Biography

11/04/1774 - 08/19/1847

Philip Jonas Mechling (D24) Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango and Warren Counties 1830-1831 (Anti-Masonic24) Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango and Warren Counties 1831-1834

Early Life:

Philip Jonas Mechling, born November 4, 1774, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Philip and Katherine Wetzel Mechling; married, Catherine Coder, 1795, children, George Mechling, Reverend Jonas Mechling, Philip J. Mechling, Salome Weber, John Mechling, William Mechling, Leah Mechling Hartzell, Hannah Mechling Rugh; stone mason; collector, United States Taxes, 1816-1817; elected, Sheriff of Armstrong County, 1817; clerk, Orphans Court; member, Armstrong County Bible Society; delegate, Canal Convention, 1828; elected, Democrat, then Anti-Masonic, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1830-1834; died, August 19, 1847 (aged 72), Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; original interment, Old German Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; now interment, Brush Creek Cemetery, Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Collector, United States Taxes, 1816-1817.

Elected, Sheriff of Armstrong County, 1817.

Delegate, Canal Convention, 1828.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 24th district, Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango and Warren Counties, 1830-1831; elected, Anti-Masonic, Pennsylvania State Senate, 24th district, Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Venango and Warren Counties, 1831-1834.   

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Philip Jonas Mechling (1774-1847) - Find a Grave Memorial