Ezra William Mehring was also known as Ezra William Mearing. Ezra William Mehring was born on 5. Jun. 1839 at Maryland. He was the son of
Daniel Luther Mehring and
Esther Stoner Shoemaker. Ezra William Mehring married
Maria Catherine Conover, daughter of
John Cownover and
Eliza Stoner, on 12. Mar. 1861 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland.
Ezra William Mehring was shown in the census on 2. Aug. 1870 as a retired farmer.
Ezra William Mehring and
Maria Catherine Conover appeared on the census of 2. Aug. 1870 at Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania,
; real estate 7,800.00 personal property 400.00. Ezra William Mehring held the position of councilman in 1876 at Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Ezra William Mehring was shown in the census on 11. Jun. 1880 as a sewing machine agent.
Ezra William Mehring and
Maria Catherine Conover appeared on the census of 11. Jun. 1880 at Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
He bought the first automobile in Littlestown c 1900.
Ezra William Mehring was was the manager of the Littlestown Water Works and ran a tinker shop c 1900. He died on 8. Feb. 1909 at age 69. Ezra left an estate probated at over $80,000 at a time when an ordinary 8 room home sold for around $2,000.00.