For a short time in 1870, James and Thomas Mellon managed the East End Bank of T. Mellon and Sons, the company which, under brother Andrew Mellon's (1855-1937) supervision, became one of the region's largest banks. James also founded the City Deposit Bank, becoming its president in 1898, and helped the family to finance the building of the Ligonier Valley Railroad, completed in 1877. Active in the community, James Mellon served on the boards and as an officer for numerous organizations, including the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Allegheny County Juvenile Court Farm, Athalia Daly Home for Working Girls, and the East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Mellon's club memberships included the Duquesne, University, and Automobile Clubs, as well as the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. James and Rachel Mellon had three children: William Larimer (1867-1949), a banker with Mellon Bank who became chairman of Gulf Oil Corporation; Lucille, who married George S. Hasbrouck, Jr.; and Thomas Alexander, who entered the construction business. James Mellon and his family lived at 400 Negley Avenue, across the street from James's parents. They also owned a mountain estate, Rachelwood, outside New Florence (Westmoreland County), Pennsylvania, and a winter home in Palatka, Florida. In James' later years, he donated a library to the town of Palatka and built an all-faith church, Church in the Wilderness, on his mountain estate. James died on October 20, 1934.
~ Guide to Papers of James R. Mellon,1857-1932 at Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, PA
For a short time in 1870, James and Thomas Mellon managed the East End Bank of T. Mellon and Sons, the company which, under brother Andrew Mellon's (1855-1937) supervision, became one of the region's largest banks. James also founded the City Deposit Bank, becoming its president in 1898, and helped the family to finance the building of the Ligonier Valley Railroad, completed in 1877. Active in the community, James Mellon served on the boards and as an officer for numerous organizations, including the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Allegheny County Juvenile Court Farm, Athalia Daly Home for Working Girls, and the East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Mellon's club memberships included the Duquesne, University, and Automobile Clubs, as well as the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. James and Rachel Mellon had three children: William Larimer (1867-1949), a banker with Mellon Bank who became chairman of Gulf Oil Corporation; Lucille, who married George S. Hasbrouck, Jr.; and Thomas Alexander, who entered the construction business. James Mellon and his family lived at 400 Negley Avenue, across the street from James's parents. They also owned a mountain estate, Rachelwood, outside New Florence (Westmoreland County), Pennsylvania, and a winter home in Palatka, Florida. In James' later years, he donated a library to the town of Palatka and built an all-faith church, Church in the Wilderness, on his mountain estate. James died on October 20, 1934.
~ Guide to Papers of James R. Mellon,1857-1932 at Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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