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Henry Kuhn Mechlin

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Henry Kuhn Mechlin

Birth
Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
6 Jan 1900 (aged 70)
Pike County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Latham, Pike County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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OH Soldiers records indicate Henry buried at Old Methodist Cem/Henry Chapel, Camp Creek Twp, Pike Co OH -- alternate name for this cem.
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Henry's father William used the MECHLING surname spelling, the ending "G" dropped in Pike Co OH -- MECHLING spelling came w/immigrant Diebold "aka Theobald" in 1728, with several variations developing as the family moved west.
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By the Civil War, Henry K MECHLIN was serving from Ohio, 18th Indep't. Battery, OH Light Art'y as a private, as verified in following record:

Ohio, Soldiers Grave Registration Cards, 1804-1958
[note: difficult to read numerals]
**Henry K MECHLIN -b 1830 -d 06 Jan 1900, bur 09 Jan 1900, Old Methodist Cem,1 mi N Bethel, Co Rd 15, Pike Co OH, Lot #8, Sec: A, Gr #18
Service Record: Civil War, Army Pvt, enl: 08 Aug 1862-disch: 29 Jun 1865, 18th Indep't Battery O V L A

Family records report, Henry became deaf in a battle fought near Franklin TN.
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1870, Jasper PO, Camp Creek twp, Pike Co OH: Henry 41 b PA, farmer, wife Nancy 41 & chr: Harrison 16 b OH, Richard 14, James C 12, Isabel 10, John E 08, William R 04...

1880, Camp Creek twp: Henry 51 b PA, farmer, widower, w/chr: Harrison H 36, RS 23, JC 22, Bell 19, JE 17, WR 13 & Annie M 05

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OH Soldiers records indicate Henry buried at Old Methodist Cem/Henry Chapel, Camp Creek Twp, Pike Co OH -- alternate name for this cem.
~~~~~
Henry's father William used the MECHLING surname spelling, the ending "G" dropped in Pike Co OH -- MECHLING spelling came w/immigrant Diebold "aka Theobald" in 1728, with several variations developing as the family moved west.
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By the Civil War, Henry K MECHLIN was serving from Ohio, 18th Indep't. Battery, OH Light Art'y as a private, as verified in following record:

Ohio, Soldiers Grave Registration Cards, 1804-1958
[note: difficult to read numerals]
**Henry K MECHLIN -b 1830 -d 06 Jan 1900, bur 09 Jan 1900, Old Methodist Cem,1 mi N Bethel, Co Rd 15, Pike Co OH, Lot #8, Sec: A, Gr #18
Service Record: Civil War, Army Pvt, enl: 08 Aug 1862-disch: 29 Jun 1865, 18th Indep't Battery O V L A

Family records report, Henry became deaf in a battle fought near Franklin TN.
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1870, Jasper PO, Camp Creek twp, Pike Co OH: Henry 41 b PA, farmer, wife Nancy 41 & chr: Harrison 16 b OH, Richard 14, James C 12, Isabel 10, John E 08, William R 04...

1880, Camp Creek twp: Henry 51 b PA, farmer, widower, w/chr: Harrison H 36, RS 23, JC 22, Bell 19, JE 17, WR 13 & Annie M 05

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