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Identifier: encyclopediaofpe01jord (find matches)
Title: Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography : illustrated
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921, ed Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, 1862-1929, ed Spofford, Ernest, ed Godcharies, Frederic Antes, 1872-1944 ed Keator, Alfred Decker, ed
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Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ial methods eminently fitted himfor the great task he assumed, and haveenabled him to administer the varied in-terests of this great estate, and so con-trol its different features that he haswon an honored position in the financialcircles of Philadelphia and New York.He is president and director of the Com-mercial Truck Company of America, thePenn Central Light and Power Com-pany, and the Utilities Corporation. Heis a director of the Winifrede Coal Com-pany, the Winifrede Railroad Company,and the Hudson & Manhattan RailroadCompany. Not entirely is Mr. Meirs immersed inbusiness, but avails himself of all meansof recreation, mental and social enjoy-ment, possible. He is a member of theFirst Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry;life member of the Historical Society ofPennsylvania, the Academy of Fine Arts,and a manager of Franklin Institute.His clubs are the University, Racquet,Princeton, Huntington Valley, Countryand Corinthian Yacht of Philadelphia;the Metropolitan and Princeton of New
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY York. He is a member of Holy TrinityProtestant Episcopal Church, and in po-litical preference is a Republican. He married, October 31, 1894, in Ger-mantown, Annie Walker Weightman,daughter of Dr. William (deceased), andSabine dInvilliers Weightman, and agranddaughter of William Weightman,the distinguished chemist, manufacturerand business man of Philadelphia.(See Weightman.) Children: WilliamWeightman, born September 18, 1895;Anne Walker, August 25, 1898; Jarvis,June 12, 1901. When leisure allows, Mr. Meirs findsrest and recreation in travel, while hisevery day delight is in art and literature.The family home is at No. 1724 Walnutstreet, Philadelphia. CARNEGIE, Andrew, Manufacturer, Financier, Philanthropist. Lives of great men possess fascinatinginterest to the student of human nature,and one naturally seeks to discover thesecret source of their power to rise su-perior to every circumstance; or to findthe impelling force that drives them everonward and upwar

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Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921, ed; Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, 1862-1929, ed; Spofford, Ernest, ed; Godcharies, Frederic Antes, 1872-1944 ed;

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