Introduction

Biography

Meigs was the son of Charles De­lu­ce­na Meigs, Jr., and Eli­za­beth Meigs of In­di­an­apo­lis, and grand­son of Pro­fessor Charles D. Meigs of the Jef­fer­son Me­di­cal School at Phi­la­del­phia. In 1873, he mar­ried An­na L. All­en, daugh­ter of Rev. A. C. All­en and Eli­za­beth All­en.

In 1868, Meigs be­came a book­keep­er in an In­di­an­apo­lis book store, and lat­er be­came a part­ner in Mer­rill, Meigs & Com­pa­ny.

He was al­so a man­ag­er in the law de­part­ment of the Bow­en-Mer­rill Com­pa­ny, and a mem­ber of the firm.

Having sold out his in­ter­est in the pub­lish­ing bu­si­ness to spend more time in re­li­gious work, Meigs be­came ge­ne­ral sec­re­ta­ry of the state Sun­day school as­so­ci­ation.

He was for ma­ny years on the ex­ec­utive com­mit­tee of the In­ter­na­tion­al Sun­day School As­so­cia­tion, and served as state sec­re­ta­ry of both the In­di­ana and Tex­as Sun­day school as­so­ci­ations.

He was ac­tive in the work of the Young Men’s Chris­tian As­so­cia­tion in its ear­ly days in In­di­an­apo­lis, and was as­so­ci­ate­d with Rev. Tho­mas C. Hor­ton, George Cobb, Le­roy Bra­den, H. H. Ful­ton, Lea Mun­hall and oth­er men pro­mi­nent in Gos­pel work.

He was a mem­ber of the Ta­ber­na­cle Pres­by­ter­ian Church in In­di­an­apo­lis, and chap­lain of the In­di­ana Gi­de­ons.