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Late Maj Meigs remembered as a devoted engineer and scholar
Obituary recounts Major Meigs born February 28 1847 Point New York son of Gen Montgomery Meigs and Louisa Rodgers Meigs. He worked on railways in the West served in government engineering in Rock Island and Washington and built early railroad and public works. He enjoyed books bird life photography and golf and served on the Keokuk school board.
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Gor Peor
New York
Montgomery Meigs
Louisa Rodgers Meigs
Meigs
Point
Philadelphia
Major Meigs
Harvard
Stuttgart
Germany
Royal Polytechnic School
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Lake Superior
Puget Sound
Jamestown
Bismarck
Pacific
Yellowstone
Little Big Horn Country
Custer
Engineering Corps
Rock Island
Washington
Coast Survey Office
Bureau of Weights and Standards
Secretary of War
United States Civil Engineer
Grace Lynde
Grace Meigs Crowder
Mary. Meigs Atwater
Helena, Mont
Louisa Meigs Green
Winchester
Howard Elliott
Burlington Railroad
Keokuk
Benjamin Franklin
Delphia
London
America
Main Street
Keokuk Club
Sons of the American Revolution
St. John's ‘Episcopal Church
Thorugh