Meigs

Meigs may refer to:

People

• Charles Delucena Meigs (1792-1869), American obstetrician
• Cornelia Meigs (1884-1973), children's book author and educator
• George Anson Meigs (1816–1897), prominent entrepreneur, businessman and shipbuilder in Washington Territory
• Henry Meigs (1782-1861), U.S. Congressman from New York
• Henry Meigs, Jr. (1809-1887), first mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey, and president of the New York Stock Exchange
• Joe Vincent Meigs (1892-1963), American obstetrician and gynecologist
• John Rodgers Meigs (1841-1864), officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• Josiah Meigs (1757-1822), college professor, journalist, and president of the University of Georgia
• Josiah V. Meigs (or Joseph Vincent Meigs or Joe Vincent Meigs, 1840-1907), inventor of Meigs Elevated Railway; son of Return J. Meigs (III) and Sally Keyes Love Meigs; grandfather of Joe Vincent Meigs
• Mary Meigs (1917-2002), painter and writer
• Merrill C. Meigs (1883–1968), former publisher of the Chicago Herald and Examiner
• Montgomery C. Meigs (1816–1892), Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during the American Civil War
• Montgomery Meigs (born 1946), a retired U.S. Army General who served in Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and Bosnian War; descendant of Montgomery C. Meigs
• Montgomery "Monty" Meigs (1847-1931), civil engineer
• Peveril Meigs (1903-1979), geographer
• Return J. Meigs, Sr. (1740–1823), a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and an Indian agent with the Cherokee in Tennessee
• Return J. Meigs, Jr. (1764–1825), first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, U.S. Senator, fourth Governor of Ohio, and eighth U.S. Postmaster General
• Return J. Meigs (III) (1801-1891), lawyer and judge, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia

Places

• Fort Meigs, a fortification in Ohio during the War of 1812
• Meigs Field, former Chicago, Illinois, airport named in honor of Merrill C. Meigs
• Meigs, Georgia
• Mount Meigs, Alabama
• Meigs County, Ohio
• Meigs County, Tennessee
• Meigs Township, Adams County, Ohio
• Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
• Meig's Key, Florida Keys

Ships

• One of the following U.S. military ships named in honor of General Montgomery C. Meigs:
  • USAT Meigs, a U.S. Army transport ship sunk early in World War II
  • USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116), a U.S. Navy transport ship in World War II

Other topics

• Meigs-Bishop House, an historic building in Madison, Connecticut
• Meigs Elevated Railway, an experimental monorail once built in East Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Meigs High School, Pomeroy, Ohio
• Meigs Magnet School, Nashville, Tennessee
• Meigs Mountain Trail, hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Meigs syndrome, a disorder of the female reproductive system

External links

• Meigs Family History and Genealogy

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