Biography

10/05/1865 - 09/01/1934

MECHLING, Allen Ross, a Representative from Forest County; born, October 5, 1865 near West Sunbury, Butler County, Pa.; graduated, West Sunbury Academy; clerk; mercantile businessman; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Clarington (1897-1906); elected, auditor, Barnett Township (1905-1906); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1908 and 1912; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1910); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the House (1914); died, September 1, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Memorial Park, Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.