Sarah Ann Meloy

Brief Life History of Sarah Ann

When Sarah Ann Meloy was born on 27 February 1852, in Warren, Ohio, United States, her father, Reason Miloy, was 39 and her mother, Phebe Ann Hatfield, was 32. She married Lott S. Luce about 1870, in Greene, Pennsylvania, United States. She lived in Brimfield Township, Portage, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Aurora, Portage, Ohio, United States in 1910. She died on 9 March 1875, at the age of 23, and was buried in Bethany Christian Church Cemetery, Lebanon, Warren, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lott S. Luce
1851–1926
Sarah Ann Meloy
1852–1875
Marriage: about 1870

Sources (14)

  • Sarah A Meley in household of Reason Meley, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Annie Meloy, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Sarah Ann Meloy Luce, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (6)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Norwegian (Meløy): habitational name from any of farmsteads so named, from Old Norse methal ‘middle’ (or melr ‘sandbank, gravel bank’) + øy ‘island’.

Norwegian (Meløy): habitational name from a farmstead in Helgeland named with Old Norse mjǫl ‘flour, sand’ + ey ‘island’.

Irish: variant of Malloy .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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