History of Margaretville, (Delaware County) New York United States of America

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William Leon ("Leon Mead") Mead, author, was born in Margaretville, N.Y., April 27, 1861; son of Cyrus and Margaret Emlyn (O'Connor) Head; grandson of William and Jane (Faulkner) O'Connor, and of Levi and Hettie (Keaton) Mead, and a descendant from either Joseph or William Mead, two brothers, who came from England early in the 17th century and settled in Greenwich, Conn. He attended the district schools, Port Edward Collegiate institute, 1876-77, and Bishop's Select School for Boys at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; and was a special student in literature and philosophy at Boston university, 1881-82. He travelled and studied in Germany and France, and was travelling correspondent in the west for the Boston Post in 1882. He was elected a member of the Society of American Authors; was associate editor of Truth; editor of Tom Nast's Weekly and of the Forum magazine, and is the author of: Sky Rockets (1883); In Thraldom, a Psychological Romance (1887); Catherine's Coquetries (1893); Valentine (1892); The Bow-Legged Ghost and Other Stories (1899); Wild Cat Ledge (1901). His verse includes: Sky Rockets (1883) and On Nature's Reeds (1901). He contributed largely to the newspapers and leading magazines; is the author of three plays, and had in press in 1901 a volume on Word-Coinage, which cost him three years of research.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Margaretville, (Delaware County) New York

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