[F] #2201 Maria Margaret Mechling ( Joseph Mechling • John Mechling • John Jacob Mechling • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
Maria was born Apr 1842 in Butler Co., Pennsylvania. She died 1907 in Butler Co., Pennsylvania.
Maria married #9394 John Harrison Sutton.
Relationship notes |
They married 1 Mar 1864. |
John was born 11 Nov 1838 in Clay Twp., Butler Co., Pennsylvania. He died 10 Feb 1922 in Butler, Butler Co., Pennsylvania. He was buried in North Side Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co., Pennsylvania.
He is the son of Jeremiah & Margaret Harper (Shryock) Sutton.
He was a clerk in the store of Harper Brothers in North Washington until 1858. He spent the following three years in Iowa and Colorado, and then returning to Butler Co., where he enlisted in Co C, 11th Pennsylvania Reserve. He was sworn in at Camp Wright on 10 Jun 1861. His regiment joined the Army of the Potomac and he participated in the following battles: Gaines Mill, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg. He was captured at Gaines Mill and taken to Belle Isle, where he was kept as prisoner forty days and then exchanged. He returned to his regiment in Sep 1862 and was promoted to second lieutenant. He was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg and was taken prisoner again. He was sent to Libby prison for two months, being paroled on 14 Feb 1863, and sent to Annapolis Hospital, Maryland. He was honorably discharged 3 Jul 1863. He returned to Butler Co. and became a member of Harper Brothers in 1864. In 1865 he sold out his interest and settled on a farm, where he remained until his election as Clerk of Courts in 1872. On the expiration of his term he entered the oil business. He was a member of the Prohibitionist party.
Children of this relationship:
| #9395 | F | i | Emma Louise Sutton | (1864–1950) |
| #9396 | M | ii | Frank Mechling Sutton | (28 Dec 1866–19 Oct 1926) |
| #9397 | F | iii | Agnes Estelle Sutton | (3 Jun 1868–26 Sep 1942) |
| #9398 | F | iv | Maude H. Sutton | (Sep 1871–1934) |
| #9400 | M | v | William Dixon Sutton | (20 Sep 1873–13 Mar 1947) |
| #9401 | F | vi | Angeline "Angie" Sutton | (10 Sep 1875–1956) |
| #9403 | M | vii | John C. Sutton | (26 Oct 1878–1953) |
Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 31 Mar 2007.
Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, Volume III-John Jacob Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 1996). Ref. as [Mercy III-96].
John Harrison Sutton, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #102974479.
Line Generation: 7
Relationship: Third Cousins Four Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊