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ISAAC MEANOR, farmer, post office Imperial, was born in Moon township, Oct. 25, 1837, a son of William and Margaret (Smith) Meanor, natives of this county, and Presbyterians., His great-grandfather, William Bailey, was captured by the Indians near Candor, Washington county, Pa. In 1858 Isaac Meanor went to Henry county, Ill., and worked on and rented farms for five years; then purchased a farm in that county. At the first call for three-months men he enlisted in Co. F, 12th I. V. I., and later enlisted in Co. F, 89th I. V. I. He was at Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, siege of Knoxville, Atlanta, and in the various battles in the surrounding of Hood, at Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and at the close of the war returned to his farm in Henry county, Ill. In 1873 he sold out and came to Findlay township, where, in January, 1885, he purchased his present farm of 155 acres. He married, Feb. 1, 1866, Margaret McAdams, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Russell) McAdams, former of whom was a son of David and Mary (Bailey) McAdams. David McAdams settled in Findlay township prior to the war of the Revolution, and was a man of prominence and means. Sarah (Russell) McAdams was a daughter of John and Margaret (Bailey) Russell, old settlers of Findlay township. Mr. and Mrs. Meanor have five children: Isaac Orris, Guy W., Frank B., Sam. C. and Karl Hugh. Mrs. Meanor is a Presbyterian. Mr. Meanor is a member of the G. A. R.