MEESE, Jacob Ressler 515
- Geboren: 28. Okt. 1877, Warwick Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
- Gestorben: 14. Apr. 1951, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts im Alter von 73 Jahren
- Bestattet: Mt. Hope cemetery, Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA
 Allgemeine Notizen:
Cause of fatal Weymouth fire still unknown
Weymouth, April 16- The cause of a fire that killed an 80-year-old South Weymouth man while demolishing his home saturday night remained undetermined today, pending a report from the state fire marshal 's office.
Home gutted
Fire chief Walter R. Murray said no cause could be officially listed as yet for the blaze in which the life of Jacob Meese of Forest Street, South Weymouth, was snuffed out. The two-story home was gutted despite the efforts of firemen during a long battle.
Meese, a retured cigar manufacturer, was found dead in his first floor bedroom where he had been sleeping.
The only other occupant of the home, Frank Welch, 70, who lived upstairs, told authorities he tried to rouse Meese when he detected the fire, but smoke and flames prevented him from entering the room. Welch escaped unharmed and ran to summon firemen.
Welch said he was first awakened by smoke and rushed downstairs in his futile effort to save Meese.
From the Quincy Patriot-Ledger, April 16, 1951
1880 Census: Lives In Warwick Township With Family.
1900 Census: Lives In Boyertown,PA And Works As A Cigarmaker. Is A Boarder In The Emmanuel Dowhower Family.
1910 Census: Lives In Berks County And Works On The Farm Of Augusta A. Born.
1920 Census: Have not located him.
1930 Census: Lives at 135 Forest Street in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, where he works as a cigarmaker. He has not married; no children.
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