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Ann (Adams) Meck (1874 - 1895)
William Grant Meck (1873 - 1942)
Ann Meck was born in 1874 in Ryot (Oak Shade), St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of George Washington and Joanna (Barnes) Adams.
When Ann was little, her family moved a few miles away to Portage, Cambria County. She had been living near her paternal grandparents Solomon and Ann Adams in Ryot, and in Portage she lived near her maternal grandparents Tobias and Elizabeth Barnes.
Ann was only 14 when her mother died in 1888 at the age of 42. Her sister Clara assumed the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old brother Ervin. She married the following year, and Ervin went to live with their sister and brother-in-law Solomon Meck in Broad Top Township.
On January 17, 1891 Ann married her brother-in-law Sol's younger brother William Grant Meck in Bedford County. William was born on April 6, 1873 in Broad Top Township, the youngest child of John Andrew Jackson and Rebecca (Krieger). William was a coalminer like his brother and father.
Ann and William had the following children: Dewey Meck (died in infancy), Harry M. Meck, and Bertha M. (Meck) Swartz.
Young Dewey Meck was thought to have died in infancy in 1892.
Tragically, Ann died after giving birth to Bertha in December 1895. She was just 21 years old. She is buried in Duvall Cemetery (Foor Cemetery), Six Mile Run, Broad Top Township.
Her sister Clara raised Bertha as her own. She also helped raised Harry, who lived off and on with his father William and step mother.
 Above: Bertha (Meck) Swartz at about age 17. William remarried to Mary Jane "Jennie" Hussler about 1898. He adopted her baby boy named Lloyd Winters who was born out of wedlock. William and Jennie had 10 more children together.
William died on March 29, 1942 in Clay Township, Huntingdon County, PA. He was 68. His is buried with Ann. His second wife Jennie died on August 21, 1962 in Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA.
Ann and William's two children, Harry and Bertha, produced 15 grandchildren, and numerous great-, great-great-, and great-great-great-grandchildren. 
Picture above are the second wife of William and some of their children.
Standing: Ivadene (Custer) Meck, Elizabeth (Meck) O'Donnell, Clemma (Meck) Reed, Bertha (Meck) Swartz, Mary Jane "Jennie" (Husler) Meck (2nd wife of William), Betsey Winters, Bessy Meck, Lulu (Meck) Higgins-Lehman. Seated: William Meck Jr., Roy O'Donnell, Creston Reed, Harry and Mary (Robinson) Meck, Charles Meck, Giggs Higgins. The child is unidentified.
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