1854 Jacob Meals moved West, from Pennsylvania.
1857 Jacob Meals and Mary Jane Alexander were married on January 1 in Jefferson County, Iowa. [1]
1860 Jacob Meals (age 38, born in Penn) lived in Fairfield City, Jefferson County, Iowa, in a household with Mary Meals (age 24), Nancy Meals (age 2), and John Meals (age 5/12). [2]
1907 "Jacob Meals, a native of Gettysburg, died June 4, at Carthage, Illinois, aged 79 years, 2 months and 16 days. Deceased resided in Pennsylvania until 1854. He is survived by three sons and one daughter. Hannah Walters, of Gettysburg, and Lydia Pannabaker, of Hanover, are sisters of the deceased. New Oxford Item, June 27, 1907" [3]
1922 Charles Edward Meals, spouse of Mattie Meals, died on July 5, at age 60, in Carthage Twp, Hancock County, Illinois. Charles Edward Meals was buried in Moss Ridge. He was born on June 8, 1862, in Carthage, Illinois, son of Jacob Meals and Mary Alexander. He had lived at Carthage, Illinois. He was a Tinner. [4]
[1] Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1860, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[3] USGenWeb Archives, obituary, [USGenWeb].
[4] Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, [FamilySearchRecord].