History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . ed to be eighty-seven years of age, herdeath occurring on Jan. 7, 1922. John Mellor was born at Wadsley Bridge, just acrossthe river Don from Sheffield, England, July 19, early years were such as those of every healthyyoung lad, spent largely in the schoolroom, storing hismind with the fundamentals of education, with the ex-ception that in young Mellors case his thirst forknowledge made books a delight instead of a early for him was the door of the schoolroomclosed,
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . ed to be eighty-seven years of age, herdeath occurring on Jan. 7, 1922. John Mellor was born at Wadsley Bridge, just acrossthe river Don from Sheffield, England, July 19, early years were such as those of every healthyyoung lad, spent largely in the schoolroom, storing hismind with the fundamentals of education, with the ex-ception that in young Mellors case his thirst forknowledge made books a delight instead of a early for him was the door of the schoolroomclosed, by his fathers decree that he should learn auseful trade. The fathers care was the economicindependence of the boy, and his own line of workappealed to him as the only certain means to that the boy was apprenticed, at fourteen yearsof age, to Henry Steel, of Bolsterstone, a fine type ofan old English country blacksmith. He lived in thehome of Mr. Steel, and it was here that he first sawreal books, and he was allowed the use of the veryfine library. Inheriting largely his mothers mental.
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