Marcia Mellen
1824 - 1913 (89 years)-
Name Marcia Mellen [1] Birth 19 May 1824 Richland, Oswego County, New York, USA 
[1] Gender Female Death 21 Dec 1913 Richland, Oswego, New York, USA [1] Burial Lacona, Oswego County, New York, USA [1] Person ID I69653 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father Henry Hezekiah Mellen, b. 19 Dec 1793 d. 17 Mar 1861 (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Mother Alice Harris, b. 1789 d. 15 Dec 1888 (Age 99 years) Relationship natural Marriage 19 Oct 1819 Family ID F5173 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Dwight Peck, b. Jun 1829 d. 23 Jul 1853, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York (Age 24 years) Marriage 1852 Family ID F24027 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Family 2 James Harvey Ames, b. 1819, New York, USA d. 4 Apr 1873, Oswego County, New York, USA (Age 54 years) Marriage 1858 New York, USA Children 1. Anna Edna Ames, b. 31 Mar 1864, Pulaski, Oswego, New York d. 6 Jun 1949, Pulaski, Oswego, New York (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F23147 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - Newspaper Obituary - December 31, 1913 Pulaski Democrat - Daughter of Henry & Alice Mellen, pioneer settlers of Richland, her siblings were Chester, Melvin, Harriet, Henry & Daniel. She spent nearly her entire life in the area excepting a few years she spent in the east. She was twice married, first to Dwight Peck in 1852, who died only 9 months after their marriage. Her second marriage was to James Harvey Ames in 1858. They had a son, Harvey, who died at 18 months, and a daughter Mrs. E.M. Lighthall.
Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, December 31, 1913 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Marcia Mellen was born in Richland, May 19th, 1824. She was the daughter of Henry and Alice Mellen (pioneer settlers of that place.) Nearly her whole life has been spent in Richland with the exception of a few of her earlier years in the east. She was twice married. First to Dwight Peck in 1852, who only lived nine months after their marriage. Second to James Harvey Ames in 1858, who died in 1874. To them were born one son, Harvey, who died at the age of 18 months, and a daughter, Mrs. E. M. Lighthall, with whom she resided at the time of her death, December 21, 1913. She had four brothers, Henry, Chester, Melvin and Daniel and one sister, Miss Harriet Mellen. Her sister, daughter and one stepson, Mr. Morris Ames, survive her.
Vitals - December 21, 1913 ~ Marcia Ames, age 89 years, 6 months, 27 days, Widow, born in New York, Daughter of Henry Mellen born in Vermont, and ‘unknown’ Harris born in Vermont, Died in Richland Township of chronic nephritis, senile debility.
- Newspaper Obituary - December 31, 1913 Pulaski Democrat - Daughter of Henry & Alice Mellen, pioneer settlers of Richland, her siblings were Chester, Melvin, Harriet, Henry & Daniel. She spent nearly her entire life in the area excepting a few years she spent in the east. She was twice married, first to Dwight Peck in 1852, who died only 9 months after their marriage. Her second marriage was to James Harvey Ames in 1858. They had a son, Harvey, who died at 18 months, and a daughter Mrs. E.M. Lighthall.
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Sources - [S79] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S79] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).