Thomas Darlington Meredith, a first cousin, was born October 7, 1836. He died on May 8, 1872, he was 35. He was buried in Friends Burial Society Cemetery.
Thomas Darlington married Hannah Mary Gheen, daughter of Edward Gheen and Phoebe. Born in 1837, Hannah Mary died in Sisters Home in East Bradford township on 22 July 22, 1890, she was 53. She resided on West Minor St., West Chester, Pa. in 1890. Religion: member of the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester. Cause of death: Failing health, complications following the grip.
"On July 22, 1890. Hannah M., wife of the late T. Darlington Meredith, in the 53rd year of her age. Funeral Private." Daily Local News. 7/23/1890
For more than two years past, Mrs. Hannah M. Meredith, widow of the late Darlington Meredith, residing on West Minor Street, West Chester, has been in failing health. A spell of the grip last winter further weakened her and gradually it became apparent that her end was near. Recently she was taken to the seashore with a hope of improving her health, but no substantial relief was experienced, and upon her return home she was taken to the residence of her sister, Mrs. Darlington Strode in East Bradford Township. It was there that her death occurred yesterday at about 12:30 o'clock. The deceased was in her 53rd year at the time of her death. Her husband has been dead for many years. She leaves to survive her a son and two daughters, all grown to adult years. Mrs. Meredith was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester, and an earnest, sincere and faithful Christian woman. She bore her long sufferings with patience and fortitude, but was anxiously looking forward to her approaching dissolution. Death came to her not as an unwelcome visitor, but rather as a summons to rest and peace. She was a daughter of the late Edward and Phoebe Gheen and a sister of Frank H. Gheen and John J. Gheen, Esq., of West Chester, and Leut. E. H. Gheen, of the United States Navy. Daily Local News. 7/23/1890.
Estate of H. Mary Meredith, Late of West Chester, dec'd. Letters Testamentary on the above Estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims to present the same, without delay to D. Webster Meredith, Executor, West Chester, Pa. Daily Local News. 9/2/1890.
They had the following children:
D. Welson, born on June 3, 1859. D. Welson died on June 10, 1859 in West Chester, Pa.
In West Chester, on the 10 Inst., D. Welson, infant son of T. Darlington and Hannah Mary Meredith, aged one week. Downingtown Archive. 6/21/1859
D. Webster, was born on January 5, 1861 in West Chester, Pa. and died at 216 W. Miner St. West Chester, Pa. on June 12, 1951, he was 90. He was buried in Friends Burial Society Cemetery. Alias/AKA: Web. He joined Standard Milling in 1919 until his retirement in 1934. He was also a General Manager of Powell's jobbing confectioners, General Manager of H-O and Force Food Companies and employed at the Armour Co. of Chicago. Education: West Chester High School, Class of 1879 and the University of Virginia. Religion: Member of the First Presbyterian Church, West Chester.
D. Webster Meredith, who formally was in the employ of Armour & Co. of Chicago, is on receipt of a letter from the firm and enclosed there are circulars stating the attitude of the company on the coinage question. One of the announcements is this: "Armour & Co. will give fifty cents worth of meat and one Mexican silver dollar. This is followed by several arguments in favor of the gold standard. Daily Local News. 8/15/1896
The sale of personal property held yesterday by D. Webster Meredith of Westtown, was one of the largest that this section of the country has seen in a long while. About 250 teams were in attendance, and from 700 to 800 people. Corn brought 40 and 42 cents a bushel; horses averaged $100, and cows $40. Daily Local News. 1/16/1896
This is the day of the stallion in West Chester, and he rules the town. The day has been given up to him, and until evening he will strut as he never has before a critical audience, for there are hundreds of friends of the horse here as our guests, and they will examine the animals with a critical eye and one which knows a good horse when it rests upon it fine points. D. Webster Meredith, who so ably conducted the show last season, is again at the head of this one. Daily Local News. 5/14/1898.
"When a man is coming along toward 88 years he finds it is not so easy to make and hold young friends. They will grow up and slip away from him." -D. Webster Meredith donor of the High school gold metal in oratory. Daily Local News. 9/14/1949.
Meredith-In West Chester, on June 12, 1951, D. Webster, husband of Gertrude K. Meredith, in his 91st year. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the services at his late residence, 213 W. Minor St., West Chester, on Saturday, June 16, at 2 o'clock O. M. Interment is at Rosedale friends Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence Friday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. Daily Local News. 6/13/1951.
D. Webster Meredith, prominent West Chester horseman and founder of the Meredith Gold Metal Prize in Oratory of West Chester High School, died early yesterday afternoon at the age of 90. The retired manager of the Philadelphia office of Standard Milling Co. succumbed at his home, 216 W. Miner St., after having been taken ill late Monday night. He had been in poor health for some time. In addition to the public speaking award he founded in 1888, he was best known locally for his horse show and fox hunting activities. One of the founders of the Devon Horse Show, he was also the originator in 1897 of the West Chester Stallion Parade and Show, which flourished here for a number of years. Educated Here, Mr. Meredith was born in West Chester on Jan. 5, 1861, a son of the late Thomas Darlington and Hannah Mary Gheen Meredith, he spent his early life here, attending local public schools and being graduated from West Chester High School in the class of 1879. He was one of the founders of the High School Alumni Association and was its first Vice President. After his graduation from the University of Virginia, he entered business. First employed by the Armour Co., of Chicago, he left that concern to become general manager of the H-O and Forse Food Companies, in New York City. Retired in 1934. When those firms consolidated he became general manager of Powell's internationally known jobbing confectioners, with whom he remained seven years. In 1919 he joined the Standard Milling Co., on of the three largest milling concerns in the country, remaining with that firm until his retirement in 1934. For several years, Mr. Meredith owned "Foxhill Place", a handsome farm on the Lenape Rd. in East Bradford Township, where he maintained many fine fox hunters. He later moved to Overbrook Hills, near Philadelphia, and six years ago returned to West Chester, where he bought and modernized the old Price property on West Miner St. Belonged to Clubs. Mr. Meredith was a member of the First Presbyterian Church; the Colonade and Wool Clubs, both of New York City; the Welsh Society of Philadelphia; the Chester County Historical Society, and the Rose Tree and West Chester Hunting Clubs. Long interested in education, he was instrumental in establishment of manual training in West Chester schools. Surviving are his second wife, the former Gertrude Kelly, of Philadelphia, and four first cousins, the misses Helen and Carrie Meredith and Hattie Strode, and Mrs. Scott Bruiel, all of West Chester. Two sisters, Miss Mary Meredith and Mrs. J. Gheen Morgan, are deceased. He had no children. Daily Local News. 6/13/1951.
D. Webster married Gertrude Kelly, daughter of Joseph Kelly and Mary Murphy. Born in 1888, Gertrude died in Eugenia Hospital, Montgomery County, Pa. on June 12, 1963, she was 75. She was buried on June 15, 1963 in Holy Cross Cemetery. She resided in Montgomery County, Pa. in 1963, resided at 216 W. Minor St., West Chester, Pa. in 1951 and resided in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1900. Religion: Member of St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church, West Chester.
Meredith - Of West Chester, Pa. on June 12th, 1963, Gertrude Kelly, wife of the late D. Webster Meredith, in her 7rth year. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the Smith Funeral Home, West Chester, on Saturday, June 15th, at 10 o'clock A.M. High Requiem Mass at 10 o'clock A.M. High Requiem Mass in St. Agnes Church at 11 o'clock A.M. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday morning from 9 until 10:30. Daily Local News. 6/13/1963.
Mrs. Gertrude Kelly Meredith, a former resident of West Chester and Foxhill Farm, East Bradford Township, and widow of D. Webster Meredith, died last night at Eugenia Hospital, Montgomery County. She was 75. A native of Philadelphia, she was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Murphy Kelly. Before going to live with cousins in Montgomery County, she had resided for many years at 216 W. Minor St., West Chester. Her husband, a manager of the Armour Co. of Chicago, and the Standard Milling Co., one of the largest milling concerns in the United States, died June 12, 1951. He was graduated from West Chester High School in 1879. Mr. Meredith had founded the D. Webster Meredith speaking contest for boys in 1868, which still is held annually at his alma mater. The winner of the contest receives a gold inscribed medal. Mrs. Meredith was the industrialist's second wife. She was a member of St. Agnes RC Church, West Chester. Only cousins survive. Daily Local News. 6/13/1963.
In 1900, when D. Webster was 38, he married Kathryn GRESS, in New York, NY.
Meredith - Gress The engagement is announced in letters to friends and relatives here of D. Webster Meredith, of New York, formally of this borough (West Chester), to Miss Kathryn Gress, a well known young lady of that city. The time of the wedding is not announced. Mr. Meredith has the congratulations of a large number of friends in West Chester. Daily Local News. 12/17/1900
They had the following children:
Mary.
Jennie. Jennie married J. Gheen Morgan.
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