A Million Mendenhalls: #1 & #2

A Million Mendenhalls

Mendenhall #1: AM Mendenhall


~Info known before research: 

Birth: abt 1832 in Ohio
Death: Unknown

Relation to Me: My 3rd Cousin, 6x Removed

Parents: Mordecai C. Mendenhall (1807-1836) & 
          Ruth Edwards (1810-1867)

Siblings:  1. Elizabeth (b. 1831)
          2. ELiza Jane (b. 1834)

~Info Found

None! I couldn't find anything on AM Mendenhall. This is a name that I found a long long time ago and it was most likely through another Ancestry.com member's tree. 

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Mendenhall #2: Aaron Mendenhall (1828-1894)

~Info known before research: 

Birth: 01 Jun 1828 in Darke County, Ohio
Death: 08 Jan 1894 in Darke County, Ohio

Relation to Me: My 4th Great Grandfather

Parents: Richard Mendenhall (1794-1871) &
          Sarah Pearson (1795-1866)

Siblings:  
1. Deidamia (1818-1873)
2. Joseph (1819-1882)
3. Ann (1821-?)
4. Robert (1822-1875)
5. Eliza (1823-1868)
6. Abel (1824-?)
7. Rachel (1826-1853)
8. Richard Jr. (1829-1856)
9. Sarah (1830--1956)
10. Dulcena (1831-1870)
11. Elizabeth (1836-1918)         

~Info Found

I'm not sure how much information I had before this project because he is a direct ancestor, I know I've done research on him before, so I'll put all the information found in all research attempts:

Marriage: 04 Sep 1851 in Greenville, Darke, Ohio
Aaron married Christena M. Spielman (1835-1920)- daughter of David Speelman Jr. & Mary "Polly" Stoner.

Aaron and Christena had 10 children:
1. Richard (1852-1924)
2. Mary Ann (1854-1929)
3. Sarah L. (1856-1930)
4. David (1857-1894)
5. Rachel Olive (1858-1927)
6. Jacob (1862-1914)
7. Edward (1864-1866)
8. Laura B. (1867-1885)
9. Julietta (1870-1910)
10. John W. (1877-1894)

Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1850 (18 Jul) (age 22): Patterson, Darke, Ohio
Farmer; Son; Living with Parents and Siblings

~1860 (25 Apr) (age 31): Patterson, Darke, Ohio
Farmer; Living with Wife and 5 Children

~1863 (June) (age 35): Patterson, Darke, Ohio
Military- Civil War Draft Registration 

~1864 (age 36): Ohio
Aaron served as a Corporal of Company F, 152nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. Mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio on 02 Sep 1864.

~1870 (06 Jun) (age 42): Patterson, Darke, Ohio
Farmer; Living with Wife and 8 Children

~1880 (01 Jun) (age 52): Patterson, Darke, Ohio
Farmer; Living with Wife, 6 Children and Father-in-Law

Burial: Aaron died at the age of 65 years old. He is buried in Mendenhall Cemetery in Darke County, Ohio. He shares a headstone with his wife Christena.