Melissa was born in 1812. She married Rodney Stearns in 1835. She passed away in 1865.
Sources
"Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-4QSB : 16 March 2018), Melissa Stearns, 1865; citing Burial, Weld, Franklin, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,787,388.
"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4N3-S8H : 10 February 2018), Rodney Stearnes and Melissa Baker, 10 Oct 1835; citing Weld,Franklin,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 12,323.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JG-XFH : 12 April 2016), Rodney Stearns, Weld, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing family 84, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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