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Show An old resident of Ogdm and a former for-mer postmaster here passed away early ear-ly yesterday morning when death olaimed Charles Meighau. Although Mr. Melghan has not been in good ' health for some time past, his death was quite unexpected. A few davs ago he went to the home of his old friend, Nels Winters, at Huntsvlllo, for a short visit While thero he was taken ill with a serious attack of heart trouble and could not be removed to the Arlington hotel, where ho has made his home for some time past. His condition grew worse rapidly and death resulted at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Melghan was born in New York and died at the age of 52 years. He grew to manhood in the eastern state and for several years was engaged in the newspaper business at Williamsburg, Williams-burg, N. Y., with his father, Thaddeus Melghan, who was a, pioneer newspaper newspa-per man or New York" stato. Upon leaving New York, Mr. Meighan wont to Towa and engaged in the abstract business at Atlantic From that place he removed to Ogden twenty-one years ago. He became a member of an abstracting firm hero and engaged In that business during the greater portion of his long residence resi-dence In the city His appointment as postmaster for four years took place under President William McKlnley's first term. Surviving the deceased are tho divorced di-vorced wife, two sons, Charles, a former for-mer editor of the Ogden Morning Examiner, Ex-aminer, but now editor of tho Live Wire at Pendleton, Ore., and Frank, employed at the Devil's Slide cement plant, and one daughter, Florence. The body has been removed from the Winters home to the Heaton-Klr-kendall funeral chapel, but arrangements arrange-ments for tho funeral have not been made pending the arrival of the son, Charles, from Oregon. oo |
