Surnames: Mellenthin, Hall

----Source: Marshfield News (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Thursday Jan 4, 1894 page 4 Column 1

Mellenthin, William (17 Aug. 1821 - 21 Dec. 1893)

SPENCER Wm. Mellenthin, an old man aged about 70 years, living two miles north of here, died last Thursday and was buried Sunday, Rev. J. H. Hall conducting the funeral services. The old gentleman went to bed apparently in the best of health, the night before. When his relatives went to awaken him in the morning, he was found dead.

*** Note: William’s date of birth is from church records of St. John’s Lutheran church in Spencer, Marathon County, Wisconsin, membership register, page 10, record number 97. He farmed in Unity, Clark County, Wisconsin.