Supplemental Material - Interviewees
MCLEAN, Donald Donald McLean is listed as Donald McLeane, an 80-year-old native of Scotland residing in the 16th Ward or New York City in the 1850 United States Census. He is listed as an 84-year-old farmer in the Town of New Castle, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in White Plains, New York, on June 10, 1861, "having nearly completed the 3rd year of his age," appeared in the New York Commercial Advertiser on June 13, 1861. It notes that he "had been connected for over forty years of his life with the New York Custom House."
MEAD, ____ (Madam, Widow of Andrew Mead) See MEAD, Am an Hobby
MEAD, ____ (Widow Zaccheus Mead) See MEAD, Deborah Close
MEAD, Am an Hobby Am an Hobby Mead was the wife of American whaleboatm an Andrew Mead. She is listed as "Amy Mead," an 85-year-old resident of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1850 United States Census. Her tombstone in New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery in Greenwich indicates that she died on September 11, 1852, aged 88 years. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25212183/am-an-mead
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MEAD, Calvin Mead's tombstone in Quaker Ridge Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut, indicates that he died on June 18, 1847, aged 87 years. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27508427/calvin-mead
MEAD, Deborah Close Deborah Close Mead was the widow of Zaccheus Mead. She is listed as a 91-year-old resident of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1850 United States census.
MEAD, Levi Levi Mead's tombstone in Quaker Ridge Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut, indicates that he died on May 26, 1849, aged 88 years. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163295026/levi-mead