From the
Waynesburg Republican
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
June 4, 1971
James L. Meighen, 76, of 317 Park Avenue, Waynesburg, World War I veteran of Company K, 110th Infantry Regiment, and former Greene County Clerk of Courts and juvenile probation and parole officer, died early Sunday morning, May 30, 1971, of a coronary occlusion suffered at his home.
Mr. Meighen was born July 26, 1894, near Waynesburg, one of 12 children born to John and Lucinda Gordon Meighen.
His early life was spent on a farm near Wind Ridge, where the family moved when he was two years old. His elementary schooling was at a one-room school near the family farm, and he graduated from Richhill Township High School at Wind Ridge.
He taught school for four years as a young man, after attending two terms at Waynesburg College, His first school was at Greene Grove, followed by a year at the Gordon School in Franklin Township. He was principal of the Mather School for two years.
He enlisted in Company K, served with that unit on the Mexican border in 1917, and as a platoon sergeant in World War I in France.
His first combat action with his unit was at Cierges near Grimpettes Wood July 28-19, 1918, when Company K lost 41 men killed, including his brother, First Sergeant William G, Meighen and his brother-in-law, Cpl. Charles E. Murphy.
He was sent to officer's candidate school in October 1918, and was discharged May 23, 1919, remaining with the Guard until until 1922 on non-Federal duty.
Mr. Meighen was actively interested in sports for all his life, as a participant on area sandlot baseball teams and in the Waynesburg City League until his late forties, and from then until his death as one of the area's most devoted all-sports fans and a faithful booster of Waynesburg Central High and Waynesburg College athletics.
His interest in athletics was intensified by his more than 25 years work with young people in his probation and parole career, and an unshakable faith in the intrinsic goodness of youth whose energies were properly channeled.
Mr. Meighen also served for two years as superintendent of the Greene County Children's Home, in 1944-45.
His wide acquaintanceship throughout the area was heightened by eight years service with the Metropolitan Insurance Company as a debit agent prior to his election to two terms as County Clerk of Courts.
He was a member of the Washington Street United Methodist Church; Men's Bible Sunday School Class; of Waynesburg Lodge No. 153, F. and A. M.; Waynesburg Lodge No. 757, B. P. O. E.; James Farrell Post 330, American Legion; Waynesburg Post 4793, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and of Fort Jackson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution.
He is survived by his wife, Olive Murphy Meighen; two children, Mrs. William (Jean) Barnhart, of Waynesburg, and William E. Meighen, of Waynesburg, R. D. 2; one brother, John L. Meighen, of Dormont; two sisters, Mrs. Adalyn Thomas, of Washington, and Mrs. Catherine Minton, of Canonsburg; two granddaughters, Mrs. Richard A. (Leslie) Ross, of Uniontown, and Mrs. Ray (Beverly) White, of Morgantown, W. Va.; two grandsons, James W. Meighen, of Mt. Lebanon, and Douglas Barnhart, of Waynesburg; and seven great-grandchildren, Kimberly, Deborah, John and Rebecca Ross; Jamie Lynn and Patrick James Meighen, and Michelle White.
Three sisters and five brothers are deceased.
Waynesburg Republican
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
June 4, 1971
James L. Meighen, 76, of 317 Park Avenue, Waynesburg, World War I veteran of Company K, 110th Infantry Regiment, and former Greene County Clerk of Courts and juvenile probation and parole officer, died early Sunday morning, May 30, 1971, of a coronary occlusion suffered at his home.
Mr. Meighen was born July 26, 1894, near Waynesburg, one of 12 children born to John and Lucinda Gordon Meighen.
His early life was spent on a farm near Wind Ridge, where the family moved when he was two years old. His elementary schooling was at a one-room school near the family farm, and he graduated from Richhill Township High School at Wind Ridge.
He taught school for four years as a young man, after attending two terms at Waynesburg College, His first school was at Greene Grove, followed by a year at the Gordon School in Franklin Township. He was principal of the Mather School for two years.
He enlisted in Company K, served with that unit on the Mexican border in 1917, and as a platoon sergeant in World War I in France.
His first combat action with his unit was at Cierges near Grimpettes Wood July 28-19, 1918, when Company K lost 41 men killed, including his brother, First Sergeant William G, Meighen and his brother-in-law, Cpl. Charles E. Murphy.
He was sent to officer's candidate school in October 1918, and was discharged May 23, 1919, remaining with the Guard until until 1922 on non-Federal duty.
Mr. Meighen was actively interested in sports for all his life, as a participant on area sandlot baseball teams and in the Waynesburg City League until his late forties, and from then until his death as one of the area's most devoted all-sports fans and a faithful booster of Waynesburg Central High and Waynesburg College athletics.
His interest in athletics was intensified by his more than 25 years work with young people in his probation and parole career, and an unshakable faith in the intrinsic goodness of youth whose energies were properly channeled.
Mr. Meighen also served for two years as superintendent of the Greene County Children's Home, in 1944-45.
His wide acquaintanceship throughout the area was heightened by eight years service with the Metropolitan Insurance Company as a debit agent prior to his election to two terms as County Clerk of Courts.
He was a member of the Washington Street United Methodist Church; Men's Bible Sunday School Class; of Waynesburg Lodge No. 153, F. and A. M.; Waynesburg Lodge No. 757, B. P. O. E.; James Farrell Post 330, American Legion; Waynesburg Post 4793, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and of Fort Jackson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution.
He is survived by his wife, Olive Murphy Meighen; two children, Mrs. William (Jean) Barnhart, of Waynesburg, and William E. Meighen, of Waynesburg, R. D. 2; one brother, John L. Meighen, of Dormont; two sisters, Mrs. Adalyn Thomas, of Washington, and Mrs. Catherine Minton, of Canonsburg; two granddaughters, Mrs. Richard A. (Leslie) Ross, of Uniontown, and Mrs. Ray (Beverly) White, of Morgantown, W. Va.; two grandsons, James W. Meighen, of Mt. Lebanon, and Douglas Barnhart, of Waynesburg; and seven great-grandchildren, Kimberly, Deborah, John and Rebecca Ross; Jamie Lynn and Patrick James Meighen, and Michelle White.
Three sisters and five brothers are deceased.
From the
Waynesburg Republican
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
June 4, 1971
James L. Meighen, 76, of 317 Park Avenue, Waynesburg, World War I veteran of Company K, 110th Infantry Regiment, and former Greene County Clerk of Courts and juvenile probation and parole officer, died early Sunday morning, May 30, 1971, of a coronary occlusion suffered at his home.
Mr. Meighen was born July 26, 1894, near Waynesburg, one of 12 children born to John and Lucinda Gordon Meighen.
His early life was spent on a farm near Wind Ridge, where the family moved when he was two years old. His elementary schooling was at a one-room school near the family farm, and he graduated from Richhill Township High School at Wind Ridge.
He taught school for four years as a young man, after attending two terms at Waynesburg College, His first school was at Greene Grove, followed by a year at the Gordon School in Franklin Township. He was principal of the Mather School for two years.
He enlisted in Company K, served with that unit on the Mexican border in 1917, and as a platoon sergeant in World War I in France.
His first combat action with his unit was at Cierges near Grimpettes Wood July 28-19, 1918, when Company K lost 41 men killed, including his brother, First Sergeant William G, Meighen and his brother-in-law, Cpl. Charles E. Murphy.
He was sent to officer's candidate school in October 1918, and was discharged May 23, 1919, remaining with the Guard until until 1922 on non-Federal duty.
Mr. Meighen was actively interested in sports for all his life, as a participant on area sandlot baseball teams and in the Waynesburg City League until his late forties, and from then until his death as one of the area's most devoted all-sports fans and a faithful booster of Waynesburg Central High and Waynesburg College athletics.
His interest in athletics was intensified by his more than 25 years work with young people in his probation and parole career, and an unshakable faith in the intrinsic goodness of youth whose energies were properly channeled.
Mr. Meighen also served for two years as superintendent of the Greene County Children's Home, in 1944-45.
His wide acquaintanceship throughout the area was heightened by eight years service with the Metropolitan Insurance Company as a debit agent prior to his election to two terms as County Clerk of Courts.
He was a member of the Washington Street United Methodist Church; Men's Bible Sunday School Class; of Waynesburg Lodge No. 153, F. and A. M.; Waynesburg Lodge No. 757, B. P. O. E.; James Farrell Post 330, American Legion; Waynesburg Post 4793, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and of Fort Jackson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution.
He is survived by his wife, Olive Murphy Meighen; two children, Mrs. William (Jean) Barnhart, of Waynesburg, and William E. Meighen, of Waynesburg, R. D. 2; one brother, John L. Meighen, of Dormont; two sisters, Mrs. Adalyn Thomas, of Washington, and Mrs. Catherine Minton, of Canonsburg; two granddaughters, Mrs. Richard A. (Leslie) Ross, of Uniontown, and Mrs. Ray (Beverly) White, of Morgantown, W. Va.; two grandsons, James W. Meighen, of Mt. Lebanon, and Douglas Barnhart, of Waynesburg; and seven great-grandchildren, Kimberly, Deborah, John and Rebecca Ross; Jamie Lynn and Patrick James Meighen, and Michelle White.
Three sisters and five brothers are deceased.
Waynesburg Republican
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
June 4, 1971
James L. Meighen, 76, of 317 Park Avenue, Waynesburg, World War I veteran of Company K, 110th Infantry Regiment, and former Greene County Clerk of Courts and juvenile probation and parole officer, died early Sunday morning, May 30, 1971, of a coronary occlusion suffered at his home.
Mr. Meighen was born July 26, 1894, near Waynesburg, one of 12 children born to John and Lucinda Gordon Meighen.
His early life was spent on a farm near Wind Ridge, where the family moved when he was two years old. His elementary schooling was at a one-room school near the family farm, and he graduated from Richhill Township High School at Wind Ridge.
He taught school for four years as a young man, after attending two terms at Waynesburg College, His first school was at Greene Grove, followed by a year at the Gordon School in Franklin Township. He was principal of the Mather School for two years.
He enlisted in Company K, served with that unit on the Mexican border in 1917, and as a platoon sergeant in World War I in France.
His first combat action with his unit was at Cierges near Grimpettes Wood July 28-19, 1918, when Company K lost 41 men killed, including his brother, First Sergeant William G, Meighen and his brother-in-law, Cpl. Charles E. Murphy.
He was sent to officer's candidate school in October 1918, and was discharged May 23, 1919, remaining with the Guard until until 1922 on non-Federal duty.
Mr. Meighen was actively interested in sports for all his life, as a participant on area sandlot baseball teams and in the Waynesburg City League until his late forties, and from then until his death as one of the area's most devoted all-sports fans and a faithful booster of Waynesburg Central High and Waynesburg College athletics.
His interest in athletics was intensified by his more than 25 years work with young people in his probation and parole career, and an unshakable faith in the intrinsic goodness of youth whose energies were properly channeled.
Mr. Meighen also served for two years as superintendent of the Greene County Children's Home, in 1944-45.
His wide acquaintanceship throughout the area was heightened by eight years service with the Metropolitan Insurance Company as a debit agent prior to his election to two terms as County Clerk of Courts.
He was a member of the Washington Street United Methodist Church; Men's Bible Sunday School Class; of Waynesburg Lodge No. 153, F. and A. M.; Waynesburg Lodge No. 757, B. P. O. E.; James Farrell Post 330, American Legion; Waynesburg Post 4793, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and of Fort Jackson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution.
He is survived by his wife, Olive Murphy Meighen; two children, Mrs. William (Jean) Barnhart, of Waynesburg, and William E. Meighen, of Waynesburg, R. D. 2; one brother, John L. Meighen, of Dormont; two sisters, Mrs. Adalyn Thomas, of Washington, and Mrs. Catherine Minton, of Canonsburg; two granddaughters, Mrs. Richard A. (Leslie) Ross, of Uniontown, and Mrs. Ray (Beverly) White, of Morgantown, W. Va.; two grandsons, James W. Meighen, of Mt. Lebanon, and Douglas Barnhart, of Waynesburg; and seven great-grandchildren, Kimberly, Deborah, John and Rebecca Ross; Jamie Lynn and Patrick James Meighen, and Michelle White.
Three sisters and five brothers are deceased.
Family Members
Siblings
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1st Sgt William Holland Gordon Meighen
1881–1918
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Lucy Hollande Meighen Porter
1883–1968
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Marcus "Mark" Meighen
1885–1962
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Frank Whitlatch Meighen
1886–1960
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John Lynn Meighen
1888–1983
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Alice Margaret Meighen McGlumphy
1889–1939
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Catherine J. Meighen Minton
1891–1976
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Robert P. Meighen
1892–1950
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Adalyn E Meighen Thomas
1895–1991
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Glenn E. Meighen
1904–1940
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