[M] #23951 Clarence Ray Mechling ( Amos MechlingFrederick MechlingJacob MechlingJohn Theobald "Dewalt" MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

Clarence was born 26 Jul 1885 in Licking Co., Ohio. He died 28 Feb 1946 in Perry Co., Ohio.

He was a day laborer on the 1900 census of Hopewell Twp., Perry Co., Ohio. Due to a stroke, he was an invalid for a number of years before his death.

[Mercy I-98] gives the birth year as 1884. The 1930 census of Thorn Twp., Perry Co., Ohio gives his birth year as 1888. [Mercy I-98] has him born in Licking Co., Ohio while the marriage records have him born in Perry Co., Ohio.

Clarence married and divorced first #27045 Pearl Richards.

Relationship notes

They divorced Bef 1930.

 

Children of this relationship:

#27046MiCharles Otis "Otis" Mechling(13 Oct 1904–24 Jun 1974)

Clarence married second #27047 Ida L. Persinger.

Relationship notes

They married 18 Sep 1937 in Pleasants Co., West Virginia.

 

Ida was born 2 Aug 1896 in Roncever, Greenbrier Co., West Virginia. She died 27 Oct 1991 in Licking Co., Ohio.

The Social Security Death Index gives her death date as 28 Oct while the Ohio Deaths register gives it as 27 Oct. The transcription of the latter gives her birth location as Virginia, however, Greenbrier Co. has been in West Virginia since the Civil War.

Her marriage record lists her as Ida Lou Peters but does not indicate if she was previously married to a Mr. Peters or if this was a maiden name.

Children of this relationship:

#62568MiWalter Herman Mechling(2 May 1923–Jun 1994)

Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 17 Jan 2007.

Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 19 Dec 2011.

Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-1998, Volume I-Dewalt Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 1998). Ref. as [Mercy I-98].


Line Generation: 8

Relationship: Third Cousins Three Times Removed through John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling