[M] #44963 Herman Clark Mechling ( Wilhelm Herman Mechling • Jonas Mechling • Philip Jonas Mechling • Philip Mechling • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )

Herman was born Jul 1855 in Mendville, Pennsylvania. He died 21 Jun 1905 in Mentor, Lake Co., Ohio. He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York.

He died in the wreck of the 20th Century Limited, a luxury train that traveled the New York-Chicago route for the New York Central Railroad. This train was what brought the phrase "red carpet treatment" into use: the railroad rolled out a special red carpet at each end of the run for the passengers to walk.

Herman married #68303 Helen R. Evans.

Helen was born Feb 1854 in Pennsylvania. She died Jan 1952. She was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York.

Children of this relationship:

"Death of Herman C. Mechling", The Iron Age (29 Jun 1905).

"Herman C. Mechling", The Iron Trade Review (29 Jun 1905).

Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-2000, Volume VI - Philip Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 2000). Ref. as [Mercy VI-00].

Helen Evans Mechling, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #98524835.

Line Generation: 8

Relationship: Fourth Cousins Three Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊