Melissa Amanda (Stanley) Henry (1827 - 1913)

Born 17 Jun 1827 in Smyrna, Chenango, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Lucas Henry — married 12 Jul 1853 in Boone Township, Boone, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1913 at age 86 in Boone Township, Boone, Illinois, United States

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Biography

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Melissa (Stanley) Henry was a New Yorker.

Melissa was born in 1827. She was the daughter of Dyer Stanley and Belinda Pease.

On July 12, 1853, Melissa married William L. Henry, in Boone County, Illinois^[1].

In 1860, Melissa (32 - born in New York) lived in Spring, Boone County, Illinois, with her husband William (33 - born in New York and worked as a farmer), their inferred son Clarence (5 - recorded as being born in California), their inferred son Chauncey (4 - born in Illinois), their inferred daughter Lilly M. (6/12 - born in Illinois) and New York native Francis Bailey (13 - recorded as male)^[2].

In 1880, Melissa (53 - worked at keeping house), lived in Bogart, Carroll County, Missouri, with her husband William (54 - worked as a farmer), their daughter May (20 - born in Illinois) and their son George (18 - born in Ilinois and worked on the farm)^[3].

In 1900, Melissa (72 - born in June of 1827, in New York), lived in Stokes Mound, Carroll County, Missouri, with her husband William (74 - born in May of 1826, in New York and worked as a farmer), their son Clarence (45 - born in May of 1855, in California and worked as a farm laborer) and their granddaughter Maud Henry (12 - born in July of 1887, in Missouri)^[4].

She passed away in 1913.

Sources

1. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60984&h=1964944&tid=&pid=&queryId=9064ab5e7f7ca9de3f2b79d9a502d5e4&usePUB=true&_phsrc=CRp34&_phstart=successSource Original data: Illinois State Marriage Records. Online index. Illinois State Public Record Offices.
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/36515623:7667?tid=&pid=&queryId=9064ab5e7f7ca9de3f2b79d9a502d5e4&_phsrc=CRp39&_phstart=successSource Year: 1860; Census Place: Spring, Boone, Illinois; Roll: M653_157; Page: 426; Family History Library Film: 803157
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/24900100:6742?tid=&pid=&queryId=9064ab5e7f7ca9de3f2b79d9a502d5e4&_phsrc=CRp49&_phstart=successSource Year: 1880; Census Place: Bogart, Carroll, Missouri; Roll: 678; Page: 359B; Enumeration District: 144
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/29108352:7602?tid=&pid=&queryId=9064ab5e7f7ca9de3f2b79d9a502d5e4&_phsrc=CRp48&_phstart=successSource Year: 1900; Census Place: Stokes Mound, Carroll, Missouri; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1240846

• "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HSKW-8S6Z : 13 January 2020), Melissa A. Stanley in entry for William L. Henry, 1853.
• 1860 census Spring, Boone, IL
• 1870 census Morris, Carroll, IL
• 1880 census Bogart, Carroll, IL
• 1900 census Stokes Mound, Carroll, IL
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44615060/melissa-amanda-henry

• FindAgrave Memorial #44615060