Inscription:
Born in Lycoming County PA
Graduated at the University of PA April 2 1841
Died Perryville 3rd OVI
For 14 years a medical practitioner in Sandusky and for 2 years a surgeon in the U.S.A.
This monument is erected by friends to whom his memory is dear. For the services he rendered.
aged 42 years 8 months
Per the Sandusky History website:
Inducted into the Ohio Veteran Hall of Fame in 2006
He settled in Sandusky in 1849. He treated many of the victims of the several cholera outbreaks that struck the city (in 1849, 1852, and 1854).
Dr. McMeens served as a surgeon in the Mexican War of 1846-48. In 1851, he founded and commanded the Bay City Guards, a local militia. In April 1861, Dr. McMeens returned to active duty, again as a surgeon, in the 3rd OVI. He died while serving at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky on October 30, 1862. The Firelands Pioneer of January 1888 quoted a letter written by a fellow surgeon on the day after Dr. McMeens' death: "He has fallen while nobly working at his post; although suffering greatly from disease, he refused to abandon his work, and performed several important surgical operations only a few hours before his death."
Married Miss Ann C. Pettinger,in 1843
Born in Lycoming County PA
Graduated at the University of PA April 2 1841
Died Perryville 3rd OVI
For 14 years a medical practitioner in Sandusky and for 2 years a surgeon in the U.S.A.
This monument is erected by friends to whom his memory is dear. For the services he rendered.
aged 42 years 8 months
Per the Sandusky History website:
Inducted into the Ohio Veteran Hall of Fame in 2006
He settled in Sandusky in 1849. He treated many of the victims of the several cholera outbreaks that struck the city (in 1849, 1852, and 1854).
Dr. McMeens served as a surgeon in the Mexican War of 1846-48. In 1851, he founded and commanded the Bay City Guards, a local militia. In April 1861, Dr. McMeens returned to active duty, again as a surgeon, in the 3rd OVI. He died while serving at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky on October 30, 1862. The Firelands Pioneer of January 1888 quoted a letter written by a fellow surgeon on the day after Dr. McMeens' death: "He has fallen while nobly working at his post; although suffering greatly from disease, he refused to abandon his work, and performed several important surgical operations only a few hours before his death."
Married Miss Ann C. Pettinger,in 1843
Inscription:
Born in Lycoming County PA
Graduated at the University of PA April 2 1841
Died Perryville 3rd OVI
For 14 years a medical practitioner in Sandusky and for 2 years a surgeon in the U.S.A.
This monument is erected by friends to whom his memory is dear. For the services he rendered.
aged 42 years 8 months
Per the Sandusky History website:
Inducted into the Ohio Veteran Hall of Fame in 2006
He settled in Sandusky in 1849. He treated many of the victims of the several cholera outbreaks that struck the city (in 1849, 1852, and 1854).
Dr. McMeens served as a surgeon in the Mexican War of 1846-48. In 1851, he founded and commanded the Bay City Guards, a local militia. In April 1861, Dr. McMeens returned to active duty, again as a surgeon, in the 3rd OVI. He died while serving at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky on October 30, 1862. The Firelands Pioneer of January 1888 quoted a letter written by a fellow surgeon on the day after Dr. McMeens' death: "He has fallen while nobly working at his post; although suffering greatly from disease, he refused to abandon his work, and performed several important surgical operations only a few hours before his death."
Married Miss Ann C. Pettinger,in 1843
Born in Lycoming County PA
Graduated at the University of PA April 2 1841
Died Perryville 3rd OVI
For 14 years a medical practitioner in Sandusky and for 2 years a surgeon in the U.S.A.
This monument is erected by friends to whom his memory is dear. For the services he rendered.
aged 42 years 8 months
Per the Sandusky History website:
Inducted into the Ohio Veteran Hall of Fame in 2006
He settled in Sandusky in 1849. He treated many of the victims of the several cholera outbreaks that struck the city (in 1849, 1852, and 1854).
Dr. McMeens served as a surgeon in the Mexican War of 1846-48. In 1851, he founded and commanded the Bay City Guards, a local militia. In April 1861, Dr. McMeens returned to active duty, again as a surgeon, in the 3rd OVI. He died while serving at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky on October 30, 1862. The Firelands Pioneer of January 1888 quoted a letter written by a fellow surgeon on the day after Dr. McMeens' death: "He has fallen while nobly working at his post; although suffering greatly from disease, he refused to abandon his work, and performed several important surgical operations only a few hours before his death."
Married Miss Ann C. Pettinger,in 1843
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