A Million Mendenhall's: #50 & #51

Mendenhall #50: Absolom Alvers Mendenhall (1877-1937)

Birth: 03 May 1877 in Patterson, Darke, Ohio

Death: 06 Jul 1937 in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana

Relation to Me: My 2nd Cousin, 5x Removed

Parents: Charles E. Mendenhall (1838-1882) &

          Rebecca Blotner (1838-1913)

Siblings: (Absolom's father Charles married twice)

1. Rufus M. (1874-1874)

2. Rhoda C. (1875-1904)

3. William (1879-1881)

Half-Siblings:

1. Nancy Olive (1867-1923)

2. Walter John (1868-1923)

3. Mary E. (b. 1870)

Marriage: 06 Jul 1898 in Delaware County, Indiana

Absolom married Ann Louisa "Lulu" VanNatter (1881-1956)- daughter of Samuel VanNatter & Margarite E. Roberts.

Absolom and Lulu had 8 children:

1. Ross T. (1901-1979)

2. Cleo R. (1903-1959)

3. Pauline May (1905-1956)

4. Charles Earl (1907-1991)

5. Infant Daughter (1910-1910)

6. Geraldine Fay (1911-2000)

7. Madeline Faine (1914-1914)

8. Forest Glen (1920-1920)

Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1877 (13 May) (Birth): Darke County, Ohio

Ohio, Birth and Christenings Index

~1880 (12 Jun) (age 3): Patterson, Darke, Ohio

Son; Living with Parents and Siblings

~1899 (age 22): Muncie, Delaware, Indiana

13th St. Elliott, works at Ball Bros (U.S. Directory)

~1900 (29 Jun) (age 23): Center, Delaware, Indiana

Laborer @ Glass Factory; Living with Wife.

~1910 (29 Apr) (age 32): Center, Delaware, Indiana

Laborer @ Mill; Living with Wife and 4 Children.

~1918 (12 Sep) (age 41): Delaware County, Indiana

WWI Registration: 

Description: Tall, Medium Build, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair

Occupation: Fruit Jar Inspector @ Ball Brothers: Factory #2

~1920 (13 Jan) (age 42): Center, Delaware, Indiana

Inspector @ Ball Brothers; Living on E. 16th St.; Living with Wife, 5 Children and 2 Boarders.

~1930 (14 Apr) (age 52): Center, Delaware, Indiana

Laborer @ Glass Factory; Living with Wife & 4 Children and Brother-in-law

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Mendenhall #51: Absolom Jay Mendenhall (1836-1845)

Birth: 21 Oct 1836 in Cambridge, Ohio

Death: 11 Jun 1845 Morgan County, Ohio

Relation to Me: (Ancestry.com made it complicated...I'm not sure why)

My 2nd Cousin, 1x Removed of husband of sister-in-law of 2nd great grand aunt.

Parents: Benjamin Mendenhall (1811-1891) &

         Charlotte Faires (1806-1893)

Siblings:

1.Thomas William (1834-1917)

2. Daniel K. (1838-1897)

3. John Alexander (1839-1915)

4. Isaac James (1841-1897)

5. Elizabeth Jane (1845-1932)

Marriage: Died Young