1850 Jacob and Elizabeth Meals lived in Menallen Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania with Samuel Meals (age 16), Mary Meals (age 14), Henry Meals (age 13), and Lucy Meals (age 3). [1]
1863 Samuel J Meals registered for the draft in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania at age 29. He was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania. [2]
1870 Samuel Meals died at age 36 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was a carpenter-joiner. He died of consumption. [3]
1870 S. J. Meals died on April 4, at age 96y 1m 12 d, and was buried at Wenksville Cemetery, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [4] [5]
[1] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] National Archives and Records Administration, Civil War Draft Registration Records (Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865) (Washington, D.C.), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, [AncestryRecord].
[4] Find A Grave Memorial 33884801, [FindAGrave].
[5] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].