Tombstone Tuesday~Sarah E. Deese Melton

Sarah E. Deese Melton

b. abt 1841

d. 16 Nov 1916

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

The shown birth date of Feb. 15, 1829 for Sarah E. Deese Melton is wrong.

Sarah E. Deese was born about 1841 to Samuel Deese and his wife Sarah “Sallie” Hill. Samuel and Sarah were married about 1830 and are listed  in the 1830 Census for Anson County. Sarah E. was their 3rd child. She is listed as age 9 in the 1850 Census fro Anson County, North Carolina. ¹

Sarah married Frank Melton in 1873. To this union 6 children were born of which five survived; four sons and one daughter.² 
Sarah died  on 16 November 1916 at the age of 75 and was buried in the Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina. ^{3 4}
Sarah Deese Melton is my Great Grand Aunt.






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[1] 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Sandy Point, Anson County, North Carolina, Page 188A(stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 428, Family 428, Household of Mary DEAS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 27 May 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 619.
[2] 1900 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 5, Page 9B/101(stamped); Line 71, Dwelling 169, Family 169, Household of Frank F. MELTON; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 February 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.
[3] : Sara E. Melton, death certificate located in Death Certificate Book 3, Page 165, (1916), Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
[4] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 February 2011); Memorial page for Sarah E. Deese Melton; (about 1841–18 November 1916); Find a Grave memorial # 45036741, Citing Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery; Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina.