Individual Details
Abraham Van Meter
(24 Sep 1804 - 25 Feb 1863)
They had ten children; seven lived to be grown:
• John 1828, died as a young man.
• Jacob 1829 & Elizabeth McDaniel
• James 1832 & Fannie Lewis
• Samuel 1834 & Mary Pamela Whitney. Moved to IL
• William Cunningham 1836-1915 & Mary Sudduth
• Hannah Tabitha 1841-1887 & Chas C. McDaniel. Moved to IN.
• David Cunningham 1845–1930 & Julia Clay Kennedy
• Elizabeth Ann 1849 & J.C. Galbraith. Moved to Kansas.
Events
| Birth | 24 Sep 1804 | Hardy, West Virginia, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | 21 Jun 1827 | Hardy, West Virginia, United States - Elizabeth Ann Van Meter | | | |
| Census (family) | 1860 | District 2, Fayette, Kentucky, United States - Elizabeth Ann Van Meter | | ||
| Death | 25 Feb 1863 | Fayette, Kentucky, United States | | ||
| Burial | Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Ann Van Meter (1810 - 1864) |
| Child | Anna Van Meter (1841 - ) |
| Child | David Van Meter (1846 - ) |
| Child | Bittie Van Meter (1851 - ) |
| Father | Colonel Jacob Van Meter (1764 - 1829) |
| Mother | Tabitha Inskeep (1767 - 1851) |
| Sibling | Hannah Van Meter (1791 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Anne Van Meter (1793 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Isaac Van Meter (1794 - 1854) |
| Sibling | Solomon Van Meter (1796 - 1818) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Van Meter (1797 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Rebeckah Van Meter (1799 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Joseph Inskeep Van Meter (1802 - 1805) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Franklin Van Meter (1803 - 1805) |
| Sibling | Garrett Van Meter (1806 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Susanna Van Meter (1807 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Inskeep "Sally" Van Meter (1810 - 1878) |
Notes
Birth
Note: His headstone reads "ABRAHAM Van Meter born 24 Sep 1807 Hardy Co, VA". Given name and Birthdate are contradicted by 'Genealogies and sketches of some old families...' by B F Van Meter, which refers to him as "Abram Van Meter ...born 24 Sep 1804"Marriage
cousinsCensus (family)
Abraham Van Meter M 55 VaElizabeth Van Meter F 50 Va
Anna Van Meter F 19 Ky
David Van Meter M 14 Ky
Bittie Van Meter F 9 Ky
Endnotes
1. Vanmeter Bible Records, Scott Van Metre online http://www.vanmetre.com/Bible%20Records/Bibles%20records.htm], accessed Oct 2007.
2. Jeannette Holland Austin, Virginia Bible Records (Westminister, MD: Heritage Books, 2008), 246; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 7 December 2009.
3. , "Lexington Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 October 2011), Van Meter.
4. , "Lexington Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 October 2011), Van Meter.
5. , "Lexington Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 October 2011), Van Meter.
6. , "Lexington Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 October 2011), Van Meter.