Lydia B. Mellott was born 29 APR 1817 in Bedford Co, (now Fulton) PA. Her greatgrandfather, Abraham, was in the Revolutionary War, Henderson Company for 2 months. Mustered out April 1781. Source FCHS Scrapbook Collection Album #1 p 39.
The Clevenger line and the Mellot line is documented as far back as 1654 on Ron Rose's web site
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rrrose2
"Hiram CLEVENGER, s/o: Abraham & Lydia CLEVENGER..."
Source: "Fulton County PA Marriages 1885-1927" pg.3, by Wm O. TURNER, 1997.
"...daughter, Lidia the wife of Abrham CLEVENGER..."
Source: Karen MELLOTT, Email: KMellott@aol.com 7/06/98.
Will of Obadiah MELLOTT, Fulton County Willbook 1, pg.19.
"Abraham CLEVENGER, born April 4, 1809, died October 10, 1881, married on March 15, 1835 Lydia MELLOTT, born April 29, 1817, died January 4, 1878."
Source: Sam Buterbaugh, "Genealogy of Members of Sideling Hill Baptist Church" in the Fulton County Historical Society publication, Volume 13, 1991, p. 140.
CLEVENGER, Lydia B. SDLNG HL CHRSTN b-29 April 1817; d-4 Jan. 1878; h-Abraham Clevenger
Source: FCHS Cemetery Disk, 1997
Note: Another, undocumented source indicated Lydia's date of death as January
24, 1878.