Biography

04/22/1828 - 10/04/1884

MEILY, Jacob B., a Representative from Lebanon County; born, April 22, 1828 in Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, Pa.; attended, Mercersburg Academy; captain, Company G, 115th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1862-1864, Civil War); 1st lieutenant, Company D, 110th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1864-1865, Civil War); teacher; potter; engaged, pottery sales; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1867); died, October 4, 1884 in Ono, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Nebo Cemetery, Ono, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.