The Mellon family is a wealthy and influential
American
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** American ancestry, pe ...
family from
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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. The family includes
Andrew Mellon
Andrew William Mellon (; March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), sometimes A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. From the wealthy Mellon family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylva ...
, one of the longest-serving
U.S. Treasury Secretaries
The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...
, along with prominent members in the judicial, banking, financial, business, and political professions, as well as a famous recluse,
Cordelia Scaife May
Cordelia Scaife May (September 24, 1928 – January 26, 2005) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area political donor and philanthropist. An heiress to the Mellon-Scaife family fortune, she was one of the wealthiest women in the United States. Her p ...
.
History
The American branch of the Mellon family traces its origins to County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In 1816, Archibald Mellon emigrated from Northern Ireland to the United States and set up residence in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 364,663. The county seat is Greensburg. Formed from, successively, Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford co ...
. Two years later, Archibald was joined by his son, Andrew, and his family.
The family's wealth originated with
Mellon Bank
Mellon Financial Corporation was an investment firm which was once one of the world's largest money management firms. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it was in the business of institutional and high-net-worth individual asset management, inc ...
, founded in 1869 by Archibald's grandson.
Thomas Mellon
Thomas Mellon (February 3, 1813 – February 3, 1908) was an American entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh.
Early life
Mellon was born to farmers Andrew Mellon ...
. Under the direction of Thomas's son, Andrew William Mellon, the Mellons became principal investors and majority owners of
Gulf Oil
Gulf Oil was a major global oil company in operation from 1901 to 1985. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies. Prior to its merger ...
(which merged with
Chevron Corporation
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in 1985),
Alcoa
Alcoa Corporation (an acronym for Aluminum Company of America) is a Pittsburgh-based industrial corporation. It is the world's eighth-largest producer of aluminum. Alcoa conducts operations in 10 countries. Alcoa is a major producer of primary ...
(since 1886), ''
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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'' (since 1970),
Koppers
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Structure
Koppers is an integrated global producer of carbon compounds, chemicals, and trea ...
(since 1912),
New York Shipbuilding
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(1899–1968) and
Carborundum Corporation, as well as their major financial and ownership influence on
Westinghouse,
H. J. Heinz
Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American entrepreneur of Palatine descent who, at the age of 25, co-founded a small horseradish concern in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. This business failed, but his second business exp ...
, ''
Newsweek
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'',
U.S. Steel
United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America and in severa ...
,
Credit Suisse First Boston
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The company was created by the merger of First Boston, First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse, ...
and
General Motors
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. The family bank would go on to merge with the Bank of New York to become
BNY Mellon
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, commonly known as BNY Mellon, is an American investment banking services holding company headquartered in New York City. BNY Mellon was formed from the merger of The Bank of New York and the Mellon Finan ...
The family also founded the
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...
in Washington, D.C., donating both art works and funds, and is a patron to the
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...
,
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...
,
Yale University
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, the
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer
The Hôpital Albert Schweitzer was established in 1913 by Albert Schweitzer and Helene Bresslau Schweitzer in Lambaréné, Gabon.
History
Albert Schweitzer opened a hospital in 1913 in Lambaréné in what was then French Equatorial Africa that be ...
in
Haiti
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, and with art the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...
.
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...
, and its
Mellon College of Science
The Mellon College of Science (MCS) is part of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. The college is named for the Mellon family, founders of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, a predecessor of Carnegie Mellon Unive ...
, is named in honor of the family, as well as for its founder,
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ...
, who was a close associate of the Mellons.
The family's founding patriarch was Judge
Thomas Mellon
Thomas Mellon (February 3, 1813 – February 3, 1908) was an American entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh.
Early life
Mellon was born to farmers Andrew Mellon ...
(1813–1908),
the son of Andrew Mellon and Rebecca Wauchob, who were
Scotch-Irish farmers from Camp Hill Cottage, in Lower Castletown,
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an admini ...
, Ireland, and emigrated to what is now the Pittsburgh suburb of north-central
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 364,663. The county seat is Greensburg. Formed from, successively, Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford co ...
. The family can be divided into four branches: the descendants of Thomas Alexander Mellon Jr, of James Ross Mellon, of Andrew William Mellon, and of Richard Beatty Mellon. The Mellon family are members of the
Episcopal Church.
Prominent members
*
Thomas Mellon
Thomas Mellon (February 3, 1813 – February 3, 1908) was an American entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh.
Early life
Mellon was born to farmers Andrew Mellon ...
(1813–1908), judge and founder of the
Mellon Bank
Mellon Financial Corporation was an investment firm which was once one of the world's largest money management firms. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it was in the business of institutional and high-net-worth individual asset management, inc ...
; married Sarah Jane Negley of Pittsburgh. As a boy he decided to abandon his parents' farming lifestyle for law and banking in the city after reading
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the leading inte ...
's autobiography.
*
Andrew William Mellon
Andrew William Mellon (; March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), sometimes A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. From the wealthy Mellon family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylva ...
(1855–1937), banker, one of the longest-serving U.S. Treasury secretaries in history; namesake of the
Andrew Mellon Building
McCormick Apartments, also known as Andrew Mellon Building, Mellon Apartment, or 1785 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, is a landmark apartment building on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., whose inhabitants once included Andrew W. Mellon. It is the ...
and
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
The Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium (originally named the Departmental Auditorium) is a 750-seat historic Neoclassical auditorium located at 1301 Constitution Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The auditorium, which connects two wings of the William Jeffer ...
, both in
Washington, D.C.
)
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, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
*
Richard Beatty Mellon (1858–1933), banker, industrialist and philanthropist; married Jennie Taylor King
*
William Larimer Mellon, Sr.
William Larimer Mellon Sr. (June 1, 1868 – October 9, 1949), sometimes referred to as W. L., was an American businessman who was active in Republican Party politics. A co-founder of Gulf Oil, he was a member of the prominent Mellon family of P ...
(1868–1949), a founder of the Gulf Oil Corporation
*
Richard King Mellon
Richard King Mellon (June 19, 1899 – June 3, 1970), commonly known as R.K., was an American financier, general, and philanthropist from Ligonier, Pennsylvania, and part of the Mellon family.
Biography
The son of Richard B. Mellon, nephew of A ...
(1899–1970), financier, general, and philanthropist; married Constance Prosser McCaulley
*
Sarah Mellon
Sarah Cordelia Mellon Scaife (December 10, 1903 – December 28, 1965) was an American heiress and Republican Party donor.
Early life
Sarah was born on December 10, 1903. She was the daughter of Jennie Taylor Mellon (1870–1938; née King) ...
(1903–1965), heiress of investments in
Mellon Bank
Mellon Financial Corporation was an investment firm which was once one of the world's largest money management firms. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it was in the business of institutional and high-net-worth individual asset management, inc ...
,
Gulf Oil
Gulf Oil was a major global oil company in operation from 1901 to 1985. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies. Prior to its merger ...
and
Alcoa
Alcoa Corporation (an acronym for Aluminum Company of America) is a Pittsburgh-based industrial corporation. It is the world's eighth-largest producer of aluminum. Alcoa conducts operations in 10 countries. Alcoa is a major producer of primary ...
; her husband was Alan Magee Scaife
*
William Larimer Mellon, Jr. (1910–1989), founder of the
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
The Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti is a hospital in Deschapelles, Haiti. It was established in 1956 by Larry Mellon, who was inspired by Hôpital Albert Schweitzer and the life and philosophy of Albert Schweitzer.
History
In 1947, Larry Mello ...
*
Cordelia Scaife May
Cordelia Scaife May (September 24, 1928 – January 26, 2005) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area political donor and philanthropist. An heiress to the Mellon-Scaife family fortune, she was one of the wealthiest women in the United States. Her p ...
(1928–2005), famous recluse and funder of multiple anti-immigration organizations
*
Richard Mellon Scaife
Richard Mellon Scaife (; July 3, 1932 – July 4, 2014) was an American billionaire, a principal heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, and the owner and publisher of the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review''. In 2005, Scaife was n ...
(1932–2014), the chief sponsor of the
Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation (abbreviated to Heritage) is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. that is primarily geared toward public policy. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presiden ...
and publisher of the ''
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'', also known as "the Trib," is the second largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Although it transitioned to an all-digital format on December 1, 2016, it rem ...
'' since 1970;
first marriage was to Frances L. Gilmore (born December 2, 1934), second marriage was to Margaret "Ritchie" Battle (1947–2005)
*
Timothy Mellon
Timothy Mellon (born July 22, 1942) is an American businessman, and the chairman and majority owner of Pan Am Systems, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based transportation holding company. He is a grandson of Andrew W. Mellon and an heir to the Mell ...
(b. 1942), chairman and majority owner of
Pan Am Systems
Pan Am Systems was a privately held company, privately held Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Florida corporation composed of rail transport, manufacturing and energy, transportation related brands, and real estate divisions. It formerly held a no ...
, a transportation holding company based in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmou ...
* James Ross ("Jay") Mellon II (b. 1942), author of books about
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
, slavery in America, and his family's founding patriarch,
Thomas Mellon
Thomas Mellon (February 3, 1813 – February 3, 1908) was an American entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh.
Early life
Mellon was born to farmers Andrew Mellon ...
; he travels permanently in order to legally minimize taxes
*
Christopher Mellon (b. 1958), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence in the Clinton and Bush Administrations; former minority staff director of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, adjunct professor at Georgetown University; private equity investor; and former National Security Affairs Advisor at To the Stars Academy
*
Matthew Taylor Mellon II (1964–2018), a chairman of the Republican Party Finance of New York and served as a regent director of finance for the Republican National Committee; founded or participated in multiple start-ups such as Jimmy Choo, Harrys of London, Hanley Mellon, Marquis Jets, Arrival Aviation and Challenge Capital Partners
*
Mike Monroney
Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney (March 2, 1902February 13, 1980) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Oklahoma from 1951 to 1969, and previously as the United States representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressiona ...
(1902–1980), United States Senator from Oklahoma who wrote and sponsored legislation such as the
Federal Aviation Act of 1958
The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 was an act of the United States Congress, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, that created the Federal Aviation Agency (later the Federal Aviation Administration or the FAA) and abolished its predecessor, th ...
and the
Automobile Information Disclosure Act of 1958
The Automobile Information Disclosure Act of 1958, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1231–1233, was passed in June 1958 by Congress and took effect in January 1959. It was sponsored by Oklahoma Senator Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney, after whom the resulting "Mo ...
, the latter of which made him the namesake of the
Monroney sticker
The Monroney sticker or window sticker is a label required in the United States to be displayed in all new automobiles and includes the listing of certain official information about the car. The window sticker was named after Almer Stillwell "M ...
; married to Mary Ellen Mellon of the Mellon family
Members
*
Thomas Mellon
Thomas Mellon (February 3, 1813 – February 3, 1908) was an American entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh.
Early life
Mellon was born to farmers Andrew Mellon ...
(1813–1908) ∞ 1843: Sarah Jane Negley (1817–1909)
**Thomas Alexander Mellon, Jr., (1844–1899) ∞ Mary C. Caldwell (1847–1902), the sister of
Alexander Caldwell
Alexander Caldwell (March 1, 1830May 19, 1917) was a U.S. Senator from Kansas.
Early years
Born in Drakes Ferry, Pennsylvania, he attended public schools, and in 1847 enlisted as a private to serve in the Mexican–American War. He moved to Co ...
***Thomas Alexander Mellon, III (1873–1948) ∞ Helen McLanahan Wightman (1871–1961)
****Edward Purcell Mellon, II ∞ Louise Grubbs
*****Thomas Alexander Mellon, IV
****Helen S. Mellon (1914–2007) ∞ 1936:
Adolph William Schmidt (1904–2000)
*****Helen Schmidt ∞ unk. Claire
*****Thomas Mellon Schmidt (b. 1940)
***
Edward Purcell Mellon (1875–1953) ∞ Ethel Churchill Humphrey (1880–1938)
****Jane Caldwell Mellon (1917–2013) ∞ (1) Craigh Leonard ∞ (2) Robinson Simonds (1906–2000)
*****Edward M. Leonard
*****Craigh Leonard, Jr.
*****Stephanie Leonard
***Mary Caldwell Mellon (1884–1975) ∞ (1) John Herman Kampmann (1880–1957) ∞ (2) Samuel Alfred McClung (1880–1945)
****John Herman Kampmann, Jr. (1907–1940)
****Mary Mellon Kampmann (1908–1995) ∞ Lawrence Deen Schwartz (1909–1957)
****Samuel Alfred McClung, III (1918–2015) ∞ Adelaide "Adie" Smith (1919–2000)
****Isabel Edith McClung (1920–1967) ∞ Charles Laban Abernethy, Jr. (1913–1990), the son of
Charles Laban Abernethy
Charles Laban Abernethy (March 18, 1872 – February 23, 1955) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1922 and 1935.
Born in Rutherford College, North Carolina, Abernethy attended local public schools in Rutherford Col ...
****Cynthia Mellon McClung (1921–1991) ∞ Stephen Stone, Jr. (1915–1962)
**James Ross Mellon (1846–1934) ∞ Rachel Hughey Larimer (1847–1919), the daughter of
William Larimer
William Larimer Jr. (October 24, 1809 – May 16, 1875) was a Kansas state senator, American settler, and land developer who is best known as the founder of Denver, Colorado, in 1858. Larimer often went by "General Larimer", having acquired the ...
***
William Larimer Mellon (1868–1949) ∞ Mary Hill Taylor
****Matthew Taylor Mellon (1897–1992) ∞ (1) 1931: (div.) Gertrud Altegoer (1909–2005) ∞ (2) Jane Bartrum
*****Karl Negley Mellon (1938–1983) ∞ Anne Stokes Bright
******
Christopher Mellon (b. 1958)
*******Hunter Mellon (b. 2001)
*******Aiden Mellon (b. 2004)
******
Matthew Taylor Mellon, II (1964–2018) ∞ (1) 2000: (div. 2005)
Tamara Yeardye (b. 1967) ∞ (2) Nicole Hanley
*******Araminta Mellon (b. 2002)
*******Force Mellon (b. 2011)
*******Olympia Mellon (b. 2013)
*****James Ross Mellon, II (b. 1942) ∞ Vivian Ruesch, the daughter of
Hans Ruesch
: ''This is about the racing driver, for the Norwegian geologist with a similarly spelled name go to Hans Reusch''
Hans Ruesch (17 May 1913 – 27 August 2007) was a Swiss racing driver, a novelist, and an internationally prominent activist again ...
****
Rachel Larimer Mellon (1899–2006) ∞ John Fawcett Walton, Jr. (1893–1974)
*****
Farley Walton ∞ Joshua Clyde Whetzel, Jr. (1921–2012)
******Joshua Clyde Whetzel, III ∞ Marion Plunkett
******Rachel Walton Whetzel ∞ Richard Casselman
******Thomas Porter Whetzel
******William Mellon Whetzel ∞ (1) 1978: (div.) Patricia Joan McGarey ∞ (2) Camilla F.
*****Mary Walton ∞ Walter J. P. Curley, Jr.
*****John Fawcett Walton, III ∞ Phyllis Walton
*****James Mellon Walton (1930–2022) ∞ Ellen Carroll
******James Mellon Walton, Jr. ∞ Elizabeth Andrews Orr
****Margaret Lederle Mellon (1901–1998) ∞ (1) 1924: Alexander Laughlin (d. 1926) ∞ (2) 1928:
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr. (1900–1944)
*****Alexander Mellon Laughlin (b. 1925)
*****Louise Eustis Hitchcock
*****Margaret Mellon Hitchcock
*****Thomas Hitchcock, III
*****William Mellon Hitchcock
****
William Larimer Mellon, Jr. (1910–1989) ∞ (1) 1930: (div. 1938) Grace Rowley ∞ (2) 1946:
Gwen Grant Mellon
Gwen Grant Mellon (July 22, 1911 – November 29, 2000) was an American medical missionary and the founder and administrator of Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti in Deschapelles, Haiti. As a single mother she worked as a riding instructor on a dud ...
(née Rawson; 1911–2000), former wife of John de Groot Rawson
*****William Larimer Mellon, III (1933–1963) ∞ Katherine LeGrand Council
***Sarah Lucille Mellon (1887–1968) ∞ (1) Alexander Grange ∞ (2) George S. Hasbrouck ∞ (3) Sidney J. Holloway
**Sarah Emma Mellon, who died in childhood
**Annie Rebecca Mellon, who died in childhood
**Samuel Selwyn Mellon, who died 1862, at age 9
**
Andrew William Mellon
Andrew William Mellon (; March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937), sometimes A. W. Mellon, was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. From the wealthy Mellon family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylva ...
(1855–1937) ∞ 1900: (div. 1912) Nora Mary McMullen (1879–1973)
***
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Ailsa Mellon Bruce (June 28, 1901 – August 25, 1969) was a prominent American socialite and philanthropist who established the Avalon Foundation.
Early life
Ailsa was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 28, 1901. She was the daughter of t ...
(1901–1969) ∞ 1926: (div. 1945)
David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898–1977)
****Audrey Mellon Bruce (1934–1967) ∞ 1955: Stephen Currier (d. 1967), son of
Mary Warburg
Mary Whelan Warburg (née Prue; December 6, 1908 – March 8, 2009) was a philanthropist, member (by marriage) of the Warburg banking family, and younger sister to Edwina d'Erlanger, wife of Baron Leo Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger (son of ...
*****Andrea Bruce Currier (b. 1956) ∞ 1980: Donald Wright Patterson, Jr. (1939)
******Justin Bruce Patterson ∞ 2013: Anna Elizabeth Burke
*****Lavinia Currier ∞ Joel McCleary
*****Michael Stephen Currier (1961–1998) ∞ Karin Griscom
***
Paul Mellon
Paul Mellon (June 11, 1907 – February 1, 1999) was an American philanthropist and an owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. He is one of only five people ever designated an "Exemplar of Racing" by the National Museum of Racing and Hall ...
(1907–1999) ∞ (1) 1935: Mary Conover Brown (1904–1946) ∞ (2) 1948:
Rachel Lambert Mellon
Rachel Lambert Mellon (August 9, 1910 – March 17, 2014), often known as Bunny Mellon, was an American horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist, and art collector. She designed and planted a number of significant gardens, including the Whi ...
(1910–2014), former wife of
Stacy Barcroft Lloyd Jr
****
Timothy Mellon
Timothy Mellon (born July 22, 1942) is an American businessman, and the chairman and majority owner of Pan Am Systems, a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based transportation holding company. He is a grandson of Andrew W. Mellon and an heir to the Mell ...
(b. 1943)
****Catherine Conover Mellon ∞ 1957: (div. 1973)
John W. Warner III (1927-2021)
*****Virginia Warner
*****John William Warner, IV (b. 1962) ∞ Shannon Ford Hamm (b. 1965)
*****Mary Warner
**
Richard Beatty Mellon (1858–1933) ∞ Jennie King (d. 1938)
***
Richard King Mellon
Richard King Mellon (June 19, 1899 – June 3, 1970), commonly known as R.K., was an American financier, general, and philanthropist from Ligonier, Pennsylvania, and part of the Mellon family.
Biography
The son of Richard B. Mellon, nephew of A ...
(1899–1970) ∞ 1936: Constance Mary ( Prosser) McCaulley (later Burrell; 1910-1980)
****Richard Prosser Mellon (1939–2020) ∞ (1) Gertrude Adams (1939–2003)
[ ] (2) Kathryn Dybdal
*****Richard Adams Mellon ∞ Alex Mellon
*****Armour Negley Mellon ∞ Sophie Mellon
****Cassandra King Mellon (b. 1940) ∞ (1) George M. Henderson ∞ (2) 1979: Edwin Van Rensselaer Milbury
*****Christina Mellon Henderson ∞ 1996: Scott Robert McBroom
*****Bruce King Mellon Henderson
****Constance Barber Mellon (1941–1983)
∞ William Russell Grace Byers (d. 1999) (brother in law of
Joseph Verner Reed Jr.) ∞ (2) 1971: (div. 1973)
J. Carter Brown
John Carter Brown III (October 8, 1934 – June 17, 2002) was the director of the U.S. National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992 and a leading figure in American intellectual life. Under Brown's direction, the National Gallery became one of the ...
(1934–2002)
*****William Russell Grace Byers, Jr. (b. 1965)
*****Alison Mellon Byers (b. 1967)
****Seward Prosser Mellon (b. 1942)
***
Sarah Cordelia Mellon (1903–1965) ∞ Alan Magee Scaife (1900–1958)
****
Cordelia Scaife May
Cordelia Scaife May (September 24, 1928 – January 26, 2005) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area political donor and philanthropist. An heiress to the Mellon-Scaife family fortune, she was one of the wealthiest women in the United States. Her p ...
(1928–2005) ∞ (1) 1949: (div. 1950) (1) Herbert A. May, Jr. ∞ (2) 1973:
Robert Duggan (1926/7–1974)
****
Richard Mellon Scaife
Richard Mellon Scaife (; July 3, 1932 – July 4, 2014) was an American billionaire, a principal heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, and the owner and publisher of the ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review''. In 2005, Scaife was n ...
(1932–2014) ∞ (1) 1956: (div. 1991) Frances L. Gilmore (b. 1934) ∞ (2) 1991: (div. 2012) Margaret "Ritchie" Battle (b. 1947)
*****Jennie K. Scaife (1963–2018)
******Mary M. Ferri (b.1915)
*****David N. Scaife (b. 1966)
**George Negley Mellon (1860–1887)
References
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