From Loomis Meigs' bio on his memorial -
The wife of Mr. Meigs was also one of the plucky pioneers of Oklahoma, as she came to this territory in 1889 and took up a homestead claim, being granted a deed thereto. The place is on the northeastern quarter of section 13, township 13, range 6 west, but it has now passed into other hands, as Mrs. Meigs sold it a few years ago. She was Miss Alice Gragg prior to her marriage, and Shelby county, Ill., is her birthplace. She is a daughter of Charles and Harriet (Lowe) Gragg, and accompanied them in their removal to Kansas in 1883. In that state also she took and proved up a pre-emption claim. On the 5th of June, 1895, she became the wife of our subject. As the sod-house in which she then was living was comfortable, the young couple made it their home for some time, and their only child, Edith Lucy, was born in that humble abode. They now have a larger and pleasanter residence. During 1900 our subject purchased eighty acres adjoining his home place, and now resides on the eighty-acre tract.
(Contributed by Douglas Robinson)
The wife of Mr. Meigs was also one of the plucky pioneers of Oklahoma, as she came to this territory in 1889 and took up a homestead claim, being granted a deed thereto. The place is on the northeastern quarter of section 13, township 13, range 6 west, but it has now passed into other hands, as Mrs. Meigs sold it a few years ago. She was Miss Alice Gragg prior to her marriage, and Shelby county, Ill., is her birthplace. She is a daughter of Charles and Harriet (Lowe) Gragg, and accompanied them in their removal to Kansas in 1883. In that state also she took and proved up a pre-emption claim. On the 5th of June, 1895, she became the wife of our subject. As the sod-house in which she then was living was comfortable, the young couple made it their home for some time, and their only child, Edith Lucy, was born in that humble abode. They now have a larger and pleasanter residence. During 1900 our subject purchased eighty acres adjoining his home place, and now resides on the eighty-acre tract.
(Contributed by Douglas Robinson)
From Loomis Meigs' bio on his memorial -
The wife of Mr. Meigs was also one of the plucky pioneers of Oklahoma, as she came to this territory in 1889 and took up a homestead claim, being granted a deed thereto. The place is on the northeastern quarter of section 13, township 13, range 6 west, but it has now passed into other hands, as Mrs. Meigs sold it a few years ago. She was Miss Alice Gragg prior to her marriage, and Shelby county, Ill., is her birthplace. She is a daughter of Charles and Harriet (Lowe) Gragg, and accompanied them in their removal to Kansas in 1883. In that state also she took and proved up a pre-emption claim. On the 5th of June, 1895, she became the wife of our subject. As the sod-house in which she then was living was comfortable, the young couple made it their home for some time, and their only child, Edith Lucy, was born in that humble abode. They now have a larger and pleasanter residence. During 1900 our subject purchased eighty acres adjoining his home place, and now resides on the eighty-acre tract.
(Contributed by Douglas Robinson)
The wife of Mr. Meigs was also one of the plucky pioneers of Oklahoma, as she came to this territory in 1889 and took up a homestead claim, being granted a deed thereto. The place is on the northeastern quarter of section 13, township 13, range 6 west, but it has now passed into other hands, as Mrs. Meigs sold it a few years ago. She was Miss Alice Gragg prior to her marriage, and Shelby county, Ill., is her birthplace. She is a daughter of Charles and Harriet (Lowe) Gragg, and accompanied them in their removal to Kansas in 1883. In that state also she took and proved up a pre-emption claim. On the 5th of June, 1895, she became the wife of our subject. As the sod-house in which she then was living was comfortable, the young couple made it their home for some time, and their only child, Edith Lucy, was born in that humble abode. They now have a larger and pleasanter residence. During 1900 our subject purchased eighty acres adjoining his home place, and now resides on the eighty-acre tract.
(Contributed by Douglas Robinson)
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