELL. Please note that on his very old cemetery marker, the spelling is HYSKILL - not Hyskell.
Update: my apologies for formerly attributing this burial to a different area cemetery and thanks to Tim Martin for doggedly pursuing the right burial site information. I visited there and several other local cemeteries and took the photo in 1995, accompanied by a great family history lover, my great Uncle Donald E. Kahle.

Family links:
Parents:
Benjamin Hyskell (1729 - 1811)
Margaret Spessard Hyskell (1748 - 1831)

Spouse:
Eve Gray Hyskill (1771 - 1858)

Children:
Sarah Jane Hyskill Kahl (1799 - 1871)*

Siblings:
George Hyskill (1764 - 1848)
Mary Hyskel Gray (1770 - 1847)*
Mary Polly Hyskell Gray (1770 - 1847)*
John Frederick Hyskell (1773 - 1857)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Shippenville Methodist Church Cemetery
Shippenville
Clarion County
Pennsylvania, USA

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Created by: Laura McQuaid
Record added: Jul 14, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 54960471.⁴
     Reference: DOC: 'Heiskells and Hyskells in America', 2nd Ed.,Knoxville, TN, 1990.⁷

Reference: (an unknown value.)⁸ George Hyskell was also known as George Heiskell. George Hyskell was also known as George Hyskill Spelling on tombstone is "Hyskil."⁴