- L. A. MELAY [MELOY], farmer, Secs. 25 and 36; P.O. Tiffany;
born in New York in 1836;
- came to Wisconsin in 1845, locating at La Prairie where he
succeeded, on the death of his father to the farm of 150 acres,
his present homestead. Married in 1857, Miss Lydia McMICHAEL,
a native of New York; they have had five children - George H.,
born April 19, 1858; Clarie A., 1860, died the same year at the
age of 3 months and 3 days; Jessie L., June, 1862, Carrie, March,
1865; Howard, March, 1866. Mr. MELAY [MELOY] raises both stock
and grain. Republican; member of the Methodist Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 835.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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