mekan, john
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- John Mekan;Mekan, John;Jno. Mekan
- Record count
- 11
- Sources
- life_events,v2_names
- Places seen
- Dexter; Poplar Bluff,Poplar Bluff
- First event date
- 1911-03-01
- Last event date
- 1929-12-06
Timeline — 12 events
- 1911-03-01 Dexter. Warm bosom friends; each visited a barber shop Saturday, had winter whiskers removed, then failed to recognize each other on the street until mutual friends introduced them Co-mentioned: John Snyder. Quote: "John Mekan and John Snyder are warm, bosom friends and when they meet they never fai…
- 1912-10-23 Dexter. Managed the agricultural display in the seed wareroom at the Dexter fair; parade floats placed Dowdy first, Renner second, Fidelity third, Guide Star fourth, Hill fifth Quote: "under the management of John Mekan in the seed wareroom"
- 1913-11-05 Dexter. Cabbage, 6 heads; only entry. (All vegetable entries from Dexter.) Quote: "Cabbage, 6 heads: John Mekan only entry"
- 1913-11-05 Only entry, cabbage, 6 heads, in the fair awards list Quote: "John Mekan only entry"
- 1914-06-10 Dexter. John Mekan was in town Saturday raising money to buy an organ for a church in his neighborhood Quote: "John Mekan was in town Saturday, raising money to buy an organ for a church in his neighborhood."
- 1914-09-30 Dexter. Last Tuesday night John Mekan lost his saw mill by fire; the mill was on his farm southeast of Dexter; loss $1200, no insurance
- 1914-10-28 Poplar Bluff. Credited with securing and arranging Stoddard County's exhibit at the Poplar Bluff agricultural display Quote: "Great credit is due E. J. Mahoney, W. G. Yeager, S. E. Newhouse, John Mekan"
- 1914-10-28 Poplar Bluff. Vegetable display, 1st Jno. Mekan
- 1918-04-19 Dickinson Township. Spoke for the Third Liberty Loan at the Dickinson school house Friday night; Dickinson township to go 'over the top' on bonds bought as a result of that address Quote: "John Mekan spoke for the Third Liberty Loan at the Dickinson school house"
- 1918-04-19 Dexter. Renewal of Dexter Statesman subscription ('Still We Grow')
- 1921-10-21 Liberty. "Spicy" Lucas and John Mekan were out hunting seed wheat last Friday Co-mentioned: Spicy Lucas.
- 1929-12-06 John Mekan and Ralph Jarboe were guests of Johnny Horton Sunday afternoon Co-mentioned: Ralph Jarboe; Johnny Horton. Quote: "John Mekan and Ralph Jarboe were guests of Johnny Horton Sunday afternoon."
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.