OBIT: John Howard MEAGER, 1932, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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JOHN HOWARD MEAGER

  John Howard Meager, a well-known former citizen of Salisbury, died at his home 
in Havre De Grace, Md., Monday, the 19th inst., at 10 p.m., after a long 
illness, never having fully recovered from a paralytic stroke he received more 
than a year ago.  His body will be sent here for burial.  Funeral will take 
place at 2 p.m. Saturday, the 24th inst.
  Mr. Meager was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Meager, who were natives of 
England, and came to this community from Frostburg, Md., in 1878, when John 
Howard was a very small boy.  The father was a mine superintendent for a number 
of years, in the employ of the late J. J. Hoblitzell, at the old Flog Hill Mine 
for some years, but in the latter "eighties" embarked in the coal mining 
business for himself, and amassed quite a fortune.
  John Howard succeeded his father in the operation of the Meager Mine soon 
after his father's death, and for a number of years was the most extensive coal 
operator in the Elk Lick region.  Like his father, he was also engaged in the 
merchandising business in Salisbury for a number of years.  Within the last 
decade financial reverses came to him, after which his interest in this 
community were disposed of, and he located in Maryland, where his family later 
joined him.
  He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Shaw Martin of Meyersdale, and Mrs. 
Arthur Emerick of Akron, Ohio.  He is also survived by his wife and the 
following named children:  Hazel, wife of David Harris, of West Salisbury; 
Elizabeth, wife of William Garlitz, of Central City; Charles, of Friedens, John 
H. and Mrs. Jean Roberts, of Havre De Grace, Md.
  While a resident of Salisbury Mr. Meager served his fellow citizens as a 
member of the school board.  He was a member of the M. E. Church, and also of 
the Masonic fraternity.  Like most men, he had his faults, but he also had many 
fine traits of character, and no man possessed a kinder heart than he, and to 
those in distress so long as he had the means, he was open-handed and helped to 
a degree unsurpassed and equalled by few.

Meyersdale Republican, December 22, 1932