[M] #9342 Orange Judd Mechling ( Josiah J. MechlingElizabeth MechlingJohn MechlingJohn Jacob MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

Alternate line: ( Josiah J. MechlingGeorge MechlingPhilip Jonas MechlingPhilip MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

Orange was born 12 Sep 1865 in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania. He died 6 Feb 1954 in Mt. Vernon, New York. He was buried in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.

In 1886, he and his brother, Adam, went to the then Territory of Washington to secure homestead rights on 500 acres of valuable timber land along the Saulk River. Due to disastrous forest fires, they were forced to sell their land, more or less at cost. He returned to Pennsylvania in 1890 to take care of the family farm. Coal was discovered in the area and Orange sold the land at a profit. He then bought a 50 acre farm near by and built a large home.

He was one of the organizing directors of the Merchants' Trust Company of Greensburg. He also excelled at producing fruit on his farm and was an advisor to both the Pennsylvania State and the United States Agricultural Departments.

Orange married #11023 Harriet Jane "Jennie" Monroe.

Relationship notes

They married 26 Feb 1891.

 

Jennie was born Jul 1865.

She is the daughter of William P. & Martha E. (Johnson) Monroe. [Mercy VI-00] gives her death as 13 Aug 1865, which is inconsistent with the birth dates of her children.

Children of this relationship:

#11024FiMartha Catharine "Catharine" Mechling(13 Mar 1892–1 Sep 1974)
#11025FiiHarriet Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Mechling(17 Oct 1893–18 Nov 1998)
#11026MiiiMonroe Josiah Mechling(22 Oct 1895–22 Jan 1983)
#11027MivOrange Judd Mechling(18 Oct 1900–5 Jul 1976)

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].


Line Generation: 8

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