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1900biographical Histof
Miami
Co
Ohio Biography 2122 Page
1of2
M R S .
EUSE I B . MEEKS
W A ^ W W A W A ^ V A V . V A ^ W ^ V ^ W y V V W AW . V i V A V A V ;V A V / A ^ V VA r t ^ V A VA W ^ W A V A W W A V A W A A W . W ^ ^ ^
In
every community
areto be found
women who
afterdischarging the
domestic duties
pertaining
towife and mother,find time toworkwith either pen or hand for the good
of
the communityin
whichthey live. Whendeep sorrow needsa comforting word andtearsareto bewiped away by
softandgentle hand the poortobe relieved andthe hungry
fed;
when the forsaken need a friend
andthe outcast a prayer; wheregood is tobe doneandthe community madebetterin thename
andbythegrace ofour
loving
God they areat work. Such a lifewasledbyMrs. Eusebia B.
Meeks whodiedin Troy
Ohio
June 17,1889. Shewasthedaughter ofRev. JohnBlodgett, a
Baptist minister and hiswife Roxanna Davenport Blodgett and wasbomJune7,1821, in
Champion,Jefferson county. NewYork.
Herfatherwas ofHuguenot ancestry, andthe story of theescapeofhisancestors from the bloody
massacreof St.Bartholomew s daywas handeddown from generationto generationwith reverent
andthrilling interest. Thespirit ofbravery and if need be, ofmartyrdom for conscience sake
descended to the posterity of herHuguenot ancestor andwas possessed in a marked degree by
the subject
of
this sketch.
Mrs. Meeks earlylifewas spent largely in the compatuonship of her fatherandher early
education was
conducted
by him. Shewasa delicate childandwhen an infant became lamefrom
an accident, the result of the carelessness ofa nursegirlwho had chargeof her.For that reason
she could not be sent to school,but she receiveda goodhomeeducationand acquired the habits
of
deep
earnest thought not
only
inher studies butothersubjects of general interest. Asshegrew
to
womanhood herphysical trouble grewbetter, andshewas ableto walk but neverentirely
recovered from her lameness. When about eighteenyears
of
age she enteredand attendedfor two
years
a seminary at
Harveysburg conducted
bythe
Friends or
as
they were
called
inthat
day
Quakers. In her twentietii year she unitedwith theBaptist churchand for manyyearswas a
faithful, devotedmemberof that church,but in later years sheunitedwith the Presbyterian
church,
of
Troy.
Onthe 11thdayofFebmary, 1847 shewasmarried toMr.William Harris, whodiedfouryears
later. Their married life was one of rare affection and trust. One daughterwas bo m to them,now
Mrs. AnnaD. Stillwell,whose one aim in life has been to follow the example
of
her mother, and
she is one of the good, useful women
of
Troy.
After her husband s deathMrs.Meeks made her homewith her parents,who had removed to
Casstown Miami county Ohio untilthe 11thdayof September 1853 whenshewasunitedin
marriage toDr.I.
S.
Meeks. They
removed to Troy inNovember
1859
and remained thereuntil
s he w a s c a ll e d fro m labor to reward.
WhenMrs.Meeks was a girl of thirteenyears, her fatheraccepteda pastorateat Lebanon,Ohio,
and there she was associated in church and society with the Corwins and had access to the library
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1900^Biographical
HistofMiami Co
Ohio
Biography 2122 Page2 of 2
Hon. Thomas Convin. She early became an uncompromising foe
slavery and intemperance.
She was gifted as a writer and had the ability to clothe her thoughts in pure vigorous English but
she never searched for graces of rhetoric to renderattractive the arguments of her convictions.
Herwritings never sparkled with wit yetwere
sometimes
in her earnestness
touched
withthe
spirit bitter cutting sarcasm.
She was one of the active Crusaders of Troy and devoted the later years of life to the cause
temperance
andshedieda veteran in active warfare against the accursed traffic. Hervoice and
pen
have
long
been
silent
in the
solitude
ofthegrave buthermemory remains
with
her friends
and sis-ters the Woman s Christian Temperance Union serving as an inspiration to them to
battle on for a higherand noblerstandard of manhood and womanhood E. S. W.
Return to the Biogrcq^hv Index
Copyrigbt 1999by Computerized HeritageAssociatioiL
All Rights Reserved.
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W.
H.
Allen writes me
that
Web
Meeks
has carried his last pouch of
mail from
Corwin
to the postoffice.
Web died last Saturday and thus has
passed a landmark of Waynesville
with whom we have been farmiliar
fo r 40 years and mor e.
Last December I wasdown home,
Ialways call Waynesville home in
a very affectionate sense and as I
waited fo r
th e
train westward
as I
was departing that Monday morning j
chatted with Web about his work,1
I
then
remarked to him
that
it would
;not seem
the
Waynesville that I know,
if I could not see him carrying the
pmaii
to andf ro. For Web was just
familiar as the. old station, .Kil-
bon s store, or the covered bridge.
Among
my earlist recollections
^ate
Elwood Meeks and his son, Web,:
-carrying th e mail. Until
th e
father
d ied Web was
his ass is tant and then
;the official mantle fell on
th e
son.
Web bowed down under the weight
ipf the mail sacks t rudged through
sunshine or storm, through heat or
laid, day inand day out. I am told
|hat
Web never missed
fire.
He
^as
at the station on timefor every
|nail train. Even when
the
flood
ffiovered the road, old Web managed
amderdifficultconditions to
ge t
across
|f it were possible to
do
so.
And
^_hen
he could
not he was bitterij'
fflisappointed.Frequently hearrang^-
o get the
mail
by way of L^a-
ffion
when the waters were deep and
phe current
swift.
E
Web.
too,
for many years carried
Cincinnati papers. 1 shall
re -
Raember himparticularly ashewend-,
Ed his
way
about town Sunday |
mornings after the -papers
were]
P^ught over
from the
morning:
^aijj. serving his
customers
and;
when
we think of Web and his long
Period of
service,
the relationship he
Sas borne to the community and its
people, we realize how many lives he
^ s
touched, how many were wont
call
him
Web , I t would be a
glorious
roll
call.
I d
be delighted
g all could be
recalled
and pass once
more
in review. And
there
could
e f nu nd n o o ne but would feel mov-
piln_drnp.a.flQwer and a frftgrflpf.
me too, on Web's
grave and say
a
gprd of
praise
in
his
behalf.
:|
gDaniel
Webster
Meeks He borej
gmighty name. Daniel Webster in
s day
and
generation served
his'
untrv
with distinction, with bril--
ability andwith
conspicpus
suc-l
Paniel
weoster
Meeks, his
name
sake,
a withoutjhe advantages i
oTbirth, educa tfon; mentality or op- ^
pertunitv of
th e
illustrious
states
man whose
name
he bore, was
non?
the leas faithful, loyal and true to
the public service.
.Web's
l ife is
an
example
of genuine
fidelity. Never
shall we se e t hi s spl endid
atti tude
of
character
more abundantly
or
nicely demonstrated. His ways
were
circumscribed,
his
range
of ac--
tivity was nod large. He had, his
physical limitations.
We
frequently
had
some
quiet
fun.
at
Web s
expense.
We
referred to^.
him at t imes flippantly. We regard--
ed him as an odd genius, as a town
character, peculiar and picturesque.
Yet, with
it
all, I am
glad to
re-'
cord a
personal
appreciation
of
th e
work, and loyal public service of
this
man. In
the
earnestness and fidelity
and in the conscientious and scrupu
lous care with which he went about
riis business,,he was a model, and a
worthy one.. He excelled many of
usin this trait. And when I say
this of Web Meeks, I am only voic
ing the sentiment of those who have
known him and whohavebeen linked
in any way to Waynesville
It
will not seem quite the same to re-;
turn to Waynesvi le and not find;
Web
with the mail
sacks. His
trips
are ended He deserved more in a
material way. I wish it had been
possible for the post office depart
ment to have compensated him more
pneroualy. He leaves not
money
but a record of loyal service, lone
and faithful. That is worth far
mce than material possessions, .
OM Web Meeks. We
areglad he
Y - We are glad he is associated
with Wavnesville. Wewill remem
ber him with keen pleasure. We
.lay a wreath on his grave, just a
humble
tribute of
good
will
and
good
wishes
from the hundreds who rec
ognize
his
long
and faithful public
s e rv ic e
C. M. Cartwrignt