Jacob W. Meese – First Lieutenant, United States Army

December 6, 1912 – Captain J. W. Meese, the first business manager of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and widely known in publishing circles, died yesterday morning at the residence of his son, Horace S. Meese, 515 West 184th Street, New York City, after an illness of two years, in his seventy-second year.

For fifteen years he was manager of the Pennsylvania State Printing Officer at Harrisburg, and was at one time connected with the Irving Press of this city.

Captain Meese served throughout the Civil War in the Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry, enlisting as a Private.  A widow and three sons survive him.  He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery at Washington.


MEESE, JACOB W

  • 1LT CO F, 45TH PA INF
  • DATE OF DEATH: 12/05/1912
  • BURIED AT: SECTION SD WS  SITE 2263
  • ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

MEESE, ANNA S W/O JACOB W

  • DATE OF DEATH: 10/12/1938
  • BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH  SITE 2263
  • ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
  • WIFE OF JWMEESE, 1ST LT CO F, 45TH PENNA INF

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