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McGee - Mellon Marriage
HENRY MCGEE WAS MARRIED
TO CATHERINE MELLON. SHE WAS THE SISTER
TO DENNIS MELLON ONE OF
THE EARLY SETTLERS IN TURKEY CREEK.
DENNIS WAS MY
GGGRANDFATHER. THEY CAME FROM COUNTY DOWN IRELAND .
I HAVE LAND GRANTS FOR
HENRY FOR LAKE COUNTY NEAR WHERE DENNIS HAD
HIS. I THINK HENRY AND
CATHERINE CAME FIRST AS HE IS MENTIONED
ABOUT TWO YEARS EARLIER
THAN DENNIS AND HIS FAMILY. THEY WERE ALL
MARRIED IN BELFAST
IRELAND. BUT WERE DEVOUT CATHOLICS AND WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE
FOUNDING OF ST. PETER AND PAUL CHURCH. DENNIS
EVEN DONATED THE LAND
THAT ST.PETER AND PAUL CEMETERY IS ON IN
MERRILLVILLE. THERE ARE
STILL MANY MELLONS IN THE AREA. MY
MOTHER WAS A MELLON. I
NOW LIVE IN ILLINOIS BUT HAVE MANY RELATIVES
IN INDIANA. I KNOW HENRY
AND CATHERINE HAD A SON,NAMED HENRY MCGEE.
BUT I HAVEN'T AS YET
TRACED HIM. BY THE WAY THEY SPELLED THEIR NAME
IN IRELAND MAGEE. NOW
YOU CAN PUT FOUND BY HENRY. BETH ORSI
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