[p. 999] who for the past thirty-two years has been engaged in medical practice at New Wilmington ranks with the leading physicians of Lawrence County. He was born September 21, 1845, at Clayville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Anthony A. and Jane (McCaskey) Mealy. The father of Dr. Mealy was a very early settler in the section of Washington County in which he lived, and he cleared the land which he acquired and developed it into a productive farm. The family experienced many of the hardships of pioneer life, but many grew to sturdy and useful maturity.
George N. Mealy was given the best educational opportunities the country afforded in his early boyhood, and later attended school at Claysville, and after completing the prescribed course he taught in the same school for a period of two years. For three more years he taught in the country schools in that neighborhood, and during the larger part of this time was quietly and patiently reading medicine, with the intention of making its practice his life work. He thus prepared himself for entrance to Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, where he studied for one term, going then to Wooster College, at Cleveland, where he was graduated in 1882. He settled for practice at Sisterville, W. Va., and from there came to New Wilmington in February, 1876.
On January 27, 1869, at Wheeling, W., Va., Dr. Mealy was married to Mary Margaret McAnace, who is a daughter of Hugh and Mary (Templeton) McAnace. The father of Mrs. Dr. Mealy owned a large plantation two miles east of Wheeling. Dr. and Mrs. Mealy have two children living, one being deceased. The last mentioned was the second son, John Ernest, who died October 30, 1902, while engaged in medical practice at Girard, Ohio. He married Fannie Wright, who survives with their two children, Alfaretta and Bessie. The surviving children of Dr. and Mrs. Mealy are Harry M. and Mary Helen. The former, a physician in active practice at Newton Falls, Ohio, married Belle Scott, and they have one daughter, Dorothy. Mary Helen Mealy married Dr. William Clark, Jr., a prominent physician and surgeon at New Wilmington, and they have one son, George Paul. Dr. Mealy is a member of the Presbyterian Church. He is an active citizen in the matter of progress and public improvements and takes a particular interest in philanthropic movements.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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