The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: James Pitt
Surname: Meredith

Gender: Male

Birth date: 27 November 1843

Birth place: Llanfabon, Glamorganshire, Wales View Sources

Death date: 12 December 1919

Death place: Carter, Chouteau, Montana, United States View Sources

Burial date: 18 December 1919

Burial place: Fort Benton, Chouteau, Montana, United States View Sources

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Father: Meredith, James
Mother: Owens, Mary

Siblings

1850 US Census	District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa	Extract	Image
1880 US Census	Fort Benton, Chateau, Montana	Extract	Image
1900 US Census	Highwood Township, Chateau, Montana	Extract	Image
1910 US Census	Highwood National Reserve, Chateau, Montana	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 5 March 1849 aboard the ship Hartley.
Arrived in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States on 28 April 1849.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 21 June 2021), James Pitt Meredith entry, Jospeh Outhouse Company (1852).

The Call of Zion by Ron Dennis

Research thus far (June 2003) has indicated that he did not marry.

James' parents were James Meredith and Mary Owens. He traveled to America with his family. The Mormon Immigration Index CD mistakenly has his name as Daniel, but it is James on the original passenger list! Later he was orphaned. As the children traveled to Utah, family tradition is that he ran away from the wagon train. Later he lived in Choteau County, Montana. He wrote to his younger sister from there in 1901 and 1902.

For additional information, contact: Ruth Ann Baker.

From the journal of Thomas Day:

At Council Bluffs I commenced working on farm owned by a friend and while he purchased the farm I purchased the stock exchanging a beautiful hunting watch and guard for the horse and plow and my wife obtaining a cow for a lovely silk dress:
I located at Springville branch… I was greatly prospered while here and was beginning to feel comfortably settled when Ezra T. Benson came from Utah with the special mission of calling the Saints to gather to which I responded promptly.
While at this place I had taken a small sickly boy into my home to care for whose name was James Meredith. He gave us considerable trouble but as we had no children of our own we tried patiently to do the best we could for him and took him with us to the vallies.
I had four cows and two steers but no wagon with which to travel. But a widow who was anxious to come supplied the deficiency and by joining into one company we got along very well.

Thanks to Mary Bliss Hassell (marybliss.hassell@gmail.com) for sending this part of the Thomas Day journal.