Wilson Family Genealogy
Generation 6:
Howard Duane "Major" Mead
Howard Duane "Major" Mead-6 (Lewis Almond "Mayor" Mead-5, William Henry Mead-4, Ruth Wilson-3, Alexander Wilson Jr-2, Alexander Wilson and Jane Armour-1) was born on 17 Apr 1905 in USA, NY, Niagara, Hartland. He was a Major in the US Army Military Police during WW II. He was a Deputy Sheriff at the Niagara County Jail in USA, NY, Niagara County. He died at the age of 62 years on 4 Jun 1967 in Mercy Hospital in USA, PA, Lackawanna, Scranton, from a cerebral hemorrhage caused by a blow to the head received the day before during an altercation at the Jail. He was buried in Hartland Central Cemetery, USA, NY, Niagara, Hartland. He did not marry and had no children.