Charlotte Adelia More Meloney

Born 21 January 1895 at Walton, Delaware County, New York

Died 10 December 1992 at Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Charlotte was the only child of John Grant More and Ella M. Trask More. She was raised at Walton where her father was an attorney. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1918 from Syracuse University at Syracuse, New York. Charlotte was the head of the Biology and History departments at Sidney High School at Sidney, New York during the academic year of 1918 -1919. At the end of that school year, she traveled to Denver, Colorado as a delegate for the Syracuse Alumnae Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta to the National Convention and then visited extended family members in California before returning home. Charlotte was a school teacher at Walton when she married to Henry Mitchell Meloney on 3 July 1920 at that place. They made their home at Douglaston, New York where her husband was first a forester and later an investment securities salesman. The marriage ended in divorce in 1948. Charlotte and Henry were the parents of two children; a son and a daughter. Charlotte traveled by ship to Naples, Italy in 1950 for a stay of two months. In 1972, she traveled to Bonn, Germany where her daughter’s family resided at that time, and toured Switzerland and Austria, as well as Germany. Charlotte was active in her community at Walton. She was a member of the Walton Chapter, American Red Cross; Walton Historical Society; and was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution. She was an accomplished cook and contributed many recipes to the Oneonta Star newspaper published at Oneonta, New York. Charlotte’s last known residence was at Bellows Falls, Vermont. She was buried with her parents and other family members in a More family plot at Walton Cemetery. Charlotte was my third cousin three times removed.

 Both photographs obtained myself on 10 August 2015. Charlotte's grave marker is second from the right.

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