Pennsylvania Family Group Sheet for The George W. MEILY-1 Family *********************************************** Copyright Sharon Pinkerton Wayland. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Sharon Pinkerton Wayland Email address: spwpcw@verizon.net Husband: George W. MEILY (1)(2)(3)(5)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12) Birthdate: January 16, 1846 Birthplace: Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., PA Death date: August 18, 1931 Place of death: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery Section N-2, Lot 70, Harrisburg, PA Father: Samuel MEILY (1813-1893) (1)(2) Mother: Catherine BOYER (1817-1897) (1)(2) Marriage date: February 7, 1867 Marriage place: Tremont Methodist Church, Tremont, Schuylkill Co., PA Wife: Emily "Emma" C. PINKERTON (1)(2)(6)(7)(8) Birthdate: February 8, 1842 Birthplace: Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA Death date: August 3, 1890 Place of death: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery Section N-2, Lot 70, Harrisburg, PA Father: George PINKERTON (1797-1875) Mother: Margaret WRIGHT (1803-1882) CHILDREN Child No. 1: Albert Eugene (1)(5) Sex: M Birthdate: March 14, 1868 Birthplace: PA Death date: July 3, 1944 Place of death: York, PA Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Section N-2, Lot 69, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA Marriage date: 1889/1890 Marriage place: PA Spouse's name: Emilia ___________ Child No. 2: Mary Sex: F Birthdate: 1868/1869 Birthplace: PA Death date: unknown Place of death: unknown Marriage date: Unknown Marriage place: Unknown Spouse's name: Unknown Child No. 3: Samuel E. (2) Sex: M Birthdate: 1869 Birthplace: PA Death date: June 30, 1870 Cause: "Cholera Infantum" Place of death: Baltimore, MD Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Section N-2, 81, Harrisburg, PA Child No. 4: Charles Wesley (1)(2)(4) Sex: M Birthdate: September 1873 Birthplace: Dauphin Co., PA Death date: November 22, 1930 Place of death: Baltimore, MD Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Section X-2, Lot 26 "McCARROLL Family Plot" Marriage date: October 18, 1899 Marriage place: Harrisburg, PA Spouse's name: Martha McCARROLL (4) Child No. 5: George Pinkerton (1)(2)(5) Sex: M Birthdate: November 5, 1878 Birthplace: Dauphin Co.,PA Death date: June 21, 1940 Place of death: Lemoyne, Cumberland Co., PA Buried: Harrisburg Cemetery, Section N-2, Lot69, Harrisburg, PA Marriage date: 1905 Marriage place: Unknown Spouse's name: Nellie K. KARPER FATHER: Samuel KARPER MOTHER: Mary RENSHAW ============================================================================== Documentation: 1. Tombstone Inscription: Harrisburg Cemetery, 13th Street, Harrisburg, PA Section N-2, Lot 70 2. Harrisburg Cemetery Association Surname File Cards: George W. MEILY cause of death "Myocarditis"; Emily C. MEILY - cause of death "Bright's Disease", George Pinkerton MEILY cause of death "Coronary Thrombosis"; Albert Eugene MEILY cause of death "Chronic Myocarditis"; Samuel E. Meily cause of death "Cholera Infantum"; Charles W. MEILY cause of death "Cardiac Failure" 3. Boyd's Harrisburg City Directory: "George W. MEILY" 1874-"Boots & Shoes, 216 Market St, Home: 11 South Third Street; 1876 - Business Ad "Geo. W. Meily, 214 & 216 Market St. Boots, Shoe, Gaiters Rubbers and Slippers" 1889- George Meily Home: Philadelphia Street; 1898- George Meily Home: 409 North Second Street 4. Tombstone Inscription: Harrisburg Cemetery, Section X-2, Lot 26, McCarroll Family Plot, Harrisburg, PA 5. George W. MEILY Obit, Dauphin County Historical Society Obituaries Scrapbook Book 3, p.83, Harrisburg, PA "...He had been ill for seven weeks..., "Mr. Meily helped to build the ramparts at Fort Washington when the southern army threatened the Capital during the Civil War...He was one of the ten original subscribers to the Telephone Company, the oldest active member of the Chamber of Commerce .. charter member of the Y.M.C.A. Mr MEILY was also a member of the Grace Methodist Church... Survived by his widow Mrs. Lillian Bowers Meily: two sons, Albert E. Meily, of York and George P. Meily of this city and six grandchildren." 6. Orphans Court Docket #20, Schuylkill Co. Estate of George Pinkerton, listing his lineal descendants, March 1882, p289 "Emma intermarried with George W. Meily", p.297 "Emma Meily wife of George W. Meily, North West corner of Third and Locust Streets, Harrisburg, PA" 7. "Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin Co., PA", 1896, J. Runk & Co, Chambersburg, Pa, P571 - George W. MEILY "...1861 he united with Jeremiah Horner and formed the firm of Horner & Meily, which conducted the auctioneer business for two years...Mr. Meily is a stockholder in the East Harrisburg Railway Company..." 8. Federal Census Harrisburg: 1880 4th Ward"George W. Meily, 36 Shoe Merchant, Emma 34, Albert 12, Charles 6, George 1, Mary 11" 9. Federal Census Harrisburg: 1900 1st Precinct, George W. Meily, January 1846, 54, Lillian B., July 1862, 37... 409 Second Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA 10. Federal Census Harrisburg: 1910 4th Ward, George W. Meily, 64, Lily, 47" + 9 boarders, "132 Locust Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA 11. "History of Harrisburg Cemetery Association with It's Charter, By-laws and Regulations, together with a list of the Owners of Lots", prepared by John A. SMULL, Secretary; Harrisburg, Telegraph Printing House, 1876, p54 "George W. Meily Section I lot 43" 12. Huntington Co., PA Marriage License Documents V 10-11, 1897-1901: "Lillian B. Greathead, 36 to G.W. Meily, 52, former wife died 6 years ago, License #3629, Married 2/10/1989 in Huntingdon, PA" Notes: *There is a discrepancy with the age at death for George W. MEILY. Obit heading reads "George W. Meily Dies At Age of Ninety-one Years" August 18, 1931. Harold L. PINKERTON Genealogy Source Notebook "MEILY/PINKERTON". Harold is the great-great grandson of George PINKERTON The inspiration for Pinkerton Genealogy by Harold L. PINKERTON and his daughter, Sharon P.WAYLAND came from communication with Paul W. PINKERTON a distant cousin (now deceased), and his daughter Helen P.RYDELL, who in 1984-1990 worked on mapping the various branches of Pinkerton cousins.