The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 121

L. O. MEIGS.

L. O. Meigs, a well known attorney of Yakima, was born on Grand Marian island,
Canada, April 28, 1879, a son of Lorenzo E. and Mary E. (Wormell) Meigs. The
father was a millwright and shipbuilder, who in the '60s removed to California
but afterward returned to Canada, although he later again became a resident of
California and once more went to Canada. In 1890 he made his way to the Palouse
country of Washington.

L. O. Meigs acquired a public school education in Canada and in Washington and
afterward attended the State College of Washington, while in 1902 he completed a
law course in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He then located in Yakima
in the same year and has since followed his profession in this city. For a time
he practiced as a member of the firm of McAulay & Meigs. They have been joined
by a third partner, forming the present firm of Preble, McAulay & Meigs.
In 1902 Mr. Meigs was married to Miss Laura M. Crawford, a daughter of P. L.
Crawford, of Oakesdale, Washington. The children of this marriage are: Doris,
eleven years of age; and Robert C., aged five.

Fraternally Mr. Meigs is widely known as an exemplary representative of
Masonry. He has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and he
is now venerable master of Yakima Lodge of Perfection No. 11, and is orator of
the Rose Croix. He is also a past exalted ruler and life member of Elks Lodge
No. 318, and is very prominent in both organizations. He also belongs to the
Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is a recognized leader in the ranks of
the republican party and was speaker of the house of representatives in the
regular and special sessions of 1909, having been elected to represent his
district in the general assembly. He has served for a term as a member of the
city council of Yakima and has occupied the position of city attorney for three
years. While the practice of law has been his real life work, he has become
heavily interested in fruit lands and has given much attention in recent years
to the propagation of apple orchards, realizing the possibilities for the
cultivation of that fruit in this state.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.