Sarah Jane (White) Melick (1808 - 1894)

Born 1808 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

When Sarah Jane White was born about 1808, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Peter White, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Lucinda Brittain, was 34. She married Andrew Melick in February 1833. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Mount Pleasant Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania in 1850. She died on 16 December 1894, at the age of 87, and was buried in Millertown, Mount Pleasant Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania.

She married Andrew Melick (1812-1875)^[1]

The 1850 census shows:

• Andrew Mellick M 38 Pennsylvania
• Sarah Mellick F 39 Pennsylvania
• John Mellick M 13 Pennsylvania
• Martha Mellick F 12 Pennsylvania
• Margaret Mellick F 10 Pennsylvania
• Henry Mellick M 9 Pennsylvania
• Elisha Mellick M 7 Pennsylvania
• Peter Mellick M 3 Pennsylvania^[2]

She died on 16 December 1894 and was buried in Canby Cemetery, Millertown, Columbia, Pennsylvania.^[3]

In the 1850 census Sarah (age 39) was in Mount Pleasant Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.^[4]

Sarah died on 16 December 1894 and was buried in Millertown, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.^[5]

Sarah was mentioned in the obituary of her daughter Hester Ann Shipman in 1902 in Crawford, Ohio, United States.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ findagrave.com
2. ↑ United States Census, 1850
3. ↑ findagrave.com,
4. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850", database with images
   citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 20; Digital film/folder number: 004204711; FHL microfilm: 444737; Image number: 203; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01040-4
   FamilySearch Record: M4H7-Q5B (accessed 29 September 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DZPS-HCQ
   Sarah Mellick (39) in Mount Pleasant Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. Born in Pennsylvania.
5. ↑ Burial: "Find A Grave Index", database
   citing record ID 21349996, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
   FamilySearch Record: QVVG-Z5G7 (accessed 29 September 2023)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #21349996
   Sarah White Melick burial (died on 16 Dec 1894) in Millertown, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
6. ↑ Obituary of daughter Hester Ann Shipman: "Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004", database with images
   citing Crawford, Ohio, United States, Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Bucyrus
   FamilySearch Record: Q2Z6-HQQF (accessed 29 September 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L96B-TCZP Image number 00756
   Name: Sarah; Relationship To Head: Mother.

• findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21349996.

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• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4H7-Q5Y : 12 April 2016), Andrew Mellick, Mount Pleasant, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 59, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C...