Dade County FlArchives Biographies.....Meloy, Charles R. 1872 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Rayburn http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006128 November 6, 2015, 10:47 pm Source: Vol. II pg.148 The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923 Author: History of Florida, Past and Present CHARLES R. MELOY was for many years a New England railroad official, but since 1904 has lived in Southern Florida, in the Miami District. He is one of the most loyal citizens of Miami Beach, and has taken an enthusiastic part in the rapid growth and development of that municipality and its world famous resort features. He was born at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1872, son of WILLIAM H. and HANNA (GOW) MELOY. He was reared and educated in New Haven, and as a youth entered the railroad service in the operating department of the New York, New Haven and Hartford at New Haven. He was with that system for fourteen years, rising from the ranks to superintendent of transportation of the company’s electric lines between New Haven and Bridgeport. A visit to Miami in 1904 gave him such a favorable impression of the possibilities and future of the region that he determined to remain. He engaged in business at Miami, and in 1915, having acquired property interests in Miami Beach, he purchased a home and removed to that town. In 1918 he was elected a member of the City Council of Miami Beach, and has been annually reelected in the first election he received the highest number of votes given to any candidate. While in the council he was two years Police Commissioner, and his department of service in the last two years has been that of health sanitation, and that essential feature of the city’s government has received his best thought and effort. He is an active member of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce. Mr. and Mrs. Meloy, who before her marriage was Miss EDITH RENZ of Bridgeport, Connecticut, perhaps own more property in Miami Beach than any other individual outside of the real estate corporations. This property includes the Meloy Apartments, and their own home is a beautiful and valuable place, covered with an acre of ground, fronting on the Alton Road and extending back to Biscayne Bay. Mr. Meloy is a member of Ocean Bay Lodge No. 180, F. and A. M., of Miami Beach, and is a member of the Grotto. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/dade/bios/meloy269bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/flfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb