[M] #25652 David Leech Mechling ( Franklin Mechling • John Mechling • Michael Mechling • John Theobald "Dewalt" Mechling◊ • Diebold "Theobald" Mechling◊ • Diebold Mechling◊ • Martin Mechling◊ )

David was born 13 Feb 1860 in Leechburg, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania. He died 25 Oct 1964 in Longmont, Boulder Co., Colorado from a broken hip sustained in a fall. He was buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.

He went to Colorado around 1880 and worked for his uncle, Hugh McElheny, who was a pharmacist. He searched for Aztec Indian relics and thse relics are now on display in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.

David married #25914 Fannie Burlingame.

Fannie was born 13 Oct 1875 in Silver City, New Mexico. She died 13 May 1948 in Denver, Arapaho Co., Colorado.

She is the daughter of Eugene E. & Alice (Hoffman) Burlingame.

Children of this relationship:

Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 2 Apr 2007.

Line Generation: 8

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