Ancestry of John Mellencamp

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of John Mellencamp should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of John Mellencamp
1 John Mellencamp, b. Seymour, Ind., 7 Oct. 1951
PARENTS
2 Richard Lee Mellencamp, b. ...
m.
3 Marilyn Lowe, b. ...
GRANDPARENTS
4 Harry Perry Mellencamp, b. Seymour, Ind., 4 Nov. 1903, d. Seymour, Ind., 26 Dec. 1983
m. ... 1924
5 Laura L ... Noblitt, b. ... , Ind., 25 Nov. 1905, d. ...
6 Joseph Lowe, b. ... , d. ...
m.
7 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 John Herman Louis Mellencamp, b. Columbus, Ind., 12 March 1855, d. Jackson Co., Ind., 29 March 1916
m. Jackson Co., Ind., 2 Oct. 1888
9 Caroline Mackey, b. Hamilton, Ind., 11 Nov. 1869, d. Seymour, Ind., 3 March 1939
10 John Noblitt, b. ... , Ind., ... 1869, d. ... , Ind., ... 1923
m. ... , Ind., ... 1888
11 Martha Ellen Ehlers, b. ... , Ind., ... 1869, d. ... , Ind., ... 1970
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 John Herman Louis Mellencamp, b. Enger, Germany, 18 May 1823, d. Waymanville, Ind., 7 Nov. 1888
m.
17 Anna Maria Bramsche, b. Enger, Germany, 8 May 1823, d. Jonesville, Ind., 3 March 1878
18 John Henry Mackey, b. Hannover ... 1840, d. Jackson Co., Ind., ... 1875
m. Columbus, Ind., 5 March 1860
19 Anna Maria Angelica Munte, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1 Jan. 1842, d. Seymour, Ind., 27 Feb. 1929
20 Joel Noblitt, b. ... , d. ...
m.
21 Elizabeth Codey, b. ... , d. ...
22 Frederick James Ehlers, b. ... Berlin ... 1839, d. Jackson Co., Ind., ... 1889
m.
23 Martha Phemlot, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
38 Wilhelm Friedrich Munte, b. ... , d. ...
m.
39 ... , b. ... , d. ...
44 Frederick Ehlers, b. Berlin ... 1790, d. ... 1860
m.
45 Sophie ... , b. Berlin ... 1800, d. ... 1860
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NOTES






1 -- For some of his ancestry, see http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=:1109124&id=I06645.



















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