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Hiram Craig Meek

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Hiram Craig Meek

Birth
Washington County, Oregon, USA
Death
13 May 1858 (aged 16)
Washington County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
L31-0
Memorial ID
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His family was one of the earliest settlers in this Tuality Plains area.

DIED: The Weekly Oregonian newspaper. Sat. morning May 22, 1858 2:5.
In Washington County, Oregon, of typhoid fever May 12th, HIRAM C. MEEK, second son of Joseph L. Meek, aged 17 years.
(California and Tennessee papers please copy)
Alternative death date: July 1858.

Note: Cenotaph. Names of 4 children: Atchison Dallas, Hiram C., William Henry, and Josephine Meek who died prior to establishment of this church and cemetery. They are interred at the site of Methodist Meeting House (no longer in existence) near here.
His family was one of the earliest settlers in this Tuality Plains area.

DIED: The Weekly Oregonian newspaper. Sat. morning May 22, 1858 2:5.
In Washington County, Oregon, of typhoid fever May 12th, HIRAM C. MEEK, second son of Joseph L. Meek, aged 17 years.
(California and Tennessee papers please copy)
Alternative death date: July 1858.

Note: Cenotaph. Names of 4 children: Atchison Dallas, Hiram C., William Henry, and Josephine Meek who died prior to establishment of this church and cemetery. They are interred at the site of Methodist Meeting House (no longer in existence) near here.

Inscription

H.C. Meek
Died May 13, 1858
Aged 17 years

Gravesite Details

4 Meek family childrens' names on base, who died between 1858-1860, and his sister Mary (Lane) Meek is engraved above the base. On other sides: Joseph Meek, Virginia Meek



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  • Maintained by: JEdwards
  • Originally Created by: TwinTwo
  • Added: Jul 6, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20314727/hiram_craig-meek: accessed ), memorial page for Hiram Craig Meek (3 Feb 1842–13 May 1858), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20314727, citing Old Scotch Church Cemetery, Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by JEdwards (contributor 47249869).