Mead Family History & Genealogy

Photo of Jemima Morison Mead late in life

Prof Cyrus Mead

Name Prof Cyrus Mead
Residence Year 1906
Street Address Same
Residence Place Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Occupation Principal
Publication Title Fort Wayne, Indiana, City Directory, 1906

Name Prof Cyrus D Mead
Residence Year 1910
Street Address Same
Residence Place Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Occupation Principal
Publication Title Fort Wayne, Indiana, City Directory, 1910

California
Oakland
1925
Oakland, California, City Directory, 1925

Martha Jane Mead de Holland
BIRTH
12 Mar 1930
Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA
DEATH
9 Jun 2009 (aged 79)
Flora, Clay County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL
Rusk Cemetery
Flora, Clay County, Illinois, USA
MEMORIAL ID
3814859

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Martha J. Holland, 79, of Flora, IL died at 12:10 AM Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at her home in Flora.

She was born March 12, 1930 in Fresno, CA to Dr. Cyrus DeWitt Mead & Helen (Hutchinson) Mead. She married Bill Holland on September 4, 1954 in San Diego, CA.

She was the past co-owner of Holland Truck Stop and Holland Flying Service in Flora, IL and Holland Cruise Staff in Fairview Heights, IL. Her memberships included First United Methodist Church of Flora, Daughters of the Nile, Beta Sigma Phi, past BPW member, and she belonged to various travel industry organizations. Martha was very outgoing and fun to be with and she loved traveling and being with others, especially family and her grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband: Bill Holland of Flora; 7 children: Brad (Ji Yeon Kim) Holland of Seattle, WA, Karen (Roger) Thackrey of Lawrenceville, GA, Debbie Hodges of Flora, Sharon Holland-Welge of Highland, Michael (Ray Careme) Holland of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Greg (Natalie) Holland of Limeport, PA, and Geoff (Hallie) Holland of Coopersburg, PA; 13 grandchildren & 3 great-grandchildren; 1 sister-in-law: Bonita (Darrell) Morris of Flora.

She was preceded in death by her parents, mother-in-law (Lola Holland), son-in-law (Rick Hodges), and her only aunt (Margaret Chase-Camajani).

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 PM Saturday (June 13, 2009) at First United Methodist Church in Flora with Donald Bunnell officiating. Burial will be in Rusk Cemetery, Flora. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Friday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home and from 1:30 PM until service time on Saturday at the church. Memorials may be given to St. Louis Shriner's Hospital and can be received at the funeral home.

Martha Jane Mead, Cyrus Dewitt Mead, Helen Howe Hutchinson. She met Vernon Eugene Martin and Mary Louise Hamilton after Vernon & Mary married in 1942, and her father, Professor Cyrus Dewitt Mead, who had attended the wedding, brought Vernon & Mary to the Mead home. Martha Jane Mead resided Berkeley, California until 1947. She married Bill Holland on 4 Sep 1954 in San Diego, California.

Cyrus D Mead
in the 1940 United States Federal Census

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Name Cyrus D Mead
Age 64
Estimated Birth Year abt 1876
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Indiana
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Berkeley, Alameda, California
Map of Home in 1940 Berkeley, Alameda, California
Street Miller Avenue
House Number 1041
Inferred Residence in 1935 Berkeley, Alameda, California
Residence in 1935 Berkeley
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Sheet Number 7A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 152
Occupation Pro Of Elem Educat
House Owned or Rented Owned
Value of Home 12,000
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed College, 5th or subsequent year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 45
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939 26
Income 4100
Income Other Sources Yes
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Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Cyrus D Mead 64 Head
Helen H Mead
51
Wife
Martha J Mead
10
Daughter
Lou Hutchinson
80
Mother-in-law

Cyrus Mead
in the 1880 United States Federal Census

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Detail Source
Name Cyrus Mead
Age 4
Birth Date Abt 1876
Birthplace Indiana
Home in 1880 Spencer, Owen, Indiana, USA
Dwelling Number 68
Race White
Gender Male
Relation to Head of House Son
Marital Status Single
Father's Name Wm. S. Mead
Father's Birthplace Indiana
Mother's Name Anna Mead
Mother's Birthplace Indiana
Neighbors View others on page
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Wm. S. Mead
34
Self (Head)
Anna Mead
33
Wife
Harry Mead
7
Son
Cyrus Mead 4 Son
Jessie Mead
8/12
Daughter

Cyrus D Mead in the California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968

Name Cyrus D Mead
Residence Date 1940
Street Address 1041 Miller ave
Residence Place Alameda, California, USA
Party Affiliation Republican
Occupation U C professor.

Name Cyrus De Witt Mead
[Cyrus Dewitt Mead]
Race White
Birth Date 4 Nov 1875
Residence Date 1917-1918
Street Address Main of Celif
Residence Place Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA
Draft Board 2
Physical Build Slender
Height Medium
Hair Color Black
Eye Color Gray
Spouse
Helan H. Mead

EAD, CYRUS DEWITT: 1875-1943.
Cyrus DeWitt Mead was born on Nov. 4, 1875, in Spencer, Ind., the son of William Stanley and Amma Rebecca Beem Mead. He received the Ph.B. degree from DePauw University in 1898 and the degrees of A.M. in 1912 and Ph.D. in 1915 from Columbia University. On Sept. 20, 1911, he married Helen Howe Hutchinson and they had one daughter, Martha Jane. Mead was a public school teacher, 1898-1904; served as principal of the Indiana School for Feeble-Minded Youth (Fort Wayne), 1904-10; and taught at the University of Cincinnati, 1912-18. He subsequently became associate professor of education at the University of California (Berkeley) where he remained until his death on Sept. 27, 1943.

Information from The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography.

The Relations of General Intelligence to Certain Mental and Physical Traits. New York, 1916.Search "The Relations of General Intelligence to Certain Mental and
Physical Traits" by MEAD, CYRUS DEWITT: 1875-1943. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
An Experiment in the Fundamentals, Giving the Results of Tests Made in the Cincinnati Schools with Two Kinds of Practice Material. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1917.Search "An Experiment in the Fundamentals, Giving the Results of Tests

Made in the Cincinnati Schools with Two Kinds of Practice Material" by MEAD, CYRUS DEWITT: 1875-1943. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
Measuring Classroom Products in Berkeley. Berkeley, 1921.Search "Measuring Classroom Products in Berkeley" by MEAD, CYRUS DEWITT: 1875-1943. in IUCAT, Google Books, OCLC WorldCat, or HathiTrust
The Transitional Public School (withFred W. Orth). New York, 1934

Cyrus DeWitt Mead, Education: Berkeley, a friend of Vernon Eugene Martin, Cyrus DeWitt Mead attended the wedding of Vernon Eugene Martin and Mary Louise Hamilton and had the couple at his home after the wedding on Saturday, 25 April 1942, at the Mead home in Gragmont. The Cragmont area of Berkeley is a residential district located in the northeastern section of the city, occupying most of the hill area north of Codornices Creek. It lies at an elevation of 755 feet (230 m).

The marriage of Vernon Eugene Martin, son of David Radford Martin and Nannette Serena Walters, and the daughter of Aciel Augustus Hamilton and Edith Fern Kester, on Saturday, April 25, 1942 at the Little Chapel of Flowers, 3049 Adeline Street, City of Berkeley, Alameda County, State of California

1875-1943
Associate Professor
Cyrus DeWitt Mead was born in Spencer, Indiana, November 4, 1875, the son of William Stanley and Amma Rebecca Mead. His ancestors came from England in the middle of the eighteenth century, gradually moving westward to Kentucky and Indiana. He received his elementary and secondary education in Spencer, Indiana. From 1894 to 1898 he attended DePauw University, receiving the degree of Ph.B. He was a Graduate Fellow in Teachers College, Columbia University, from 1910 to 1912, and at the end of that period received the degree of M.A. Continuing his graduate studies at intervals in Columbia University, he was granted the degree of Ph.D. in 1914.

While he was a Graduate Fellow--in 1911--he married Helen Howe Hutchinson of Spencer, Indiana.

Shortly after graduation from DePauw University, he entered upon his lifelong profession, education. From 1899 to 1904 he served as teacher and principal in various Indiana rural and city elementary and secondary schools. When his native State decided to modernize its policy toward the institutionalized feeble-minded, it appointed him Principal of the Indiana State School for Feeble-minded Youth. From 1904 to 1910 he exerted leadership over this institution. In reorganizing the institution and its program he substituted professional vision and scientific method for custodial attitudes and procedures in dealing with the inmates.

Following the receipt of his M.A. degree, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Elementary Education in the University of Cincinnati and Critic Supervisor in the Cincinnati Public Schools. He served there six years, training teachers in service, directing graduate students

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in research, and carrying on and publishing his own studies. He also taught in the 1916 and 1917 summer sessions of Teachers College, Columbia University.
In 1918, Dr. Mead became Associate Professor of Education in the University of California, being assigned to the newly created chair of Elementary Education. Under this assignment he offered the first graduate seminar at the University devoted entirely to research in elementary education. He also introduced intensive instruction in educational tests and measurements. His services to the University and to the State were also marked by his introduction of educational surveys dealing with the measurement of achievement in elementary school subjects. In this pioneering work he directed many educational surveys in various California cities and counties. Through his teaching in the University he contributed to the training of prospective teachers for elementary and junior high schools, furnished advanced training to experienced teachers, and directed the research of many graduate students specializing in elementary education. All his students considered him an inspiring teacher, a wise counselor, and a beloved friend.

Professor Mead lectured in the summer sessions of Brigham Young University in 1923, and of the University of Illinois in 1931.

In the course of his long professional career he contributed many articles to educational periodicals, produced several educational monographs, and was the senior author of The Transitional Public School. The great variety of titles and subjects of his published studies attests to the breadth of his interests. This breadth is revealed also in the numerous researches of his graduate students.

He was a member of the National Education Association, National Society for the Study of Education, National Society of College Teachers of Education, National Association of Supervisors and Directors of Education, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, and Kappa Delta Pi.

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As a personality, Professor Mead will be fondly remembered for his great love of children, his lively interest in new acquaintances, his deep appreciation of trees, and his zest for the lore of our pioneer days.

Professor Mead died in Berkeley, California, on September 27, 1943, in his twenty-sixth year of valuable service to the University. At the time of his death he was still engaged in research and writing. Surviving him are his widow, Helen Howe Hutchinson Mead, and their daughter, Martha Jane Mead.

Academic Senate Committee George C. Kyte W.W. Kemp Edward Z. Rowell

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