Meacham - John T.
Source: Parke Co. Indiana Centennial Memoiral, 1816-1916 p 59
General John T. Meacham, who was one of the early business men of
Parke county was born in North Carolina July 6, 1812. When 20 he came to
Rockville and began to work at the saddler's trade. In 1838 he was
elected by the officers o the Indiana Legion, Brigadier-General, a rank
he retained until the system of milita then in vogue was abolished in
1852. In 1848 he was elected to the Indiana Legislature as an
independent Democrat. he was a Democrat until the passage of the
Kansas-Nebraska act. General Meacham was a prominent layman of the
Methodist Church and was the first lay delegate from Rockville to take
part in conference. This was at Crawfordsville in 1868 - Bishop Ames
presiding. - typed by kbz