Mahlon Elias Meily
(1838-1920)
Margaret Kline
(1841-1927)
Wilson Shannon Coleman
(1843-1916)
Maria Ann Straub
(1844-1926)
Edgar John Meily
(1869-1908)
Clide Blanche Coleman
(1871-1911)
Mahlon Coleman Meily
(1894-1960)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Bessie Louella Wright

Mahlon Coleman Meily 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 22 Nov 1894, Marion, Marion, OH 6
  • Marriage (1): Bessie Louella Wright on 24 Dec 1920 in Paris, Henry, TN, USA 1
  • Died: 15 Feb 1960, Lexington, Fayette, KY at age 65 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: LV48-SZJ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Paris, Henry, TN, USA. 7 The 1930 census recorded owning at home at 601 Iron Works Road: Mahlon Meily, machinist in Sham. R. R. shop, 39, living with wife Bessie, 33; son W. B. Meily, 14 [Bessie's son by her first marriage to Charley Bruce]; and daughter Geraldine, 2 years 2 months old. Also in the home is Robert L. Wright, 34. Mahlon was married at age 30, Bessie at age 26. He and his parents were born in Ohio. Bessie, her parents, and her children were born in Tennessee.

2. Census in 1940 in Paris, Henry, TN, USA. 8 The 1940 census recorded owning an $1800 home: Mahlon C. Meily, machinist at railroad, 48, living with wife Bess L., 42; Geraldine, 12; Mahlon was born in Ohio, Bess and Geraldine in Tennessee.

3. Residence: 4009 S. 5th St., Louisville, KY on 12 Aug 1942 in Louisville, Jefferson, KY. 9

4. Residence: 210 Harland Ave., Louisville, KY on 30 Jul 1948 in Louisville, Jefferson, KY. 5

5. Occupation: railroad mechanic on 15 Feb 1960 in Lexington, Fayette, KY. 4


Mahlon married Bessie Louella Wright, daughter of George Henry Wright and Frances Henrietta Wright, on 24 Dec 1920 in Paris, Henry, TN, USA.1 (Bessie Louella Wright was born on 28 Apr 1898 in Paris, Henry, TN, USA,5 8 9 died on 30 Jul 1948 in Louisville, Jefferson, KY 5 10 and was buried on 2 Aug 1948 in Louisville: Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery, Jefferson, KY, USA 5.)


Sources


1 Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002 (FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VN8N-B3L M C Meily and Bess Wright, 24 Dec 1920.

2 Marion Daily Mirror (Marion, Ohio) (Marion, Marion, Ohio), 7 Nov 1908, page 5. E. J. Meiley Dies In South.

3 Ancestry.com, Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA.), Death Certificate 2428. Mahlon C. Meily. Age 69 d. 15 Feb 1960 in Fayette County.

4 FamilySearch.org, Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVJ5-JFYG Mahlon Coleman Meily, 1960.

5 Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964 (Kentucky. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
Kentucky. Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911). Microfilm rolls #7007125-7007131, 7011804-7011813, 7012974-7013570, 7015456-7015462. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
Kentucky. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964). Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.), Death Certificate 16415. Mrs. Bess Meily.

6 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6F1-GXP Mahlon C Meily.

7 1930 United States Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Paris, Henry, Tennessee; Roll: 2255; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0003; Image: 677.0; FHL microfilm: 2341989.

8 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4H8-TYD Mahlon C Muily in household of Lillie Cox, Paris, Civil District 1, Henry, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-5, sheet 61B, family 284.

9 Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909 (Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives.), Bessie Louella Wright, father George Henry Wright, mother Frances Henrietta ___. Parents from NC.

10 FamilySearch.org, Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSFQ-PYC Bess Meily, 1948.



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