Meacham, Ellis Kirby

1913 - 1998  (84 years)

• Name	Meacham, Ellis Kirby  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Birth	5 Sep 1913	Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA   [1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Gender	Male
  LifeSketch	Ellis Kirby Meacham-He was an American attorney and judge who wrote three Napoleonic era nautical adventures. Meacham was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Eunice Jean (née Ellis) and Cowan White Kirby Meacham, an attorney. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with an A.B. in 1935 and Vanderbilt University with an LL.B in 1937. He married Jean Austin (a teacher and later dean at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) on February 12, 1940. He served in the United States Navy Reserve 1941-1945, attaining the rank of commander. Meacham was an attorney in Chattanooga from 1937 to 1972, when he became a judge in the Chattanooga Municipal Court. A grandson, Jon Meacham, is the editor of Newsweek and a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Meacham wrote a Napoloeonic nautical trilogy set in India published by Little, Brown in the United States and Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom. The hero of the books is Percival Merewether, an officer in the Honourable East India Company\'s private navy, known as the Bombay Marine. He died in 1998. His works include- The East Indiaman (1968) Set in 1806 - Merewether commands HEICS Rapid On the Company\'s Service, (1971) Set in 1806-1807 - Merewether commands HEICS Rapid again, and serves as Commodore For King and Company, (1976) Set in 1807-1808 – Merewether commands HEICS Pitt as a senior captain His obituary- MEACHAM, Ellis K.:- Friday, August 21, 1998 Services will be at 2 p.m. today at St. Paul\'s Episcopal Church with Judge Sam Payne and the Rev. Stephen Askew officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the U.C. Foundation for the Ellis Meacham Writer\'s Workshop. Visitation will be 1 p.m. today until the time of the service in the Alva Wright Room at the church. Arrangements by the West Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
  	20251203GSHLn- Ellis Kirby Meacham-He was an American attorney and judge who wrote three Napoleonic era nautical adventures. Meacham was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Eunice Jean (née Ellis) and Cowan White Kirby Meacham, an attorney. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with an A.B. in 1935 and Vanderbilt University with an LL.B in 1937. He married Jean Austin (a teacher and later dean at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) on February 12, 1940. He served in the United States Navy Reserve 1941-1945, attaining the rank of commander. Meacham was an attorney in Chattanooga from 1937 to 1972, when he became a judge in the Chattanooga Municipal Court. A grandson, Jon Meacham, is the editor of Newsweek and a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Meacham wrote a Napoloeonic nautical trilogy set in India published by Little, Brown in the United States and Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom. The hero of the books is Percival Merewether, an officer in the Honourable East India Company's private navy, known as the Bombay Marine. He died in 1998. His works include- The East Indiaman (1968) Set in 1806 - Merewether commands HEICS Rapid On the Company's Service, (1971) Set in 1806-1807 - Merewether commands HEICS Rapid again, and serves as Commodore For King and Company, (1976) Set in 1807-1808 – Merewether commands HEICS Pitt as a senior captain His obituary- MEACHAM, Ellis K.:- Friday, August 21, 1998 Services will be at 2 p.m. today at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with Judge Sam Payne and the Rev. Stephen Askew officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the U.C. Foundation for the Ellis Meacham Writer's Workshop. Visitation will be 1 p.m. today until the time of the service in the Alva Wright Room at the church. Arrangements by the West Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home.
  Residence	1920	St Elmo, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
  Residence	Between 1930 and 1940	Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
  Burial	1998	Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA   [8]
  	Forest Hills Cemetery
  Death	17 Aug 1998	Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA   [1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13]
  	age 84
  Obituary	18 Aug 1998	Tennessee, USA
  Race	White
  FSID	GMGT-GYK
  Person ID	I111399	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Meacham, Cowan White Kirby
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ellis, Eunice Jean
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F65152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Austin, Jean Bevan,   b. 18 May 1918, Missouri, USA d. 20 Jan 1986, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years)
  Children	1. Meacham, Jere Ellis,   b. 24 Jul 1946, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA d. 29 Sep 2008, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F65151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 5 Sep 1913 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Residence - 1920 - St Elmo, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Residence - Between 1930 and 1940 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Burial - 1998 - Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA Death - 17 Aug 1998 - Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Obituary - 18 Aug 1998 - Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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TNG ID: I111399

FSID: GMGT-GYK