What is recorded here
Camp Hill Cottage in Cappagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, is the birthplace of Thomas Mellon, the banker who founded Mellon Bank and became the patriarch of the Pittsburgh family. The original family house now stands as the centrepiece of the Ulster American Folk Park Museum, preserving the moment when a farmer's son left Ireland to build one of America's greatest banking dynasties.
Why this person is known: American businessman (1813–1908); founder of Mellon Bank
- Birthplace
- Cappagh
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