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Image courtesy of the Merrillville-Ross Township Historical Society.
About a year before the Civil War broke out, Mary Ellen Mellon became Mrs. Henry Halfman.
Her descendants compiled some notes to go with this photo, including the interesting fact that the land for what is now St. Peter and Paul Cemetery was donated to the church by her father.
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Image courtesy of the Merrillville-Ross Township Historical Society.
Mary Ellen's obituary had little to add:
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Hobart Gazette, June 3, 1910.
The portrait above is undated. Per the Chicago Historical Society's Chicago Photographers 1847 Through 1900 as Listed in Chicago City Directories (1958), John B. Wilson was at 389 State Street from 1887 through 1900 (excluding the year 1890), so Mary Ellen could be anywhere from 50 to 63 years old in that photo.
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