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| 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. | |
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| Residence | 1920 | St Elmo, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA |
| Residence | Between 1930 and 1940 | Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA |
| Burial | 1998 | Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA [8] |
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| Death | 17 Aug 1998 | Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA [1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13] |
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| 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) | |||
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| Family ID | F65151 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
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