BIO:  George MECKLEY, Tyrone Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Pages 513-514

GEORGE MECKLEY, farmer and justice of the peace, P. O. Heidlersburg, was born in 
Tyrone Township, this county, June 29, 1842, and is a son of George Meckley, 
Sr., who was a son of George, the latter being a son of John George, a native of 
Germany, and the founder of the family in this country.  George Meckley, Sr., 
was born in York County, Penn., and removed to Adams County, Penn., with his 
wife and two children, Samuel and William, in 1836.  He died in August, 1870, 
aged sixty-three years.  His wife died in 1854, aged forty-five years.  Both 
were members of the Lutheran Church.  He was a director of the poor from 1863 to 
1866.  To him were born eight children, six of whom were born in Adams County:  
Anna M. (deceased), Catherine (deceased), George, Elizabeth Ann, John F. (killed 
by a runaway team) and Lucy A.  Mr. Meckley married Lydia (Wolf) Flickinger for 
his second wife.  George Meckley, our subject, was reared on a farm, and in the 
district schools obtained a practical education.  In 1865 he married Mary Getz, 
and immediately afterward settled where he now resides, purchasing at the time 
124 acres of land.  In 1879 he was elected justice of the peace of Tyrone 
Township, and was re-elected in 1884, his term expiring in 1889; was director of 
his school district five years, for four of which he was secretary of the board; 
also served as secretary of the board of directors of the poor of Adams County, 
from 1882 to 1886.  He is one of the directors of the Mummasburg Mutual Fire 
Protection Society, having been elected in 1886.  Mr. Meckley possesses good 
executive ability, and in the discharge of his duty, whether of an official or 
private nature, he is always found on the side of safety and right.  As proof of 
this, we cite the fact that, out of seventy-nine cases tried before his 
tribunal, only one has been appealed.  He and his wife are exemplary members of 
the Lutheran Church, with which they have been connected upward of twenty-five 
years.  In the church, Mr. Meckley is an untiring worker, and a generous 
supporter of all Christian and benevolent enterprises.  Seven children were born 
to Mr. and Mrs. Meckley:  Anna K., Mary A., William F., Minnie E., Alta A., 
Clara M. G. and Maggie M.  He affiliates with the Democratic party.