mekan, john a
1861-08-03 – 11/2/1942
- Name variants
- John A. Mekan;Mekan, John A.;Jno. A. Mekan
- Record count
- 8
- Sources
- death_certs,life_events,v2_names,court_cases
- Places seen
- Bernie; Dexter; Fidelity Center; Poplar Bluff; Saxony,Germany
- First event date
- 1 Apr 1909
- Last event date
- 1914-10-07
Timeline — 8 events
- 1861-08-03 Born in Saxony, Germany. Parents: Andreias Mekan / Unknown.
- 1911-02-22 Fidelity Center. Gave a log rolling Friday the 17th; about 24 men responded; holds the championship as community jokester Quote: "John A. Mekan ... gave a log rolling Friday, the 17th"
- 1911-03-01 Dexter. Took a load of cotton to the Dexter market Tuesday; it sold for $4.25 per hundred Quote: "Mr. John A. Mekan took a load of cotton to the Dexter market Tuesday. It sold for $4.25 per hundred."
- 1911-06-07 Bernie. Fragment: John A. Mekan went to Bernie; the rest of the item is cut off at the page bottom
- 1911-10-04 Dexter. John A. Mekan made a business trip to Bloomfield recently with John Burgess Co-mentioned: John Burgess. Quote: "John Burgess and John A. Mekan made a business trip to Bloomfield recently."
- 1914-10-07 Poplar Bluff. Added to committees on exhibits and arrangements for the Stoddard County exhibit at Poplar Bluff, October 20-22; the Ex. Com. of the Stoddard County Agricultural and Improvement Association met in the Dexter Club room Quote: "were added for committees on Exhibits and arrangements"
- 1942-11-02 Age 81y 3m 29d. Cause: [immediate blank]; Due to: Acute Cardiac dilation; Due to: Arterio sclerosis, Valvular; Other: Chr. Myo carditis. Burial: Dexter, Mo..
- (undated) St. Louis. returned from St. Louis last Saturday, where he had been transacting business Quote: "John A. Mekan returned from St. Louis last Saturday, where he had been transacting business."
Dates and spellings are preserved as found in the source records; contradictions are kept, not smoothed over. See the methodology for how this archive handles uncertainty.