Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Meikle, Hugh F. 1863 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

HUGH F. MEIKLE.

    Hugh F. Meikle, dealer in coal, brick, wood, lime and cement, at Hammond,
has been well known in the business circles of this city for the past seven or
eight years, and for the past five years has been established in his present
business, which he conducts with satisfactory success, and with such fair and
square dealing and enterprise that he enjoys a good patronage. He is a man of
proved ability, having been a salesman and in business for himself for a number
of years, and has long since found his proper sphere of usefulness in the world.

    He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, October 17, 1863, being now the only
survivor of two sons and one daughter born to Thomas and Margaret (Fulton)
Meikte, both natives of Scotland. Mr. Meikle's forefathers have resided for
generations in Scotland. His great-grandparents were James and Elizabeth Meikle.
His grandfather, also James Meikle, was a contractor of Scotland and was also
mayor of Muir Kirk. He died in Scotland when about seventy-twTo years old, and
his wife, Mary (Brown) Meikle, was also past seventy at the time of her death.
They had a large family of children.

    Thomas Meikle was a blacksmith, learning the trade in his native country. He
came to America about 1858, locating in Louisville, Kentucky, where he began the
manufacture of agricultural implements. He died in Chicago while on a visit to
his son Hugh F., in 1897, at the age of seventy. He and his wife were
Presbyterians, and the latter still survives, making her home in Louisville. She
was one of a large family of children born to Hugh and Agnes (Stuart) Fulton,
both natives of Scotland, and the former a shoe merchant of Kilmarnock. Hugh
Fulton was eighty-four years* old when he died, and his wife lived to the
patriarchal age of ninety-six, so it seems that all branches of the family have
been very long-lived and endowed with Scotch hardihood and strength.

    Hugh F. Meikle was reared in Louisville. He had a good public school course,
graduating from the high school in 1880. He then began work in his father's plow
factory and afterward was advanced to the superintendency of the factory. He
held this position until 1888, and from then until 1896 was on the road as a
plow expert. He was called to Hammond in the latter year in order to install the
machinery for what was known as the Chicago Ax Company's plant. After that was
accomplished he was on the road for eighteen months longer, and in May, 1899,
engaged in the wood and coal business in Hammond, which enterprise he has
continued, with enlarged facilities, to the present time.

    July 22, 1885, Mr. Meikle married Miss Emma E. Korb, a daughter of Jacob and
Caroline (Steinage) Korb. Two daughters have been born of this marriage, Agnes
and Eunice. Mr. Meikle is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is also a
Mason of high standing. He is master of Garfield Lodge No. 569, F. & A. M., and
a member of Hammond Chapter No. 117, R. A. M., and Hammond Commandery No 41, K.
T. He also has fraternal membership with the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks. In politics he is a Republican. He is prominent and well known in the
business and social circles of his city. He was elected president of the Hammond
school board, February 26, 1904.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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