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Amelia <I>Slye</I> Monroe

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Amelia Slye Monroe

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
29 Mar 1896 (aged 89)
Shelby County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Shelby Township, Shelby County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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"The Shelby Democrat" (2 April 1896): Amelia Monroe died at her late residence in Noble Township at 1 a.m. Sunday, March 29, 1896, age 89 years, 1 month, 20 days. While Mrs. Monroe was preparing to retire last Thursday evening her clothing caught fire, from the fireplace by which she was badly burned and which caused her death. Her suffering was intense. She leaves 9 children, 6 boys and 3 girls and many grand and great grandchildren to mourn her loss. She was many years a member of M.E. Church. Funeral will be held at Winchester M.E. Church at 11 a.m. Tuesday March 31, 1896. Rev. Cloud officiating. Funeral in charge of Marshall Tindall.
((Nine (9) surviving children: James, Cicero, John Adams, William, Wesley, Nancy, Andrew Jackson, Mary, Eliza. Children preceding her in death: Elizabeth, Samuel, Jacob, Henry C. 13 children total.))

Amelia (Slye) Monroe was the daughter of Samuel Slye and Nancy Ann Prather, and grandaughter of William D. Slye, Soldier of the American Revolution. Amelia Slye was married to John Monroe on April 6, 1827 in Clermont Co., Ohio.
"The Shelby Democrat" (2 April 1896): Amelia Monroe died at her late residence in Noble Township at 1 a.m. Sunday, March 29, 1896, age 89 years, 1 month, 20 days. While Mrs. Monroe was preparing to retire last Thursday evening her clothing caught fire, from the fireplace by which she was badly burned and which caused her death. Her suffering was intense. She leaves 9 children, 6 boys and 3 girls and many grand and great grandchildren to mourn her loss. She was many years a member of M.E. Church. Funeral will be held at Winchester M.E. Church at 11 a.m. Tuesday March 31, 1896. Rev. Cloud officiating. Funeral in charge of Marshall Tindall.
((Nine (9) surviving children: James, Cicero, John Adams, William, Wesley, Nancy, Andrew Jackson, Mary, Eliza. Children preceding her in death: Elizabeth, Samuel, Jacob, Henry C. 13 children total.))

Amelia (Slye) Monroe was the daughter of Samuel Slye and Nancy Ann Prather, and grandaughter of William D. Slye, Soldier of the American Revolution. Amelia Slye was married to John Monroe on April 6, 1827 in Clermont Co., Ohio.

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  • Created by: Fran Matchett
  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81074634/amelia-monroe: accessed ), memorial page for Amelia Slye Monroe (9 Feb 1807–29 Mar 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81074634, citing Winchester Cemetery, Shelby Township, Shelby County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Fran Matchett (contributor 47535481).