Crawford-Clark-Coles County IL Archives Biographies.....Megeath, H. 1845 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  H. MEGEATH, M D., Postmaster of West York, is descended from a family of
Scotch-Irish origin. His father, James Megeath, was born in Loudoun County, Va.,
November 14, 1809, and came to Clark County, Ill., with his parents when a lad.
After serving his minority upon the farm and getting in the meanwhile such
education as the schools of the period afforded, he engaged with his brother,
John, in the mixed business of farming, flat-boating and merchandising. In 1854,
he removed to Charleston, in this State, where he engaged in mercantile persuits
exclusively, continuing the business until his death on July 31, 1871. He was
married November 1, 1836, in Coles County, Ill., to Cynthia Craig, who was born
April 30, 1813, in Bracken County, Ky. She died March 30, 1875. Dr. Megeath is
the youngest of three children born to his parents. He is a native of Clark
County, where he was born January 1, 1845. He was little more than nine years
old when the family moved to Charleston, and very soon began attending the
academy at that town; at the age of sixteen, he began the study of medicine with
Drs. Allen and Van Meter, of Charleston. After studying with them for some five
years, he entered, in 1865, the Rush Medical College in Chicago, entering upon
the practice of his profession a year later at Olney, Ill. Here he formed a
partnership with Dr. Center, now a professor of the Evansville Medical College,
until 1868, when he removed to St. Marie, Jasper County, Ill. From thence he
went to Dundas, and later to Hardinsville, in Crawford County, Ill. At the
latter place, he entered into partnership with F. K. Waller, but in 1877 he
again removed to his present location at West York. At this place Dr. Megeath
took an active part in the general business of the place, erecting several
houses and subsequently disposing of them. In December, 1881, he erected a large
two-story building, designed for a residence in the upper story, and a store
room and office below. In the following spring he entered the  mercantile
business, at the same time receiving the appointment as Postmaster and Notary
Public. Since then the business has rapidly increased, and he is now fitting up
facilities for a large stock of goods, and considerable extension of his trade.
Mr. Megeath is a member of the Star Lodge, No. 419, of Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, at York.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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