[M] #30101 Anthony Oberly Mechling ( John Jarret Mechling • Thomas Mechling • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )
Anthony was born 1 May 1818 in Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania. He was baptised 27 Sep 1818 in Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Zionsville, Pennsylvania, Zionsville, Pennsylvania. He died 24 Jan 1878. He was buried in Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zionsville, Pennsylvania.
In 1844, Anthony, along with other trustees of the school, which had been the former Lutheran Church near their home, agreed to rent the school to the public school system and to keep it in good repair. Some 20 years later, Anthony voted with other local citizens to incorporate the school, which by that time had been removed from the public school system, as the "Union School and Church Association," which still exists today.
On 6 Jan 1857, he was awarded the Mechling homestead and property. On 15 Jun 1868, he sold 14 acres of the land to Samuel Stauffer. That same year he retired and built another house in Zionsville. Two years later, an extremely rich vein of magnetic iron ore was found on his property. In 1875, he deeded part of his property to sons, Benjamin F. and Anthony Wayne Mechling.
Anthony married #30141 Mary Ann Shimer.
Relationship notes |
They married 3 Jan 1843. |
Mary was born 24 Dec 1825. She died 25 Mar 1902. She was buried in Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zionsville, Pennsylvania.
She is the daughter of John & Lydia (Bortz) (Shantz) Shimer of Shimersville.
Children of this relationship:
| #30142 | M | i | William Harrison Mechling | (22 Feb 1847–7 Aug 1923) |
| #30143 | M | ii | Benjamin Franklin Mechling | (22 Feb 1847–2 Jul 1920) |
| #30144 | M | iii | Anthony Wayne Mechling | (13 Sep 1853–17 Jul 1881) |
| #30145 | F | iv | Sarah Ann Shimer Mechling | (19 Jan 1855–9 Mar 1919) |
| #30146 | M | v | Hiram Shimer Mechling | (9 Sep 1858–11 Apr 1860) |
| #30147 | M | vi | Edgar L. Mechling | (28 Oct 1870–29 Jul 1891) |
Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-2000, Volume VII - Thomas Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 2000). Ref. as [Mercy VII-00].
Lineage application of James Elliott Mechling, SAR Membership Number: 98670, Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Line Generation: 6
Relationship: Second Cousins Five Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊