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- Newspaper Article - Wednesday, December 4, 1895 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Mr. T. S. Meacham received a telegram, Monday morning, announcing that his son, Dean, who was at Oswagotchie for his health, was not so well. Mr. Meacham departed for there at once, but ere he arrived, his son was dead. He will return today but we are unable to announce the time of the funeral.
Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, December 11, 1895 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - On Friday, December 6, 1895, the last sad tokens of love were bestowed on the remains of Dean Standish Meacham. The funeral services were conducted at the house of his father, Mr. T. Standish Meacham, by Rev. A. S. Emmons, pastor of the Congregational church, assisted by Rev. Robert Paul, rector of St. James' church. The body was interred in the family lot at Pulaski Cemetery. Dean's life, though short, was during the last four years a peculiarly trying one. He was born in this village December 15, 1874, about a year before the death of his mother. He was always a gentle, loving boy and everybody was his friend. He was of a studious disposition and took high rank in his class at our Academy. When about seventeen years of age the dark cloud was thrown across his path and his bright hopes were blighted. It was ascertained that a fatal disease had begun its inroads and he was obliged to relinquish studies and seek another climate. For three years he lived with his uncle, Dr. Lyman, in Nebraska. Last summer, in accordance with the best medical advice obtainable, it was decided to try the healing air of the Adirondacks. For several months he enjoyed the mountains and seemed to have stayed the course of the dread disease. Only last Saturday he wrote his father a bright, cheerful letter, telling his plans. On Sunday evening, December 1st, he was suddenly taken with a profuse hemorrhage and after lingering until Tuesday morning, quietly passed away at 8 o'clock. It was impossible for his father to reach Oswegatchie until several hours after his death. Although Dean died away from home he was with kind friends who administered to every want and nothing was left undone that could relieve his dying hours. His loss will be mourned by many outside the circle of his relatives. All who knew him will remember how briefly he faced death for four long years with never a complaint.
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1874 - 1895 (20 years)