Omagh in Fermanagh And Omagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Camp Hill Cottage
Thomas Mellon Birthplace
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 17, 2015
1. Camp Hill Cottage Marker
As a lad of five he accompanied his parents to America where he worked on his father's farm near Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania. Strongly influenced by reading Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, and encouraged by a far sighted mother, he worked his way through Western University, now the University of Pittsburgh, became a professor of Latin and after studying law, was admitted to the bar and later raised to the bench.
On January 1st, 1870 he gave up the practice of law and started a small private bank known as T. Mellon and Sons. out of this institution evolved the present Mellon National Bank and Trust Company, one of the ten largest in the United States of America.
After a long and prosperous life he died in Pittsburgh on February 3rd, 1908 at the age of Ninety-five.
Among the prominent descendants of Thomas Mellon were: his son Andrew W. Mellon, President
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His son Richard B. Mellon, who followed Andrew as a President of Mellon Bank, was a director of many companies; donor of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church and part donor with his brother of the Melon Institute of Industrial Research.
His grandson William L. Mellon, a founder and Chairman of the Board of the Gulf Oil Corporation, devoted his life to its growth and was the donor of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
The Camp Hill property was made available through the generosity of Mrs. Margaret Fulton and family. Funds for its restoration and upkeep by The National Trust and the Scotch-Irish Trust of Ulster were donated by five grateful descendants of Thomas Mellon.
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Matthew Taylor Mellon
Paul Mellon
Richard King Mellon
Richard Mellon Scaife
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Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 17, 2015
2. Camp Hill Cottage Marker
Marker is on backside of building across from the actual cottage where Mellon was born. It is placed here so it can be seen along the walking tour. (yellow arrow)
Location. 54° 39.601′ N, 7° 19.971′ W. Marker is in Omagh, Northern Ireland, in Fermanagh And Omagh. It can be reached from Mellon Road north of Beltany. The marker can be reached by purchasing tickets at the Ulster American Folk Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Omagh, Northern Ireland BT78 5QU, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northern Ireland’s Fermanagh & Omagh. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, on the Island of Ireland, on the Celtic Fringe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.
Also see . . . Ulster American Folk Park. (Submitted on July 24, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 17, 2015
3. Camp Hill Cottage
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 17, 2015
4. Camp Hill Cottage
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 17, 2015
5. Camp Hill Cottage Portrail of Thomas Mellon
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 17, 2015
6. Camp Hill Cottage Rear
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7. Ulster American Folk Park Entrance
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, June 17, 2015
8. Ulster American Folk Park
Credits. This page was last revised on January 23, 2018. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 471 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 23, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. 2. submitted on August 13, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on July 23, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
