Cecil Ridge Meacham

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• _STAT: Never Married
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

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Died:
Cecil Meacham
Cecil Meacham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charls S. Meacham, died at the home of his parents, 606 N. Grove avenue Tuesday evening of typhoid pneumonia, after an illness of only nine days.
Cecil Meacham was born in Peoria, Ill., and was aged 16 years and 4 months, having lived in Oak Park about sixteen years. He was a member of the freshman class in the high school and that class offered a tribute of beautiful flowers. He was a member of First M. E. Church and the funeral service was conducted by Rev. M. R. Williams, his pastor, the interment being at Forest Home on Thursday at 2 o'clock.
Cecil was a great comfort to his parents, being of an obedient ant affectionate nature, and was popular among his schoolmates. He graduated from Central School, but owing to ill-health he lost two years of school. He was a member of the Y. M. C. A.
Mr. and Mrs. Meacham have the sympathy of the community in their affliction.
?Oak Park (IL) Reporter Argus, 14 Jan 1905, pg. 1