Mahlon Elias Meily ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Another name for Mahlon was Malan Elias Meily.⁶

   FamilySearch ID: KZCD-VRG.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Marion, Marion, OH. ⁷ The 1850 census recorded William Miley, grocer, 43, living with wife Lydia, 43; Catherine, 19; Maud A., 16; Mahlon, 14; Hiram, 12; Monroe, 10; Aaron, 9; Alfred, 3, and Susanah, 0. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except Susanah in Ohio.

2. Census in 1860 in Columbus, Franklin, OH. ⁸ The 1860 census recorded M. E. Meily, cigar maker, 22, single, renting a room owned by John Nagle, 35. Meily was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1870 in Marion, Marion, OH. ⁹ The 1870 census recorded Mahlon E. Miley [indexed on FamilySearch as Miller], 32, living with wife Magge, 27; Grace M., 6; Charles M., 4; and Edgar, 1. With them is Mahlon's mother, Lydia, 62, with her son Hiram, 28. Children Grace, Charles and Edgar were born in Ohio, and all the adults in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1880 in Marion, Marion, OH. ¹⁰ The 1880 census recorded Malen E. Meily, restaurant and boarding, 42, living with wife Margret, 38; Grace, 16; Charles, 14; Edgar, 10; Isabella, 8. Also in the home was Malen's brother, Alfred Meily, 32. Everyone was born in Ohio, except Malen, Alfred, their parents, and Margret's parents who were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1900 in Peoria, Peoria, IL. ¹¹ The 1900 census recorded renting a home at 1121 N. Monroe St: Malan E. Meily [indexed wrong in census as Mily], laborer, 62, born Jan 1838, living with wife Margaret, 53, Dec 1847; son Charles, laborer, 35, Dec 1865; and brother Alfred, 53, Sep 1847. Malan and Margaret were married for 37 years and she had birthed 4 children by 1900, all alive then. Malan and Alfred were born in Pennsylvania and their parents in Germany. Margaret was born in Pennsylvania, her father in France, and mother in Germany. Charles was born in Ohio, his parents in Pennsylvania.

6. Census in 1920 in Marion, Marion, OH. ¹² The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 412 S.Vine St.: Frank M. Pittenger, traveling salesman coffee wholesale, 37, living with wife Lelah E., 48; daughter Margaret, 20; son Charles M., salesman cigars retail, 18; father-in-law Mahlon Meily, 82; and mother-in-law Margaret Meily, 78. Everyone was born in Ohio except Mahlon and Margaret Meily in Pennsylvania. Lelah and Mahlon's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Margaret Meily's father was born in France and her mother in Germany.

7. Newspaper: Marion Star: "Mahlon E. Meily, 82, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank M. Pittinger on South Vine street. Mr. Meily had operated one of the first restaurants and confectionery stores in Marion.", 19 Mar 1920, Marion, Marion, OH. ⁴

Mahlon married Margaret Kline on 25 Feb 1862 in , Franklin, OH. (Margaret Kline was born on 22 Dec 1841 in , , PA,^{13 14} died on 2 Nov 1927 in Marion, Marion, OH ^{13 14} and was buried on 5 Nov 1927 in Marion: Marion Cemetery, Marion, OH ^{13 14}.)