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Gardner Meloon
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Name Gardner Meloon Birth 1795 New Hampshire
Gender Male Military Service Apr 1814 War of 1812 (US)
Private, US Artillery
Discharged May 1915Death 17 Mar 1826 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Burial King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Notes - Standing 5 ft. 9 in. tall with a fair complexion, red hair, and blue eyes, Gardner was a 21-year-old farmer when he enlisted at Boston in the U.S. Artillery, serving in the War of 1812 from April 5, 1814 until his discharge on May 22, 1815. He married Julia Sawyer, the daughter of Paul and Mehetable, at Boston on May 30, 1824. He was 31 when he died of "brain fever" and was interred in Tomb 14 at Kings Chapel Burying Ground on March 19, 1826. His wife Julia, who never remarried, died in 1863.
Person ID I46198 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 13 Jan 2021
Family Julia Sawyer, b. 1 Oct 1798, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
d. 26 Apr 1863, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
(Age 64 years) Marriage 30 May 1824 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Family ID F16764 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Jan 2021
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