Mesick was born in Newark, New York and attended the common schools. He moved to Michigan and attended Kalamazoo Business College and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1881.
Mesick was born in Newark, New York and attended public schools. He relocated to Michigan and studied at Kalamazoo Business College before graduating from the law department of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1881.