John Mehring

"JOHN MEHRING (deceased), was a native of Germany Township, this county, born in 1809. His first marriage was with Amy Shoemaker, who bore him eight children, viz.: Catherine, Margaret, Isaiah E., Jonathan F., Ellen C., John O., Emma M. and Lydia. His second marriage was with Harriet Sell, a daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Graves) Sell, by which union there were three children: Solomon D., Alverta Matilda, now the wife of Harry Myers, and Harriet R., wife W. H. Colehouse. All of the eleven children are yet living and all are married. Mr. Mehring was a farmer all his life and owned two places, one of 135 and another of 116 acres, as well as other property. He was a firm Union man during the war, and supported the Government by his means and influence. He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, in which he was nearly always an official and one of its chief supporters. He died June 16, 1865; his widow still resides in Littlestown. "