Mr. Meacham is a native of New Hampshire, born on the 10th of September, 1837. His ancestors were early settlers of Connecticut, and his parents were Seth and Matilda (Farwell) Meacham, who were also born in the old Granite state. His father died when the subject of this sketch was but four years of age, and consequently the latter knows little of the ancestral history of the family.

Reared upon a farm in the state of Vermont, Mr. Meacham was educated in the public schools of Springfield, of that state. In 1860 he went to California, making the trip by way of the isthmus and arriving at San Francisco late in September of that year. He proceeded direct to Jenny Lind, Calaveras county, where he engaged in placer mining, meeting with success until the floods of 1861-2 came. He next went to the red woods, near where Palo Alto now stands, and secured work in a sawmill at sixty dollars per month, being employed at that place until 1864, when he came to Nevada. Going to Washoe county, he secured employment in the timber forests and continued to work in the woods and in a lumber mill until 1871, when he came to Virginia City and began business as manager of the Virginia lumber, wood and coal yard, in which position he has sold the greater part of the lumber, wood and coal used in Virginia City during the past thirty-three years. Because of his honorable methods and unfaltering diligence he well merits and has the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens.

On the 16th of December, 1884, Mr. Meacham was united in marriage to Mrs. Altana Powers, a native of Canada, who had a son that has been reared by them and who is now in the lumber of business with Mr. Meacham. Mrs. Meacham is a valued member of the Episcopal church and is active in promoting those interests and movements which are for the benefit of the city. Mr. Meacham's parents were members of the Methodist church, and he is a believer in its tenets. He also believes that if the teachings of Masonry are closely followed he will be honorable and upright and his life will be such as to command uniform confidence and respect. Mr. Meacham is a member of Virginia Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M.; Virginia Chapter No. 2, R. A. M., and DeWitt Clinton Commandery No. 1. K. T. He is also a member of Argenta Chapter No. 7, Order of the Eastern Star, of which his wife is the worthy matron. He has been a Iife-long Republican, and upon the ticket of his party was elected to the state assembly in 1898, where he proved an active working member, giving to each question which came up for settlement his earnest consideration that he might support or oppose it as he deemed it for the welfare of the state. His is a most creditable record of an honorable business man, loyal in citizenship and faithful in friendship.

Source:
A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People
By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company
Published by The Lewis publishing company, 1904