Lester Melvin    

LESTER MELVIN, farmer, post-office Greenville, was born on his present homestead September 15, 1831, and is the eldest living child of John R. Melvin, a pioneer of West Salem Township. Our subject here grew to manhood, and received his education in the district school of his neighborhood. He was married May 31, 1855, to Miss Mary, daughter of Henry and Salome (Bortz) Miller. The former was born in West Salem Township, and was a son of Adam Miller, who came here from Maryland in 1802, where he died. Henry Miller and wife died in West Salem, in the Lutheran faith. Mrs. Melvin was born in West Salem Township, and is the mother of seven children: John, Herman, Allen, George, Ida, Susie and Lomy. Politically Mr. Melvin is a stanch Democrat, and in 1882 was elected justice of the peace, and served one term. He was again chosen to the same office in 1888. He has served seventeen years on the school board of West Salem Township, and has always taken a deep interest in the growth and prosperity of his native county. He is recognized as one of the prominent, and most prosperous farmers of West Salem.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 1192.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.