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BIOGRAPHY OF ALFRED B. MEACHAM.

[Extracted from "The Life of Alfred B. Meacham," by T. A. Bland.]

Col. A. B. Meacham, Chairman of the Peace Commission

Alfred B. Meacham was born in Orange County, Indiana,. April 29, 1826. His ancestors were Quakers on one side and Methodists on the other. His parents removed to Indiana from North Carolina about 1818. One of the chief reasons that caused them to leave their native State was their abhor- rence of slavery, and their desire to raise their children under