I am assuming that Mead was a woman. She married C. Chaffee, so I might have the genders reversed.
My source says the marriage was performed by Rev William M King and that the record is in the county clerk's office. Alas, the name of the county and its state were omitted.
My source says John was killed by a car. But there were no cars in 1865. Perhaps it was a carriage.
James had two wives and two sons. I am assuming that the sons' mother was James' first wife Mattie, but this is only a conjecture, not a confirmed fact.
James had two wives and two sons. I am assuming that the sons' mother was James' first wife Mattie, but this is only a conjecture, not a confirmed fact.
Adelbert was the compiler of the records of the descendents of brothers Jonathan and Nathaniel Catlin, two of the four Catlins with no ancestors in this file.