Mortuary Notice
Date: Sunday, October 15, 1905 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: 153 Issue: 107 Section: First Page: 9
"IRWIN N. MEGARGEE CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known Paper Merchant and Horseman Succumbs to Attack of Nervous Prostration
Irwin N. Megargee, senior member of the firm of I. N. Megargee & Co, in the paper business, 12 and 16 South Sixth street, died yesterday at his city residence, 1901 Pine street, in his forty-fourth year.∼Mortuary Notice
Date: Sunday, October 15, 1905 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: 153 Issue: 107 Section: First Page: 9
"IRWIN N. MEGARGEE CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known Paper Merchant and Horseman Succumbs to Attack of Nervous Prostration
Irwin N. Megargee, senior member of the firm of I. N. Megargee & Co, in the paper business, 12 and 16 South Sixth street, died yesterday at his city residence, 1901 Pine street, in his forty-fourth year.
He was taken with nervous prostration in July last and on July 31 spent his last day at business. His illness continued at his summer place at Penbryn near Merion, until it was decided that a surgical operation should be performed for removal of fluid from the pleura. The operation was performed on Wednesday, but he did not rally from it. Death followed yesterday at 1 o'clock.
Mr. Megargee was born in Philadelphia April 1, 1862, and was educated in the common schools, graduating fem the Boys' High School, No. 2 in his class. He was of a family famous in the paper trade from Revolutionary times, when his ancestors erected one of the earliest mills in the country on Mill Creek. In the early forties Irwin N. (his father) Sylvester and Theodore constituted the Megargee Brothers, successors of Charles Megargee in the paper business, and upon the dissolution of that firm after the death of the head of the house, the deceased started in business for himself at Seventh and Sansom streets. His business rapidly grew and he moved it first to 617 Chestnut street, remaining for twelve years, and then to 12 and 16 South Sixth street. When his younger brother, Grant, came of age, he entered the partnership and they continued to conduct the leading paper business in the city.
In 1884 Mr. Megargee married Miss Miriam R. Johnson, oldest daughter of William F. Johnson, one of the leaders of the Philadelphia bar, and there are surviving Mrs. Megargee and five children, Misses Hazel, Alice and Lorna, and Miriam, Jr. and Irwin N. Megargee third, a boy of seven years. Of his own brothers and sisters there survive Monroe W., Edward S., U. S. Grand Megargee and Mrs. Ella Trembore, Mrs. Anna Barse and Mrs. Mabel Purcell. His sister, Blanch Megargee, deceased, was a well known writer and became the wife of Frank Gardner. Last March Mr. Gardenr died suddenly of pneumonia and his wife followed him two weeks later.
Mr. Megargee was the president of the Philadelphia Paper Trade, director of the Merchants' National Bank and being a patron of art and sports he was a member of the Art Club, Rose Tree Hunt, Radnor Hunt, West Chester Hunt and Penbryn Hunt. His place at Penbryn is stocked with the finest horses.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at the Episcopal Chapel, Nineteenth and Pine streets and interment will be made at West Laurel Hill Cemetery."
Date: Sunday, October 15, 1905 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: 153 Issue: 107 Section: First Page: 9
"IRWIN N. MEGARGEE CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known Paper Merchant and Horseman Succumbs to Attack of Nervous Prostration
Irwin N. Megargee, senior member of the firm of I. N. Megargee & Co, in the paper business, 12 and 16 South Sixth street, died yesterday at his city residence, 1901 Pine street, in his forty-fourth year.∼Mortuary Notice
Date: Sunday, October 15, 1905 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: 153 Issue: 107 Section: First Page: 9
"IRWIN N. MEGARGEE CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known Paper Merchant and Horseman Succumbs to Attack of Nervous Prostration
Irwin N. Megargee, senior member of the firm of I. N. Megargee & Co, in the paper business, 12 and 16 South Sixth street, died yesterday at his city residence, 1901 Pine street, in his forty-fourth year.
He was taken with nervous prostration in July last and on July 31 spent his last day at business. His illness continued at his summer place at Penbryn near Merion, until it was decided that a surgical operation should be performed for removal of fluid from the pleura. The operation was performed on Wednesday, but he did not rally from it. Death followed yesterday at 1 o'clock.
Mr. Megargee was born in Philadelphia April 1, 1862, and was educated in the common schools, graduating fem the Boys' High School, No. 2 in his class. He was of a family famous in the paper trade from Revolutionary times, when his ancestors erected one of the earliest mills in the country on Mill Creek. In the early forties Irwin N. (his father) Sylvester and Theodore constituted the Megargee Brothers, successors of Charles Megargee in the paper business, and upon the dissolution of that firm after the death of the head of the house, the deceased started in business for himself at Seventh and Sansom streets. His business rapidly grew and he moved it first to 617 Chestnut street, remaining for twelve years, and then to 12 and 16 South Sixth street. When his younger brother, Grant, came of age, he entered the partnership and they continued to conduct the leading paper business in the city.
In 1884 Mr. Megargee married Miss Miriam R. Johnson, oldest daughter of William F. Johnson, one of the leaders of the Philadelphia bar, and there are surviving Mrs. Megargee and five children, Misses Hazel, Alice and Lorna, and Miriam, Jr. and Irwin N. Megargee third, a boy of seven years. Of his own brothers and sisters there survive Monroe W., Edward S., U. S. Grand Megargee and Mrs. Ella Trembore, Mrs. Anna Barse and Mrs. Mabel Purcell. His sister, Blanch Megargee, deceased, was a well known writer and became the wife of Frank Gardner. Last March Mr. Gardenr died suddenly of pneumonia and his wife followed him two weeks later.
Mr. Megargee was the president of the Philadelphia Paper Trade, director of the Merchants' National Bank and being a patron of art and sports he was a member of the Art Club, Rose Tree Hunt, Radnor Hunt, West Chester Hunt and Penbryn Hunt. His place at Penbryn is stocked with the finest horses.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at the Episcopal Chapel, Nineteenth and Pine streets and interment will be made at West Laurel Hill Cemetery."
Mortuary Notice
Date: Sunday, October 15, 1905 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: 153 Issue: 107 Section: First Page: 9
"IRWIN N. MEGARGEE CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known Paper Merchant and Horseman Succumbs to Attack of Nervous Prostration
Irwin N. Megargee, senior member of the firm of I. N. Megargee & Co, in the paper business, 12 and 16 South Sixth street, died yesterday at his city residence, 1901 Pine street, in his forty-fourth year.∼Mortuary Notice
Date: Sunday, October 15, 1905 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: 153 Issue: 107 Section: First Page: 9
"IRWIN N. MEGARGEE CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known Paper Merchant and Horseman Succumbs to Attack of Nervous Prostration
Irwin N. Megargee, senior member of the firm of I. N. Megargee & Co, in the paper business, 12 and 16 South Sixth street, died yesterday at his city residence, 1901 Pine street, in his forty-fourth year.
He was taken with nervous prostration in July last and on July 31 spent his last day at business. His illness continued at his summer place at Penbryn near Merion, until it was decided that a surgical operation should be performed for removal of fluid from the pleura. The operation was performed on Wednesday, but he did not rally from it. Death followed yesterday at 1 o'clock.
Mr. Megargee was born in Philadelphia April 1, 1862, and was educated in the common schools, graduating fem the Boys' High School, No. 2 in his class. He was of a family famous in the paper trade from Revolutionary times, when his ancestors erected one of the earliest mills in the country on Mill Creek. In the early forties Irwin N. (his father) Sylvester and Theodore constituted the Megargee Brothers, successors of Charles Megargee in the paper business, and upon the dissolution of that firm after the death of the head of the house, the deceased started in business for himself at Seventh and Sansom streets. His business rapidly grew and he moved it first to 617 Chestnut street, remaining for twelve years, and then to 12 and 16 South Sixth street. When his younger brother, Grant, came of age, he entered the partnership and they continued to conduct the leading paper business in the city.
In 1884 Mr. Megargee married Miss Miriam R. Johnson, oldest daughter of William F. Johnson, one of the leaders of the Philadelphia bar, and there are surviving Mrs. Megargee and five children, Misses Hazel, Alice and Lorna, and Miriam, Jr. and Irwin N. Megargee third, a boy of seven years. Of his own brothers and sisters there survive Monroe W., Edward S., U. S. Grand Megargee and Mrs. Ella Trembore, Mrs. Anna Barse and Mrs. Mabel Purcell. His sister, Blanch Megargee, deceased, was a well known writer and became the wife of Frank Gardner. Last March Mr. Gardenr died suddenly of pneumonia and his wife followed him two weeks later.
Mr. Megargee was the president of the Philadelphia Paper Trade, director of the Merchants' National Bank and being a patron of art and sports he was a member of the Art Club, Rose Tree Hunt, Radnor Hunt, West Chester Hunt and Penbryn Hunt. His place at Penbryn is stocked with the finest horses.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at the Episcopal Chapel, Nineteenth and Pine streets and interment will be made at West Laurel Hill Cemetery."
Date: Sunday, October 15, 1905 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: 153 Issue: 107 Section: First Page: 9
"IRWIN N. MEGARGEE CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known Paper Merchant and Horseman Succumbs to Attack of Nervous Prostration
Irwin N. Megargee, senior member of the firm of I. N. Megargee & Co, in the paper business, 12 and 16 South Sixth street, died yesterday at his city residence, 1901 Pine street, in his forty-fourth year.∼Mortuary Notice
Date: Sunday, October 15, 1905 Paper: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Volume: 153 Issue: 107 Section: First Page: 9
"IRWIN N. MEGARGEE CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known Paper Merchant and Horseman Succumbs to Attack of Nervous Prostration
Irwin N. Megargee, senior member of the firm of I. N. Megargee & Co, in the paper business, 12 and 16 South Sixth street, died yesterday at his city residence, 1901 Pine street, in his forty-fourth year.
He was taken with nervous prostration in July last and on July 31 spent his last day at business. His illness continued at his summer place at Penbryn near Merion, until it was decided that a surgical operation should be performed for removal of fluid from the pleura. The operation was performed on Wednesday, but he did not rally from it. Death followed yesterday at 1 o'clock.
Mr. Megargee was born in Philadelphia April 1, 1862, and was educated in the common schools, graduating fem the Boys' High School, No. 2 in his class. He was of a family famous in the paper trade from Revolutionary times, when his ancestors erected one of the earliest mills in the country on Mill Creek. In the early forties Irwin N. (his father) Sylvester and Theodore constituted the Megargee Brothers, successors of Charles Megargee in the paper business, and upon the dissolution of that firm after the death of the head of the house, the deceased started in business for himself at Seventh and Sansom streets. His business rapidly grew and he moved it first to 617 Chestnut street, remaining for twelve years, and then to 12 and 16 South Sixth street. When his younger brother, Grant, came of age, he entered the partnership and they continued to conduct the leading paper business in the city.
In 1884 Mr. Megargee married Miss Miriam R. Johnson, oldest daughter of William F. Johnson, one of the leaders of the Philadelphia bar, and there are surviving Mrs. Megargee and five children, Misses Hazel, Alice and Lorna, and Miriam, Jr. and Irwin N. Megargee third, a boy of seven years. Of his own brothers and sisters there survive Monroe W., Edward S., U. S. Grand Megargee and Mrs. Ella Trembore, Mrs. Anna Barse and Mrs. Mabel Purcell. His sister, Blanch Megargee, deceased, was a well known writer and became the wife of Frank Gardner. Last March Mr. Gardenr died suddenly of pneumonia and his wife followed him two weeks later.
Mr. Megargee was the president of the Philadelphia Paper Trade, director of the Merchants' National Bank and being a patron of art and sports he was a member of the Art Club, Rose Tree Hunt, Radnor Hunt, West Chester Hunt and Penbryn Hunt. His place at Penbryn is stocked with the finest horses.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at the Episcopal Chapel, Nineteenth and Pine streets and interment will be made at West Laurel Hill Cemetery."
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