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Born 1827, Darke county
From A pictorial outline history of Darke County, Ohio with portraits and biography of prominent citizens of the county, county and ex-county officials, attorneys at law, city officials, bankers, capitalis (1889), The history of Darke County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; (1880)
DAVID L. MEEKER, lawyer and Judge, was born in Darke Co. in 1827; he experienced a farmer's boyhood and received a meager common-school education, supplemented by a brief course of academic instruction; he taught school several winters; he read law with the late Judge Ebenezer Parsons, of Miami Co., and was admitted to the bar in 1851; in May, 1853, he opened a law office in Greenville; in 1856, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Darke County, and re-elected in 1858. In 1861, he was elected Common Pleas Judge of the first subdivision of the Second Judicial District, but resigned in 1866; in 1872, he was appointed by Gov. Noy'es to fill a vacancy on the same bench, occasioned by the resignation of Judge J. C. McKenny, and, in 1873, he was elected to the same position without opposition; again, in 1878, upon the recommendation of all parties, he was unanimously elected. Judge Meeker has been twice married. In 1857, he married Miss Mary A. Deardorf, from which union were born eight children: she died in 1876. In 1878, he married Miss Jennie D. Crisler, of Eaton, Ohio. Politically, Judge Meeker is a Democrat; personally, he is a gentleman of correct views and strict integrity.
As printed in The history of Darke County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; (1880). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
JUDGE DAVID L. MEEKER,
OMiVlON Pleas Judge and attorney at law, was born in Darke county, Ohio, in 1827. His boyhood was spent on a farm and he received a common-school education, and took a course in academic instruction; taught school several terms, and read law with-the late Judge Ebenezer Parsons, of Miami county, and was admitted to the bar in 1851. In May, 1853, he opened a law office in Greenville, and in 1856 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Darke county, and re-elected in 1858. In 1861 he was elected Common Pleas Judge in the first sub-division of the
Second Judicial district, but resigned in 1866; in 1872 he was appointed by Governor Noyes to fill a vacancy on the same bench, occasioned by a resignation, and in 1873 he was elected to the same position without opposition; again, in 1878, upon the recommendation of all parties, he was unanimously elected, his term expiring in 1883; in 1887 he was elected to the same position, which he is now filling. He has been married twice: in 1857 he was married to Miss Mary A. Deardorff, from which union eight children were born; she died in 1876, and in 1878 he was united in marriage with Miss Jennie D. Crisier, of Platon, Ohio. Politically he is a Democrat, but has no enmity to any party and thereby draws friendship from ail political sources. Jt is needless to add that he is one of the most highly respected citizens in Darke county. His long career as an attorney and jurist hasenabled him to accumulate a handsome fortune, and a cut of his elegant and substantial residence, which is equaled by t few if any in the county, is found elsewhere in this volume. His repeated calls to the highest office in the gift of the people of this county, is an index of the universal esteem in which Judge Meeker is held in this section of Ohio.
Residence of Judge David I,. Meeker, Greenville, Ohio.
As printed in A pictorial outline history of Darke County, Ohio with portraits and biography of prominent citizens of the county, county and ex-county officials, attorneys at law, city officials, bankers, capitalist (1889). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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