Horry W. Meek Is Called by Death After a Lingering Illness
After an illness of several weeks, Horry W. Meek, one of the best known figures in the financial life of this county, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stuart W. Hawley, at the age of 53 years. Meek has been one of the principal builders of the region about San Leandro and Hayward, where the famous Meek ranch, at one time the largest in the world, is situated, and was besides president of the Bank of Hayward, the Suburban Electric Lighting Company, the California Nursery Company of Niles, and the Columbia Oil Company. Besides this, he was a director in the Union Savings Bank of Oakland and the T. B. and A. L. Stone Company.
SON OF WILLIAM MEEK
The deceased is the son of William Meek, who came to this state in 1847, settling on the present Meek property in 1859.
Meek senior purchased from the government about 3000 acres of land, on which the family home has been ever since.
After the death of his father Horry W. continued his residence on the home place, assuming the management of the estate until his younger brother, William E. was old enough to share its responsibilities with him.
The deceased received his early education in the public schools at Hayward, after which he entered the University of California, whence he graduated in 1877. Soon afterward, his father dying, he assumed the management of the estate.
ACTIVE IN EARLY DAYS
Horry W. Meek took an active part in the development of Alameda county. Twenty years ago he and his brother William associated themselves with Andrew L. Stone, Edson F. Adams and W. J. Landers in the building of the electric railway connecting Oakland with San Leandro, Hayward and San Lorenzo, which thereafter became an important factor in the development of the territory it traversed. From the time of the organization of the corporation until the line was sold in 1902 to the Oakland Consolidated railway, with which it was consolidated under the present name of the Oakland Traction company. Horry W. Meek was its president.
OF GENEROUS MIND.
Deceased was associated later with his brother in developing and building up a lucrative business in the raising and shipping of asparagus, which they conducted in connection with the management of the productive fruit orchards surrounding the old homestead. Horry W. was also one of the heaviest stockholders of the Hayward electric light and power plant. He was a man of generous impulses and contributed generously toward the establishment of many beneficial projects, and he was esteemed as a good citizen in the community in which he lived and among the vast number of his acquaintances throughout the county and elsewhere.
HAD LARGE INTERESTS
The deceased was born in 1857 in Milwaukee, Oregon, and in 1877 graduated from the University of California, where he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. On graduating from college he took full charge of his father's estates, the older man dying soon after this time. At this time Meek commenced the branching out into different enterprises which have made him one of the richest and best known men in this county.
Meek, in company with A. B. Stone and W. J. Landers, founded the Oakland, Hayward and San Leandro railway, which in 1903 was purchased by the Oakland Traction company, and which connects these two cities with Oakland. With his brother, W. H. Meek, he embarked on a scheme of raising celery and asparagus for the market, and at present, under the name of H. W. and W. H. Meek company, this business is being carried on at an island near Benicia.
With Cameron Hinckley of Fruitvale, Meek was the part owner of a 2000 acre ranch in the south end of the state, and is the owner of several small properties in California cities.
WIDOW SURVIVES HIM.
In 1884, Meek was married to Miss Harriet E. Webb, daughter of Captain Otis Webb of San Lorenzo. He is survived by Mrs. Meek. and a son, William H. Meek, and two daughters, Gladys Webb Meek and Mrs. Stuart S. Hawley of Oakland. His son is at present manager of the home place at Hayward, known as the "Orchards," and one daughter is living at the family residence.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, from the Hayward home place of the deceased. The interment will be a private affair, only members of the family and a few old employees of the dead man to be present. Sic old employees will act as pall bearers for the occasion, while twelve honorary pallbearers will be appointed to act, as well.
[Oakland Tribune 21 Jan 1910]
After an illness of several weeks, Horry W. Meek, one of the best known figures in the financial life of this county, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stuart W. Hawley, at the age of 53 years. Meek has been one of the principal builders of the region about San Leandro and Hayward, where the famous Meek ranch, at one time the largest in the world, is situated, and was besides president of the Bank of Hayward, the Suburban Electric Lighting Company, the California Nursery Company of Niles, and the Columbia Oil Company. Besides this, he was a director in the Union Savings Bank of Oakland and the T. B. and A. L. Stone Company.
SON OF WILLIAM MEEK
The deceased is the son of William Meek, who came to this state in 1847, settling on the present Meek property in 1859.
Meek senior purchased from the government about 3000 acres of land, on which the family home has been ever since.
After the death of his father Horry W. continued his residence on the home place, assuming the management of the estate until his younger brother, William E. was old enough to share its responsibilities with him.
The deceased received his early education in the public schools at Hayward, after which he entered the University of California, whence he graduated in 1877. Soon afterward, his father dying, he assumed the management of the estate.
ACTIVE IN EARLY DAYS
Horry W. Meek took an active part in the development of Alameda county. Twenty years ago he and his brother William associated themselves with Andrew L. Stone, Edson F. Adams and W. J. Landers in the building of the electric railway connecting Oakland with San Leandro, Hayward and San Lorenzo, which thereafter became an important factor in the development of the territory it traversed. From the time of the organization of the corporation until the line was sold in 1902 to the Oakland Consolidated railway, with which it was consolidated under the present name of the Oakland Traction company. Horry W. Meek was its president.
OF GENEROUS MIND.
Deceased was associated later with his brother in developing and building up a lucrative business in the raising and shipping of asparagus, which they conducted in connection with the management of the productive fruit orchards surrounding the old homestead. Horry W. was also one of the heaviest stockholders of the Hayward electric light and power plant. He was a man of generous impulses and contributed generously toward the establishment of many beneficial projects, and he was esteemed as a good citizen in the community in which he lived and among the vast number of his acquaintances throughout the county and elsewhere.
HAD LARGE INTERESTS
The deceased was born in 1857 in Milwaukee, Oregon, and in 1877 graduated from the University of California, where he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. On graduating from college he took full charge of his father's estates, the older man dying soon after this time. At this time Meek commenced the branching out into different enterprises which have made him one of the richest and best known men in this county.
Meek, in company with A. B. Stone and W. J. Landers, founded the Oakland, Hayward and San Leandro railway, which in 1903 was purchased by the Oakland Traction company, and which connects these two cities with Oakland. With his brother, W. H. Meek, he embarked on a scheme of raising celery and asparagus for the market, and at present, under the name of H. W. and W. H. Meek company, this business is being carried on at an island near Benicia.
With Cameron Hinckley of Fruitvale, Meek was the part owner of a 2000 acre ranch in the south end of the state, and is the owner of several small properties in California cities.
WIDOW SURVIVES HIM.
In 1884, Meek was married to Miss Harriet E. Webb, daughter of Captain Otis Webb of San Lorenzo. He is survived by Mrs. Meek. and a son, William H. Meek, and two daughters, Gladys Webb Meek and Mrs. Stuart S. Hawley of Oakland. His son is at present manager of the home place at Hayward, known as the "Orchards," and one daughter is living at the family residence.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, from the Hayward home place of the deceased. The interment will be a private affair, only members of the family and a few old employees of the dead man to be present. Sic old employees will act as pall bearers for the occasion, while twelve honorary pallbearers will be appointed to act, as well.
[Oakland Tribune 21 Jan 1910]
Horry W. Meek Is Called by Death After a Lingering Illness
After an illness of several weeks, Horry W. Meek, one of the best known figures in the financial life of this county, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stuart W. Hawley, at the age of 53 years. Meek has been one of the principal builders of the region about San Leandro and Hayward, where the famous Meek ranch, at one time the largest in the world, is situated, and was besides president of the Bank of Hayward, the Suburban Electric Lighting Company, the California Nursery Company of Niles, and the Columbia Oil Company. Besides this, he was a director in the Union Savings Bank of Oakland and the T. B. and A. L. Stone Company.
SON OF WILLIAM MEEK
The deceased is the son of William Meek, who came to this state in 1847, settling on the present Meek property in 1859.
Meek senior purchased from the government about 3000 acres of land, on which the family home has been ever since.
After the death of his father Horry W. continued his residence on the home place, assuming the management of the estate until his younger brother, William E. was old enough to share its responsibilities with him.
The deceased received his early education in the public schools at Hayward, after which he entered the University of California, whence he graduated in 1877. Soon afterward, his father dying, he assumed the management of the estate.
ACTIVE IN EARLY DAYS
Horry W. Meek took an active part in the development of Alameda county. Twenty years ago he and his brother William associated themselves with Andrew L. Stone, Edson F. Adams and W. J. Landers in the building of the electric railway connecting Oakland with San Leandro, Hayward and San Lorenzo, which thereafter became an important factor in the development of the territory it traversed. From the time of the organization of the corporation until the line was sold in 1902 to the Oakland Consolidated railway, with which it was consolidated under the present name of the Oakland Traction company. Horry W. Meek was its president.
OF GENEROUS MIND.
Deceased was associated later with his brother in developing and building up a lucrative business in the raising and shipping of asparagus, which they conducted in connection with the management of the productive fruit orchards surrounding the old homestead. Horry W. was also one of the heaviest stockholders of the Hayward electric light and power plant. He was a man of generous impulses and contributed generously toward the establishment of many beneficial projects, and he was esteemed as a good citizen in the community in which he lived and among the vast number of his acquaintances throughout the county and elsewhere.
HAD LARGE INTERESTS
The deceased was born in 1857 in Milwaukee, Oregon, and in 1877 graduated from the University of California, where he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. On graduating from college he took full charge of his father's estates, the older man dying soon after this time. At this time Meek commenced the branching out into different enterprises which have made him one of the richest and best known men in this county.
Meek, in company with A. B. Stone and W. J. Landers, founded the Oakland, Hayward and San Leandro railway, which in 1903 was purchased by the Oakland Traction company, and which connects these two cities with Oakland. With his brother, W. H. Meek, he embarked on a scheme of raising celery and asparagus for the market, and at present, under the name of H. W. and W. H. Meek company, this business is being carried on at an island near Benicia.
With Cameron Hinckley of Fruitvale, Meek was the part owner of a 2000 acre ranch in the south end of the state, and is the owner of several small properties in California cities.
WIDOW SURVIVES HIM.
In 1884, Meek was married to Miss Harriet E. Webb, daughter of Captain Otis Webb of San Lorenzo. He is survived by Mrs. Meek. and a son, William H. Meek, and two daughters, Gladys Webb Meek and Mrs. Stuart S. Hawley of Oakland. His son is at present manager of the home place at Hayward, known as the "Orchards," and one daughter is living at the family residence.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, from the Hayward home place of the deceased. The interment will be a private affair, only members of the family and a few old employees of the dead man to be present. Sic old employees will act as pall bearers for the occasion, while twelve honorary pallbearers will be appointed to act, as well.
[Oakland Tribune 21 Jan 1910]
After an illness of several weeks, Horry W. Meek, one of the best known figures in the financial life of this county, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Stuart W. Hawley, at the age of 53 years. Meek has been one of the principal builders of the region about San Leandro and Hayward, where the famous Meek ranch, at one time the largest in the world, is situated, and was besides president of the Bank of Hayward, the Suburban Electric Lighting Company, the California Nursery Company of Niles, and the Columbia Oil Company. Besides this, he was a director in the Union Savings Bank of Oakland and the T. B. and A. L. Stone Company.
SON OF WILLIAM MEEK
The deceased is the son of William Meek, who came to this state in 1847, settling on the present Meek property in 1859.
Meek senior purchased from the government about 3000 acres of land, on which the family home has been ever since.
After the death of his father Horry W. continued his residence on the home place, assuming the management of the estate until his younger brother, William E. was old enough to share its responsibilities with him.
The deceased received his early education in the public schools at Hayward, after which he entered the University of California, whence he graduated in 1877. Soon afterward, his father dying, he assumed the management of the estate.
ACTIVE IN EARLY DAYS
Horry W. Meek took an active part in the development of Alameda county. Twenty years ago he and his brother William associated themselves with Andrew L. Stone, Edson F. Adams and W. J. Landers in the building of the electric railway connecting Oakland with San Leandro, Hayward and San Lorenzo, which thereafter became an important factor in the development of the territory it traversed. From the time of the organization of the corporation until the line was sold in 1902 to the Oakland Consolidated railway, with which it was consolidated under the present name of the Oakland Traction company. Horry W. Meek was its president.
OF GENEROUS MIND.
Deceased was associated later with his brother in developing and building up a lucrative business in the raising and shipping of asparagus, which they conducted in connection with the management of the productive fruit orchards surrounding the old homestead. Horry W. was also one of the heaviest stockholders of the Hayward electric light and power plant. He was a man of generous impulses and contributed generously toward the establishment of many beneficial projects, and he was esteemed as a good citizen in the community in which he lived and among the vast number of his acquaintances throughout the county and elsewhere.
HAD LARGE INTERESTS
The deceased was born in 1857 in Milwaukee, Oregon, and in 1877 graduated from the University of California, where he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. On graduating from college he took full charge of his father's estates, the older man dying soon after this time. At this time Meek commenced the branching out into different enterprises which have made him one of the richest and best known men in this county.
Meek, in company with A. B. Stone and W. J. Landers, founded the Oakland, Hayward and San Leandro railway, which in 1903 was purchased by the Oakland Traction company, and which connects these two cities with Oakland. With his brother, W. H. Meek, he embarked on a scheme of raising celery and asparagus for the market, and at present, under the name of H. W. and W. H. Meek company, this business is being carried on at an island near Benicia.
With Cameron Hinckley of Fruitvale, Meek was the part owner of a 2000 acre ranch in the south end of the state, and is the owner of several small properties in California cities.
WIDOW SURVIVES HIM.
In 1884, Meek was married to Miss Harriet E. Webb, daughter of Captain Otis Webb of San Lorenzo. He is survived by Mrs. Meek. and a son, William H. Meek, and two daughters, Gladys Webb Meek and Mrs. Stuart S. Hawley of Oakland. His son is at present manager of the home place at Hayward, known as the "Orchards," and one daughter is living at the family residence.
The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, from the Hayward home place of the deceased. The interment will be a private affair, only members of the family and a few old employees of the dead man to be present. Sic old employees will act as pall bearers for the occasion, while twelve honorary pallbearers will be appointed to act, as well.
[Oakland Tribune 21 Jan 1910]
