My g greatgrandfather John Herman Louis Mellencamp (son of John Herman Fredrick Mollenkamp and Anna Maria Bramsche) m. Mary Catherine Turk on Aug. 25, 1881. They had three children: Emma Jane, Ella , and Frank. When she passed he then married Carrie Mary Macke (Mackey) on Oct. 2, 1888. They had six children: Louis Herman, Clara, Minnie, Lillie, Ben, and Harry (Speck).