John H. Mellor (abt. 1807 - 1863)

Born about 3 Dec 1807 in Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 26 Mar 1863 at about age 55 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

John H., son of James Mellor, settled in Pittsburgh in 1829, and in 1831 he established the music business now conducted by his son, the oldest of the kind in the city, and was organist of Trinity Church for twenty-seven years. He died in 1863, aged fifty-six; his widow still resides in Pittsburgh, aged eighty. Her eldest daughter, Louise P., resides with her, and the second, Mrs. Annie M. Sheib, is in Canton, Ohio.

Sources

• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 341)
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ23-KN5 : 10 April 2021), John Mellor, 1808.
• "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWZX-7ZN : 11 December 2014), John Mellor, 03 Jan 1808, Baptism; citing p. 17, Stockport, Cheshire, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
• "Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cemetery Records, 1845 - 1960", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W8G6-2HW2 : Thu Nov 16 16:42:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Jno H Mellor, 26 Mar 1863.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGP-7R12 : 2 June 2022), John H Mellor, ; Burial, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Allegheny Cemetery; citing record ID 122475951, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.