Mrs. Sarah Jane Mellon, widow of former Judge Thomas Mellon, died at 7:30 o'clock this morning at her home, No. 401 North Negley avenue.
Mrs. Mellon would heave been 93 years old on February 3. Her passing was sudden but peaceful. From apparently the best of health, the well-known aged woman dropped into a slumber last evening and quietly slept away her last hours on earth.
With the death of Mrs. Mellon, the old East Liberty valley loses the last of its pioneer residents. Her husband, the former jurist, died suddenly on February 3 of last year, while preparations were being made to celebrate the ninety-fifth anniversary of his birth.
Mrs. Mellon was born in the district which she had so long called home, on February 3, 1817. Her father was Jacob Negley and her mother had been Anna Barbara Winebiddle.
The histories of both families are closely interwoven with that of Pittsburgh. In the early days, while East Liberty still was a separate borough, Mr. Negley conducted a grist mill there and with his brother kept a stall in the old Diamond market, making trips with his grain twice a week. Both families owned much land in the East Liberty Valley, which they used for farm purposes.
On August 24, 1843, the dead woman was married to Thomas Mellon, then a rising young lawyer at the Allegheny county bar. On their wedding trip, they journeyed through Canada and this event is chronicled in an entertaining style by the deceased jurist in the history of the Mellon family, which he published a few years before his death.
Judge Mellon was the founder of the Mellon National Bank, and as his sons reached maturity, he took them into partnership. There are but three children surviving this union living at this time. They are James R. Mellon, president of the City Deposit Bank, in East End; Andrew W. Mellon, president of the national bank bearing his name, and Richard B. Mellon, vice president of the same institution. Besides these, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren survive.
Mrs. Mellon was an active member of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, the site for the edifice at the corner of Penn and Highland avenues in the East End having been given to the congregation by Judge Mellon. Despite her advanced years, she took great interest in charitable work, the Home for Aged Protestant Couples, of Wilkinsburg, being the special object of her benefactions.
(obituary – "Maggie's scrapbook" – clipping from unknown newspaper 19 Jan 1909)
After nearly a century passed in the East End, Mrs. Sarah Jane Negley Mellon, widow of Judge Thomas Mellon, died suddenly of the infirmities of age, at the family residence, 401 North Negley avenue, at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning. On the previous evening she was in excellent health and when one of the family visited her room at 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning and asked how she had passed the night, she replied in a cherry voice that she had slept well. An hour later she was dead, her end being peaceful. Had she lived until February 3, she would have been 93 years old.
Mrs. Mellon was born in the old Negley mansion at Stanton and Negley avenues on February 3, 1817, the homestead being torn down only a few years ago. Her father, Jacob Negley, was a surveyor and mechanical engineer. He married Miss Anna Barbara Winebiddle on June 2, 1795, in her 17th year. Exclusive of what his wife had inherited from her father, Mr. Negley had acquired and owned at the time nearly all the land, except that of his brother Casper, now included in the old Nineteenth ward, and a considerable portion of the old Twentieth ward, beside much adjoining property, altogether about 1,500 acres.
Mr. Negley laid out a town at the junction of the Pittsburgh and Greensburg turnpike and Frankstown road, long known as Negley town, afterwards as East Liberty and now as the East End. At that time the land lying between what are now Stanton and Penn avenues, was covered with a dense growth of white oak and hickory timber which he cleared off, converting the land into meadows. In 1808 Mr. Negley built what was then regarded as one of the three finest residences in or about the city and was known until it was torn down as the Negley mansion house, where his daughter, Sarah Jane was born.
After receiving a primary education Miss Negley was sent to complete her studies at Mrs. Oliver's seminary at Braddock fields. This was the institution in highest repute at the time, where most of the daughters of the best families of the city were educated.
On August 22, 1843, Miss Negley married Judge Thomas Mellon, then a rising young lawyer at the Allegheny county bar. On their wedding trip they journeyed through Canada and the event is chronicled in an entertaining style by Judge Mellon in the history of the Mellon family, which he published for private circulation a few years before his death. Judge Mellon was the founder of the Mellon National bank. He died suddenly on February 3, 1908, while preparations were being made to celebrate the 95th anniversary of this birth. The birthdays of the couple fell on the same day.
With the death of Mrs. Mellon, the East End loses one of the last of its pioneer residents. She saw it grow from almost a forest, to a city of handsome homes and business houses. She was a life long member of the East End Presbyterian church, and on the ground on which the edifice now stands her father erected the first brick church building in the East Liberty valley. Mrs. Mellon was also a charter member of the Home for Aged Protestant Women, Wilkinsburg, for more than 40 years. It stands today on its own beautiful grounds, a monument to the hard work and liberality of Mrs. Mellon, and its other charter members. She was also a charter member of the Home for Aged Men and Women. Her benefactions to these homes were unceasing, and her other charities were given without ostentation.
Mrs. Mellon was an aunt of Gen. James S. Negley, whose dating and valor during the civil war is now a part of the history of this country.
Eight children were born to the union of Judge Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane Negley. Those living are Andrew W. Mellon, president of the Mellon National bank; Richard B. Mellon, vice president of that institution, and James R. Mellon, president of the City Deposit bank. Ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at the Mellon residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. F.W. Sneed.
(obituary – "Maggie's scrapbook" – clipping from unknown newspaper 20 Jan 1909)
Mrs. Mellon would heave been 93 years old on February 3. Her passing was sudden but peaceful. From apparently the best of health, the well-known aged woman dropped into a slumber last evening and quietly slept away her last hours on earth.
With the death of Mrs. Mellon, the old East Liberty valley loses the last of its pioneer residents. Her husband, the former jurist, died suddenly on February 3 of last year, while preparations were being made to celebrate the ninety-fifth anniversary of his birth.
Mrs. Mellon was born in the district which she had so long called home, on February 3, 1817. Her father was Jacob Negley and her mother had been Anna Barbara Winebiddle.
The histories of both families are closely interwoven with that of Pittsburgh. In the early days, while East Liberty still was a separate borough, Mr. Negley conducted a grist mill there and with his brother kept a stall in the old Diamond market, making trips with his grain twice a week. Both families owned much land in the East Liberty Valley, which they used for farm purposes.
On August 24, 1843, the dead woman was married to Thomas Mellon, then a rising young lawyer at the Allegheny county bar. On their wedding trip, they journeyed through Canada and this event is chronicled in an entertaining style by the deceased jurist in the history of the Mellon family, which he published a few years before his death.
Judge Mellon was the founder of the Mellon National Bank, and as his sons reached maturity, he took them into partnership. There are but three children surviving this union living at this time. They are James R. Mellon, president of the City Deposit Bank, in East End; Andrew W. Mellon, president of the national bank bearing his name, and Richard B. Mellon, vice president of the same institution. Besides these, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren survive.
Mrs. Mellon was an active member of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, the site for the edifice at the corner of Penn and Highland avenues in the East End having been given to the congregation by Judge Mellon. Despite her advanced years, she took great interest in charitable work, the Home for Aged Protestant Couples, of Wilkinsburg, being the special object of her benefactions.
(obituary – "Maggie's scrapbook" – clipping from unknown newspaper 19 Jan 1909)
After nearly a century passed in the East End, Mrs. Sarah Jane Negley Mellon, widow of Judge Thomas Mellon, died suddenly of the infirmities of age, at the family residence, 401 North Negley avenue, at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning. On the previous evening she was in excellent health and when one of the family visited her room at 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning and asked how she had passed the night, she replied in a cherry voice that she had slept well. An hour later she was dead, her end being peaceful. Had she lived until February 3, she would have been 93 years old.
Mrs. Mellon was born in the old Negley mansion at Stanton and Negley avenues on February 3, 1817, the homestead being torn down only a few years ago. Her father, Jacob Negley, was a surveyor and mechanical engineer. He married Miss Anna Barbara Winebiddle on June 2, 1795, in her 17th year. Exclusive of what his wife had inherited from her father, Mr. Negley had acquired and owned at the time nearly all the land, except that of his brother Casper, now included in the old Nineteenth ward, and a considerable portion of the old Twentieth ward, beside much adjoining property, altogether about 1,500 acres.
Mr. Negley laid out a town at the junction of the Pittsburgh and Greensburg turnpike and Frankstown road, long known as Negley town, afterwards as East Liberty and now as the East End. At that time the land lying between what are now Stanton and Penn avenues, was covered with a dense growth of white oak and hickory timber which he cleared off, converting the land into meadows. In 1808 Mr. Negley built what was then regarded as one of the three finest residences in or about the city and was known until it was torn down as the Negley mansion house, where his daughter, Sarah Jane was born.
After receiving a primary education Miss Negley was sent to complete her studies at Mrs. Oliver's seminary at Braddock fields. This was the institution in highest repute at the time, where most of the daughters of the best families of the city were educated.
On August 22, 1843, Miss Negley married Judge Thomas Mellon, then a rising young lawyer at the Allegheny county bar. On their wedding trip they journeyed through Canada and the event is chronicled in an entertaining style by Judge Mellon in the history of the Mellon family, which he published for private circulation a few years before his death. Judge Mellon was the founder of the Mellon National bank. He died suddenly on February 3, 1908, while preparations were being made to celebrate the 95th anniversary of this birth. The birthdays of the couple fell on the same day.
With the death of Mrs. Mellon, the East End loses one of the last of its pioneer residents. She saw it grow from almost a forest, to a city of handsome homes and business houses. She was a life long member of the East End Presbyterian church, and on the ground on which the edifice now stands her father erected the first brick church building in the East Liberty valley. Mrs. Mellon was also a charter member of the Home for Aged Protestant Women, Wilkinsburg, for more than 40 years. It stands today on its own beautiful grounds, a monument to the hard work and liberality of Mrs. Mellon, and its other charter members. She was also a charter member of the Home for Aged Men and Women. Her benefactions to these homes were unceasing, and her other charities were given without ostentation.
Mrs. Mellon was an aunt of Gen. James S. Negley, whose dating and valor during the civil war is now a part of the history of this country.
Eight children were born to the union of Judge Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane Negley. Those living are Andrew W. Mellon, president of the Mellon National bank; Richard B. Mellon, vice president of that institution, and James R. Mellon, president of the City Deposit bank. Ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at the Mellon residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. F.W. Sneed.
(obituary – "Maggie's scrapbook" – clipping from unknown newspaper 20 Jan 1909)
Mrs. Sarah Jane Mellon, widow of former Judge Thomas Mellon, died at 7:30 o'clock this morning at her home, No. 401 North Negley avenue.
Mrs. Mellon would heave been 93 years old on February 3. Her passing was sudden but peaceful. From apparently the best of health, the well-known aged woman dropped into a slumber last evening and quietly slept away her last hours on earth.
With the death of Mrs. Mellon, the old East Liberty valley loses the last of its pioneer residents. Her husband, the former jurist, died suddenly on February 3 of last year, while preparations were being made to celebrate the ninety-fifth anniversary of his birth.
Mrs. Mellon was born in the district which she had so long called home, on February 3, 1817. Her father was Jacob Negley and her mother had been Anna Barbara Winebiddle.
The histories of both families are closely interwoven with that of Pittsburgh. In the early days, while East Liberty still was a separate borough, Mr. Negley conducted a grist mill there and with his brother kept a stall in the old Diamond market, making trips with his grain twice a week. Both families owned much land in the East Liberty Valley, which they used for farm purposes.
On August 24, 1843, the dead woman was married to Thomas Mellon, then a rising young lawyer at the Allegheny county bar. On their wedding trip, they journeyed through Canada and this event is chronicled in an entertaining style by the deceased jurist in the history of the Mellon family, which he published a few years before his death.
Judge Mellon was the founder of the Mellon National Bank, and as his sons reached maturity, he took them into partnership. There are but three children surviving this union living at this time. They are James R. Mellon, president of the City Deposit Bank, in East End; Andrew W. Mellon, president of the national bank bearing his name, and Richard B. Mellon, vice president of the same institution. Besides these, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren survive.
Mrs. Mellon was an active member of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, the site for the edifice at the corner of Penn and Highland avenues in the East End having been given to the congregation by Judge Mellon. Despite her advanced years, she took great interest in charitable work, the Home for Aged Protestant Couples, of Wilkinsburg, being the special object of her benefactions.
(obituary – "Maggie's scrapbook" – clipping from unknown newspaper 19 Jan 1909)
After nearly a century passed in the East End, Mrs. Sarah Jane Negley Mellon, widow of Judge Thomas Mellon, died suddenly of the infirmities of age, at the family residence, 401 North Negley avenue, at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning. On the previous evening she was in excellent health and when one of the family visited her room at 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning and asked how she had passed the night, she replied in a cherry voice that she had slept well. An hour later she was dead, her end being peaceful. Had she lived until February 3, she would have been 93 years old.
Mrs. Mellon was born in the old Negley mansion at Stanton and Negley avenues on February 3, 1817, the homestead being torn down only a few years ago. Her father, Jacob Negley, was a surveyor and mechanical engineer. He married Miss Anna Barbara Winebiddle on June 2, 1795, in her 17th year. Exclusive of what his wife had inherited from her father, Mr. Negley had acquired and owned at the time nearly all the land, except that of his brother Casper, now included in the old Nineteenth ward, and a considerable portion of the old Twentieth ward, beside much adjoining property, altogether about 1,500 acres.
Mr. Negley laid out a town at the junction of the Pittsburgh and Greensburg turnpike and Frankstown road, long known as Negley town, afterwards as East Liberty and now as the East End. At that time the land lying between what are now Stanton and Penn avenues, was covered with a dense growth of white oak and hickory timber which he cleared off, converting the land into meadows. In 1808 Mr. Negley built what was then regarded as one of the three finest residences in or about the city and was known until it was torn down as the Negley mansion house, where his daughter, Sarah Jane was born.
After receiving a primary education Miss Negley was sent to complete her studies at Mrs. Oliver's seminary at Braddock fields. This was the institution in highest repute at the time, where most of the daughters of the best families of the city were educated.
On August 22, 1843, Miss Negley married Judge Thomas Mellon, then a rising young lawyer at the Allegheny county bar. On their wedding trip they journeyed through Canada and the event is chronicled in an entertaining style by Judge Mellon in the history of the Mellon family, which he published for private circulation a few years before his death. Judge Mellon was the founder of the Mellon National bank. He died suddenly on February 3, 1908, while preparations were being made to celebrate the 95th anniversary of this birth. The birthdays of the couple fell on the same day.
With the death of Mrs. Mellon, the East End loses one of the last of its pioneer residents. She saw it grow from almost a forest, to a city of handsome homes and business houses. She was a life long member of the East End Presbyterian church, and on the ground on which the edifice now stands her father erected the first brick church building in the East Liberty valley. Mrs. Mellon was also a charter member of the Home for Aged Protestant Women, Wilkinsburg, for more than 40 years. It stands today on its own beautiful grounds, a monument to the hard work and liberality of Mrs. Mellon, and its other charter members. She was also a charter member of the Home for Aged Men and Women. Her benefactions to these homes were unceasing, and her other charities were given without ostentation.
Mrs. Mellon was an aunt of Gen. James S. Negley, whose dating and valor during the civil war is now a part of the history of this country.
Eight children were born to the union of Judge Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane Negley. Those living are Andrew W. Mellon, president of the Mellon National bank; Richard B. Mellon, vice president of that institution, and James R. Mellon, president of the City Deposit bank. Ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at the Mellon residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. F.W. Sneed.
(obituary – "Maggie's scrapbook" – clipping from unknown newspaper 20 Jan 1909)
Mrs. Mellon would heave been 93 years old on February 3. Her passing was sudden but peaceful. From apparently the best of health, the well-known aged woman dropped into a slumber last evening and quietly slept away her last hours on earth.
With the death of Mrs. Mellon, the old East Liberty valley loses the last of its pioneer residents. Her husband, the former jurist, died suddenly on February 3 of last year, while preparations were being made to celebrate the ninety-fifth anniversary of his birth.
Mrs. Mellon was born in the district which she had so long called home, on February 3, 1817. Her father was Jacob Negley and her mother had been Anna Barbara Winebiddle.
The histories of both families are closely interwoven with that of Pittsburgh. In the early days, while East Liberty still was a separate borough, Mr. Negley conducted a grist mill there and with his brother kept a stall in the old Diamond market, making trips with his grain twice a week. Both families owned much land in the East Liberty Valley, which they used for farm purposes.
On August 24, 1843, the dead woman was married to Thomas Mellon, then a rising young lawyer at the Allegheny county bar. On their wedding trip, they journeyed through Canada and this event is chronicled in an entertaining style by the deceased jurist in the history of the Mellon family, which he published a few years before his death.
Judge Mellon was the founder of the Mellon National Bank, and as his sons reached maturity, he took them into partnership. There are but three children surviving this union living at this time. They are James R. Mellon, president of the City Deposit Bank, in East End; Andrew W. Mellon, president of the national bank bearing his name, and Richard B. Mellon, vice president of the same institution. Besides these, 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren survive.
Mrs. Mellon was an active member of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, the site for the edifice at the corner of Penn and Highland avenues in the East End having been given to the congregation by Judge Mellon. Despite her advanced years, she took great interest in charitable work, the Home for Aged Protestant Couples, of Wilkinsburg, being the special object of her benefactions.
(obituary – "Maggie's scrapbook" – clipping from unknown newspaper 19 Jan 1909)
After nearly a century passed in the East End, Mrs. Sarah Jane Negley Mellon, widow of Judge Thomas Mellon, died suddenly of the infirmities of age, at the family residence, 401 North Negley avenue, at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning. On the previous evening she was in excellent health and when one of the family visited her room at 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning and asked how she had passed the night, she replied in a cherry voice that she had slept well. An hour later she was dead, her end being peaceful. Had she lived until February 3, she would have been 93 years old.
Mrs. Mellon was born in the old Negley mansion at Stanton and Negley avenues on February 3, 1817, the homestead being torn down only a few years ago. Her father, Jacob Negley, was a surveyor and mechanical engineer. He married Miss Anna Barbara Winebiddle on June 2, 1795, in her 17th year. Exclusive of what his wife had inherited from her father, Mr. Negley had acquired and owned at the time nearly all the land, except that of his brother Casper, now included in the old Nineteenth ward, and a considerable portion of the old Twentieth ward, beside much adjoining property, altogether about 1,500 acres.
Mr. Negley laid out a town at the junction of the Pittsburgh and Greensburg turnpike and Frankstown road, long known as Negley town, afterwards as East Liberty and now as the East End. At that time the land lying between what are now Stanton and Penn avenues, was covered with a dense growth of white oak and hickory timber which he cleared off, converting the land into meadows. In 1808 Mr. Negley built what was then regarded as one of the three finest residences in or about the city and was known until it was torn down as the Negley mansion house, where his daughter, Sarah Jane was born.
After receiving a primary education Miss Negley was sent to complete her studies at Mrs. Oliver's seminary at Braddock fields. This was the institution in highest repute at the time, where most of the daughters of the best families of the city were educated.
On August 22, 1843, Miss Negley married Judge Thomas Mellon, then a rising young lawyer at the Allegheny county bar. On their wedding trip they journeyed through Canada and the event is chronicled in an entertaining style by Judge Mellon in the history of the Mellon family, which he published for private circulation a few years before his death. Judge Mellon was the founder of the Mellon National bank. He died suddenly on February 3, 1908, while preparations were being made to celebrate the 95th anniversary of this birth. The birthdays of the couple fell on the same day.
With the death of Mrs. Mellon, the East End loses one of the last of its pioneer residents. She saw it grow from almost a forest, to a city of handsome homes and business houses. She was a life long member of the East End Presbyterian church, and on the ground on which the edifice now stands her father erected the first brick church building in the East Liberty valley. Mrs. Mellon was also a charter member of the Home for Aged Protestant Women, Wilkinsburg, for more than 40 years. It stands today on its own beautiful grounds, a monument to the hard work and liberality of Mrs. Mellon, and its other charter members. She was also a charter member of the Home for Aged Men and Women. Her benefactions to these homes were unceasing, and her other charities were given without ostentation.
Mrs. Mellon was an aunt of Gen. James S. Negley, whose dating and valor during the civil war is now a part of the history of this country.
Eight children were born to the union of Judge Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane Negley. Those living are Andrew W. Mellon, president of the Mellon National bank; Richard B. Mellon, vice president of that institution, and James R. Mellon, president of the City Deposit bank. Ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at the Mellon residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. F.W. Sneed.
(obituary – "Maggie's scrapbook" – clipping from unknown newspaper 20 Jan 1909)
Gravesite Details
From Allegheny Cemetery Records
Family Members
Siblings
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John Negley
1796–1802
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Elizabeth Negley
1798–1799
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Jacob Negley
1800–1830
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Daniel Negley
1802–1867
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Mary Ann Negley Berlin
1805–1829
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George Gibson Negley
1808–1884
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Catherine Roup Negley
1810–1897
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Margaret Negley
1812–1815
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William Negley
1814–1816
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Alexander Negley
1819–1864
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Isabella M. Negley Beatty
1821–1849
