Obituary - Mox Melhorn
Contributed to Genealogy Pit Stop
By Dennis Goddard
East Liverpool
Mox Melhorn
Salineville - Mox Melhorn, 88, retired Carroll County farmer, died (September 13, 1957) today at 4:20 a. m. in Bea's Rest Home here following a long illness.
Mr. Melhorn, who spent most of his life on a farm near Mechanicstown, west of here, was born Feb. 1, 1869 in Germany, the son of August and Christina Melhorn. He came to this country when he was 3. He was noted as a wood carver and took nearly 20 years in the production of a series of carvings depicting the life of Christ from birth to the resurrection. He was a member of Rileys Methodist Church.
Mr. Melhorn leaves three sons, Oscar Melhorn and Clarence Melhorn of Salineville, and Louis Melhorn of Toronto, and two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be held Monday at 2 p. m. in the Kerr Funeral Home here by the Rev. Willliam Buell, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery.
Friends may call Saturday and Sunday at the funeral home.
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