Amelia Sly

1807 - 1896  (89 years)

• Name	Amelia Sly
  Birth	9 Feb 1807	Ohio
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Mar 1896	Shelby County, IN
  	Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7834&enc=1> about Amelia Monroe Name: Amelia Monroe Date: 29 Mar 1896 Location: Shelby County Age: 89 Yr Gender: Female Race: White Source Location: County Health Office, Shelbyville Source notes: The source of this record is the book H-21 on page 25 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.
  Person ID	I8529	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	John Monroe,   b. 7 Jun 1803, Ohio County, WV d. 5 Dec1883, Noble, Shelby, IN (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	6 Apr 1827	Clermont County, OH
  	Marriage records of Clermont County, Ohio, 1800-1850 Transcription of text MONROE John to Amelia SLYE 6/Apr/1827 by Obadish Winens, JP Detail Vol. 2, p 189
  Children	1. William Monroe,   b. 24 Oct 1836, Noble, Shelby, IN d. 31 May 1917, Shelby County, IN (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F2840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2021

  
  

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  Birth - 9 Feb 1807 - Ohio Marriage - 6 Apr 1827 - Clermont County, OH Death - 29 Mar 1896 - Shelby County, IN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1880 United States Federal Census <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6742&enc=1> about Amelia Monroe Name: Amelia Monroe Age: 75 Birth Year: abt 1805 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1880: Noble, Shelby, Indiana Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: John Monroe Father's Birthplace: Maryland Mother's Birthplace: Maryland 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.)) (Obituary clipping did not include name of newspaper/date) 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.