----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 03/16/1911

Mead, Harry (19 NOV 1833 - 6 Mar 1911)

Harry Mead, a resident of Clark County, Wis. since 1865, died at his home in the town of Longwood on Monday, March 6, 1911. Mr. Mead had been ill for about a week with the grippe and pneumonia. He was born in Duchess Co., N.Y., on Nov. 19, 1833, and came to Watertown, Wis. with his parents in 1845. July 4, 1861, he was united in marriage with Julia A. Smith, who, with five children, Clara, Frank, Harry, Angus and Philo, survive him. The funeral took place at Greenwood on Friday afternoon, the Masons conducting the same. Mr. Mead was a progressive citizen, a tireless worker all his life, and was well known to all the early pioneers of the county.