Melissa LEARNED (1845-1932)

1 Melissa LEARNED^1,2,3,4,5 (1845-1932) [11186]. Born May 1845, OH.^1,2,3,4,5 Marr Wesley WELLING c. 1870.⁴ Died 5 Oct 1932, Athens County, OH.^6,7 Cause: Chronic myocarditis. Buried Nye Cemetery, Chauncey, OH.⁷

From the Athens Messenger.

October 7, 1931 - "CHAUNCEY, Oct. 7, -- Mrs. Melissa Welling, 87, widow of the late Wes??? resident of Chauncey, died Wednesday at her home in Toledo, Ohio. The body will be brought to Millfield today and funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from the Millfield Church of Christ.
Rev. G.B. Courtney, Chauncey, will conduct the services and interment will be in the Nye Cemetery in Chauncey.
Mrs. Welling is survived by four sons and two daughters as follows: O.P. Welling, Nelsonville; S.A. Welling, Corning; A.O. welling, Columbus; J.R. Welling, Toledo, and Miss Clara Welling and Miss Neil Welling, Toledo. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Walter Duncan, Glouster, and three brothers, 13 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Dr. A.J. Learned, Millfield, is a brother of Mrs. Welling.".

2 Samuel H. LEARNED^1,2,3,8,9 (c. 1818- ) [10975]. Born c. 1818, OH.^1,2,3 Marr Susan KOONS 27 Dec 1842, Athens, OH.⁹

4 Daniel LEARNED^1,2,10,11 (1767-1862) [1472]. Born 14 Mar 1767, Dublin, Chesire County, New Hampshire.^1,10 Marr Eunice AUSTIN 6 Nov 1791.¹¹ Marr Catherine GILLIAND 29 Dec 1812.¹⁰ Died 28 Mar 1862, Millfield, OH.¹⁰

8 John LEARNED^10,12 (1738-1832) [1363]. Born 30 Mar 1738.^10,12 Marr Mary WHITE 14 Apr 1762.¹² Died 10 Nov 1832, Angelica, NY.^10,12

From: The Learned Family, compiled by William Law Learned in part from the papers of the late Joseph Gay Eaton Larned. Albany, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1882.

"JOHN5 (Edward4, Benoni3, Isaac2, William1), m., April 14, 1762, Mary White, b. July 23, 1744, and removed to Swansea, N. H., where probably his children were born. The History of Dublin, p. 361, says he came from Temple, Mass., in 1777, to Dublin, and settled lot 8, range 4. He subsequently removed to Columbia, Bradford Co., Pa., and finally to Angelica, N. Y., where he d. Nov. 10, 1832. His wife d. August 7, 1827".

9 Mary WHITE¹⁰ (1744-1827) [1364]. Born 23 Jul 1744.^10,13 Died 7 Aug 1827.¹²

5 Catherine GILLIAND^1,10 (1789- ) [10956]. Born 22 Aug 1789, NJ.^1,10

3 Susan KOONS^1,2,3,9 (c. 1823- ) [11184]. Born c. 1823, Bedford, PA.^1,2,3,14

Sources

1	"1850 OH, Athens, Dover census".

2	"1860 OH, Athens, Dover census".

3	"1870 OH, Athens, Trimble census".

4	"1880 OH, Athens, Dover census".

5	"1900 OH, Athens, Dover census".

6	"Death Certificate".

7	"Obituary of Melissa Welling in the Athens Messenger, October 7, 1932".

8	"Rootsweb posting by Joanne Moore".

9	"IGI Source: Marriage Records, 1817-1951 Ohio Probate Court (Athens County)".

10	"Ancestry.com World Family Tree".

11	"The History of Dublin, N.H. by Rev. Levi W. Leonard, 1920".

12	Joel Munsell's Sons, 1882, "The Learned Family, compiled by William Law Learened in part from the papers of the late Joseph Gay Eaton Larned".

13	Nathaniel Goodwin, 1849, "The Foote Family: Or the Descendents of Nathaniel Foote, one of the First Settlers of Wethersfield, Conn".

14	"Death Certificate of Sarah C. Duncan".