Gardner Meloon

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Apr 1814; War of 1812 (US) Private, US Artillery Discharged May 1915

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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.

Gardner married Julia Sawyer on 30 May 1824 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Julia (daughter of Paul Sawyer, Jr. and Mehitable Haven) was born on 1 Oct 1798 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 26 Apr 1863 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]