1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Mahlon E. MEILY Spouse: Maggie CLINE Marriage: 25 Feb 1862, Franklin Co., OH Source: Marriage Records, 1803-1951. Ohio. Probate Court (Franklin County)

2.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  M.E. MEILY (æ 22, b. PA; cigar maker) is boarding in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH (p. 332A).

3.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #36 of 92 — indexed "Miller"):  Columbus P.O., Columbus (Ward 4), Franklin Co., OH, Roll M593_1201, p. 180B, PN 36, 216/238, enumerated 13 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Miller? Mahlon E	32	M	W	Foreman in Cigar Manufactory		20	Pennsylvania
_______ Maggie	27	F	W	Keeping House			Pennsylvania
_______ Grace M	6	F	W	at Home			Ohio
_______ Charles M	4	M	W	at Home			Ohio
_______ Edgar	1	M	W	at Home			Ohio
_______ Lydia	62	F	W	at Home			Pennsylvania
_______ Hiram	28	M	W	Works in Mineral Water Factory			Pennsylvania

Lydia is Mahlon's widowed mother; Hiram is his brother.

4.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 43):  Marion (Wards 1 and 4), Marion Co., OH, Roll 1046, p. 180C, PN 3, SD 5, ED 99, enumerated 2 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Meily Malen E

W

M

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Restaurant Bording

PA

PA

PA

"   Margaret

W

F

38

Wife

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Keeping House

OH

PA

PA

"   Grace

W

F

16

Dau

/

OH

PA

OH

"   Charles

W

M

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Son

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OH

PA

OH

"   Edgar

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M

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Son

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OH

PA

OH

"   Isabella

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Dau

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OH

PA

PA

"   Alfred

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M

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Bro

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PA

PA

PA

5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find, and I really looked.

7.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #28 of 29 — indexed "WA?? E Meily"):  719 Farming Street, Marion (Ward 2), Marion Twp., Marion Co., OH, Roll T624_1213, p. 113B, SN 1B, SD ??, ED 87?, enumerated 8 ??? 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	17	18	19	20	23	24	26	28
*	719	331	345	Meily ????  E	Head	M	W	72	M1	48			Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Eng	cigarmaker	own shop	OA	Y	Y	R	H
				_____ Margaret	Wife	F	W	68	M1	48	4	3	Pennsylvania	French	German	Eng	None			Y	Y
*Farming Street

Plus a boader not extracted.  This record was almost too faded to read; I couldn't have filled it in as much as I did if I didn't already know what the record should read.  I've alerted Ancestry that the image is unreadable; perhaps they will eventually upload an improved image.

8.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 22):  412 South Vine St., Marion City (Ward 4), Marion Twp., Pct. B, Marion Co., OH, Roll T625_1416, p. 280A, SN 6A, SD 7, ED 139, enumerated 24 Jan 1910, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Pittenger Frank M

Head

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Ohio

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Traveling Salesman

Coffee Wholesale

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Pittenger Lelah E

Wife

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M

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Ohio

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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None

Pittenger Margaret

Dau

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S

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Y

Ohio

Ohio

Ohio

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None

Pittenger Charles M

Son

M

W

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N

Y

Y

Ohio

Ohio

Ohio

Y

Salesman

Cigars Retail

W

Meily Mahlon

F-in-law

M

W

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M

Y

Y

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Y

None

Meily Margaret

M-in-law

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W

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M

Y

Y

Pennsylvania

France

French

Germany

German

Y

None

*South Vine St

Mahlon was actually deceased when the household was enumerated on January 24th, but the enumerator followed instructions and showed the status of the household on January 1st.

9.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found.

10.  Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name	Mahlon E Meily	Margare (sic) Meily
Death Date	19 Mar 1920	2 Nov 1927
County of Death	Marion	Marion

11.  Marion Cemetery, Marion, Marion County, Ohio (online at Find-a-Grave):

MAHLON E. MEILY 1838 — 1920

MARGARET K. MEILY 1840 — 1926

Added information:

Mahlon E. MEILY Birth: Jan. 19, 1838; Death: Mar. 19, 1920 Spouse: Margaret Cline Meily (1842-____) Children: Leila Estella Meily Pittenger (1871-1938) Burial: Marion Cemetery, Marion, Marion County, Ohio, USA Created by: Marianne Dial Deadmon Find-A-Grave Memorial #48173354

Margaret K. MEILY Birth: 1840; Death: Nov. 5, 1827 [cemetery record differs from stone] Burial: Marion Cemetery, Marion, Marion County, Ohio, USA Created by: Liz Miracle-Cassell Find-A-Grave Memorial #49377209

Note:  the "K" here may not stand for Margaret's middle initial, but for the first letter of her maiden name:  KLINE or KLEIN.  It may also be the case that this is not "our" Margaret.